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...Congress devolved into a screaming match two weeks ago over the status of U.S. troops in Iraq. Lawmakers return to the Capitol on Tuesday, passions tempered but not abated, facing a stack of budget bills and a mandate for "restrained government spending," which Bush touted in his Rose Garden comments on Friday. Both houses are struggling with five-year budget cuts that at the moment tally $50 billion in the House and $35 billion in the Senate. Legislators must also grapple with a host of contentious policy issues before they reach for the eggnog and mistletoe. Against a threatened presidential...
...argue that no Hispanic made the high bar.”On the issue of abortion, Frank said he would vote against confirming Bush Court nominee Samuel Alito, because he predicted the nominee would try to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case. Given Frank’s status as an openly gay politician, it seemed no surprise to the audience when, toward the end of his speech, he said he felt the majority of Americans were not “anti-gay.”“They’ve just heard from a lot of respectable...
...that she wanted to take a year off to train with an eye towards competing in the World Junior Squash Championships in July 2005. “I just wanted to single-mindedly be more focused on my squash,” says Lorentzen, who preserved her amateur status by not accepting prize money for any of her competitions. The summer after high school, she competed in the Pioneer Junior Open in Germany and the Dutch Junior Open, taking fifth and third. She spent the first half of last year at home in Connecticut working with a new coach, working...
...Shelby’s organized and thoughtful argument in “We Who Are Dark” that compels readers to reexamine the condition of an America where overt racial injustice has been eradicated and veiled racial injustices abound. While the book is about the evolving status of black solidarity in America, it also opens the channels for discussion about the important role that racism plays in the lives of all Americans—not just blacks...
Director Karyn Kusama, described by Theron as “very much a visionary,” is also a newcomer to the fantasy genre, having only directed the critically acclaimed drama “GirlFight.” Theron believes that her and Kusama’s status as sci-fi novices contributed significantly to “Flux”’s production...