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11:50:44 PM Right wing slams White House for meeting with atheist 'hate groups'
Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA

Six of those visits were to President Bush. The late Jerry Falwell, of Jerry Falwell Ministries, made eight visits to the White House between May 2001 and ... [more]

11:26:02 PM Sami Al-Arian again creating controversy – this time in California GOP
Creative Loafing Tampa - Tampa,FL,USA

Creative Loafing Tampa (blog) The Al-Arian saga as a political football was present in the 2004 US election in Florida, when Mel Martinez broke out the issue against Democrat Betty ... [more]

11:07:09 PM Breaking: President Wishes Former Vice President Speedy Recovery
FOXNews

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters in Friday's briefing that President Obama called former Vice President Dick Cheney at home Wednesday ... [more]

11:01:13 PM Jim Bunning's campaign to end the filibuster
Virginia Adds 49K New Voters in August

Former Republican majority leader Bill Frist says his colleagues are "overdoing" the filibuster. This is how change begins, and without Bunning making clear ... [more]

10:48:00 PM Proposed Legislation Would Grant US Visas to Entrepreneurs
Digital Media Wire - Los Angeles,CA,USA

The Startup Visa Act, sponsored by Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (D-Ind.), is being supported by signatures from more than 100 US venture ... [more]

10:47:37 PM Bush Jokes About Intelligence, Knocks Jimmy Carter
CBS News - USA

.... by -One_American- February 26, 2010 3:30 PM EST Democrats passed a continuation of the Patriot Act yesterday, a President Bush accomplishment. .... [more]

10:43:35 PM White House Lays Blame on Republican Lawmaker for Senate's Failure to
FOXNews

FOXNews (blog) The White House has taken another opportunity to blast Republican Senator Jim Bunning for obstructing a crucial vote on extending unemployment benefits. ... [more]

10:14:54 PM In Other News The Sky Is Blue
The Conventional Wisdom Takes A Beating

Congressman Rangel has been found guilty of doing basically the same things Tom Delay did. When Delay did them Rangel (correctly in my view) said he should ... [more]

9:18:54 PM Democrat Chides Leadership About Methods to Pass Health Care
Reform

"Reconciliation" is the hottest word in Washington. And it's possible that Congressional Democrats could use those special, budget rules known in ... [more]

8:48:30 PM Senator Kerry says compromise climate bill coming
Reuters India

By Richard Cowan and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator John Kerry said a bipartisan climate change bill would emerge soon in the US Senate, ... [more]

8:36:15 PM GOP's Frist: Senators overdoing filibuster
United Press International

Bill Frist said Friday. Frist, a Tennessee Republican, retired in 2007 after four years as majority leader and two terms in the Senate. ... [more]

8:28:13 PM Parker: We need green money, not green jobs
Scripps News - Washington,DC,USA

He was already a lightening rod, having characterized President Bush as a "crackhead", using profanity to describe Republicans, and offering gems like ... [more]

8:01:05 PM Obama White House: Health care today, unemployment next week
Motors ...

Health care is dominating White House attention today, but odds are a week from now it will shift back to another familiar issue. ... [more]

7:26:07 PM Lincoln Díaz-Balart and Mel Martínez tried to silence corruption witness
Granma International - La Habana,Cuba

The US senator Melquíades "Mel" Martínez unexpectedly resigned in August 2009. Primera Hora reported that the messengers waited for De Castro Font's answer ... [more]

7:18:42 PM Immigration operation nets 49 fugitives, criminals
Lacrossetribune.com - WI,USA

Federal immigration officials arrested 49 foreign nationals during a weeklong operation in central and western Wisconsin, which included arrests that ... [more]

7:18:22 PM Iran Captures a 'Good' Terrorist
Consortium News - USA

But that doesn't stop the gamesmanship toward Iran anymore than the lack of WMD evidence stopped President Bush from whipping up an alarm about Iraq in .... [more]

7:14:48 PM The Main Line Antiques Show
Maine Antique Digest - Waldoboro,ME,USA

Across from them, George Allen and Gordon Wyckoff of Raccoon Creek Antiques, LLC at Oley Forge, Oley, Pennsylvania, offered good painted furniture, ... [more]

7:12:36 PM Former Rangel staff in ethics probe remains Rep. Fudge's chief of staff
Lobbying World

In 2004, it admonished then Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) three times for breaking House rules in a series of misdeeds, including asking the Federal ... [more]

6:56:54 PM Democrat Joins Republican Calls for Rangel to Resign Powerful Chairmanship
FOX News - USA

A House Democrat has joined a Republican chorus calling for beleaguered Rep. Charlie Rangel, DN.Y., to step down as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means ... [more]

6:50:01 PM A Post-Summit Strategy for Republicans
FOX News - USA

The White House initially conceived of Thursday's six-hour summit as a way to force Republicans to submit to its plan for a national health care system. ... [more]

5:48:47 PM Palin: Health Care Summit 'Painful' to Watch But 'Productive' for Americans
FOX News - USA

SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Just a short time ago the White House health care summit came to an end in Washington. And tonight we'll have complete reaction to ... [more]

5:21:36 PM The Startup Visa Act is introduced in the Senate
True/Slant

By ANNE FIELD After heavy lobbying by technology venture capital and angel investors, Senators John Kerry and Richard Lugar just introduced the Startup Visa ... [more]

5:07:11 PM The DC Morning: 2/26/2010
Daily Caller

It seems that Democrats were just playing when they busted on Republicans for kid-gloving Tom DeLay. 5.) DC Council screws over smokers, learns harsh .... [more]

4:59:30 PM DHS E-Verify Program Flawed
Information Week Weblog - Manhasset,NY,USA

Charles Schumer (D-NY), who is writing an immigration bill for his party. He said the findings of the Westat report prove it is not an "effective remedy" ... [more]

4:58:12 PM Dear President Bush: Grover Norquist Snowed You And Sold Out His Country
David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog (blog)

by John L. Work Behold a traitor to his country, American millionaire businessman Grover Norquist. If you did not see Jamie Glazov's interview with author ... [more]

4:54:11 PM President Obama Names More Members of Fiscal Commission
FOXNews

The remaining 12 members of the commission will be appointed by Senate and House leaders (3 each by the Republican and Democratic leaders of both chambers). ... [more]

4:04:38 PM Former GOP Presidential Candidate Says Democrats Need to Start Over on
ABC News - United States

ABC News Democratic senators argue that procedure has been followed multiple times before by Republicans, including for President Bush's tax cuts, but McCain said it ... [more]

3:47:44 PM Frist says Senate Republicans using filibuster too much
Lobbying World

Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), who served as the Senate Republican leader from 2003 to 2007, at the same time said that the filibuster has been used too much by both ... [more]

3:45:51 PM Lines drawn over census results
CNN International - Atlanta,GA,USA

The Supreme Court in 2006 took up a case looking at a redistricting plan promoted by then-US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas. ... [more]

3:36:52 PM Atheist Group Heralds 'First Time in History' Policy Briefing with White
President McCain Sends Secretary of State Lieberman and Defense ...

ABC News (blog) White House officials will this morning meet with leaders of the atheist community, who will discuss their concerns about the "privileging of religion" by ... [more]

3:13:11 PM Democrat Farouk Shami confident as he casts ballot
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

AP THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Democrat Farouk Shami voted early Thursday and said he was "100 percent confident" he'd win his party's nomination for governor. ... [more]

2:04:39 PM He's back: W in Washington for Bush-Cheney reunion
Motors ...

The ex-president is attending a reunion of former Bush administration staffers, telling them he is enjoying life back in Texas and busy writing his book. ... [more]

2:04:00 PM New US online gambling bill: good news of a kind
eGaming Review - London,UK

Bill Frist, who in September 2006 as a quid pro quo for Rep. Jim Leach, attached the UIGEA to the SAFE Port Act, which was then signed into law by former ... [more]

1:49:01 PM MATUTE v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL
Leagle, Inc.

Juan Blas Matute, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals's ("BIA") decision affirming the .... [more]

1:43:36 PM Healthcare Summit: Another Win for the White House
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

A few just had to default to the kind of pettiness and truculence that helped them lose both the White House and their congressional majority in 2008. ... [more]

12:49:38 PM Kerry to fishermen: 'Lubchenco your friend'
Gloucester Daily Times - Gloucester,MA,USA

John Kerry is out of step with the majority of his Massachusetts colleagues when it comes to the solution of the fishing crisis that brought a large ... [more]

12:19:00 PM Vice President Plans to Protect Workers' Retirement Plans
FOXNews

Vice President Biden will announce new labor regulations to protect workers' retirement savings Friday. These regulations are the work of the Middle Class ... [more]

12:17:43 PM Goodbye, Charlie
American Spectator

.... both show Rubio with an 18-point lead over Crist in a race for the Republican nomination to the US Senate seat Mel Martinez resigned from last summer. ... [more]

12:02:02 PM Ban filibuster abuse for good of all
Politico - Washington,DC,USA

The seven Republicans in the group agreed to vote against the nuclear option, if and when Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist called for a vote. ... [more]

11:29:33 AM Swine Flu Casualties Far Below White House Projections, Latest Mortality
CNSNews.com - Alexandria,VA,USA

CNSNews.com The CDC estimates are also well below the White House projection last fall that a low of 30000 deaths to a maximum of 90000 could be expected. On Aug. .... [more]

10:54:52 AM Health summit is a failure as President Obama vows to move forward on
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News It is just going to be political theater. WASHINGTON - President Obama vowed to press on with health care reform with or without Republicans after ... [more]

10:35:01 AM Immigration laws not applied fairly
News-Leader.com

A few years back immigration reform was proposed, yet it fell apart when no one would agree to give amnesty to illegals. Why are illegal aliens receiving ... [more]

10:29:30 AM Rove Cracks Jokes, Defends Iraq War on Campus Visit
Daily Nexus

By Kristen Peters and Lexi Pandell / Staff Writers Karl Rove, formerly an adviser to President Bush, presents his views to students while fending off .... [more]

9:34:53 AM PA-12 Special Election Update
Human Events - Washington,DC,USA

by John Gizzi There's only one US House district that went from supporting John Kerry for President in '04 to John McCain in '08. ... [more]

9:28:03 AM ATK testing roars for what may be the last time
StandardNet - Ogden,Utah,USA

It wasn't until the vision President Bush rolled out (to send astronauts to Mars) that we had a wonderful focused vision." Charles Precourt, four-flight ... [more]

8:34:37 AM Congressional Races: Same Ol' Same Ol'
Austin Chronicle - Austin,TX,USA

Since 2004 (the first year Tom DeLay's re-redistricting took effect), Austin's reps in Washington have been Republicans Lamar Smith, Michael McCaul, ... [more]

8:29:08 AM In the Nation | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/26/2010
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

WASHINGTON - The system that Congress and the Obama administration want employers to use to help curb illegal immigration is failing to catch more than half ... [more]

8:14:24 AM Voters judge parties on how they use power
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA

Because Democratic presidential candidates Al Gore, John Kerry and Barack Obama serially laid eggs in West Virginia, the state's Democratic candidates have ... [more]

8:08:04 AM White House Ethics Fix: Expand Backroom Union Health Deal to Everyone
National Legal and Policy Center

Among its more controversial features, the White House proposal retains, in scaled-down form, a key Senate provision: a 40 percent excise tax on high-cost ... [more]

7:49:44 AM President's health-care forum ends in stalemate
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA

WASHINGTON - Facing unbending Republican opposition to a sweeping health-care overhaul, President Barack Obama confronted a stark reality Thursday as his ... [more]

7:43:27 AM Immigration battle shaping up in Florida: Miami no longer an American city
Before It's News

.... he will take his dictates from his Miami Cuban-American community like ex-Senator Mel Martinez did along with Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. .... [more]

7:37:13 AM Justice Department Urged To Investigate Missing Emails
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

.... Governor's Election between Al Gore and then President Bush's brother Jeb Bush... the latter won by only 2000 votes while thousands claimed fraud. ... [more]

6:31:38 AM Whitman no rookie at playing hardball
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

She has closed in on Democrat Jerry Brown in polls. She remains well ahead of Poizner, and is widely seen as the probable Republican nominee. ... [more]

6:17:46 AM Ronnie Earle brings campaign for lieutenant governor to Tarrant County
Fort Worth Star Telegram

The prosecution of campaign-finance violations against then-US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is still moving forward, Earle said, but slowly as Delay ... [more]

5:33:01 AM Rangel ruling puts Pelosi in a jam
Politico - Washington,DC,USA

When then-Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) was admonished by the ethics committee in October 2004, Pelosi and other Democratic leaders went on the .... [more]

5:27:42 AM Editorial: Remember COBRA?
Providence Journal - Providence,RI,USA

In fact, many federal health programs over the past 20 years (and tax cuts under President Bush) have come about through reconciliation! How soon we forget. ... [more]

5:16:11 AM Ex-White House counsel Yoo speaks at UT
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA

Garrett Honke (face not shown) holds a sign as he protest with Sabina Mora, a graduate student in Public Affairs and Community and Regional Planning, .... [more]

5:15:22 AM Climategate: What do we do about Barbara Boxer?
Pajamas Media - El Segundo,CA,USA

According to the perspicacious climatequotes.com, “Barbara Boxer relied heavily on both the IPCC and Pachauri.” Here's just one sample, but for the rest, ... [more]

4:41:46 AM NY Gov. Paterson says he won't step aside
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

The Democrat says he'll continue his election campaign for now, despite a growing scandal involving domestic-violence allegations against a key aide. ... [more]

3:30:34 AM White House Health Care Summit Afternoon Roundup – HSAs, State Lines, and
Polling

Firedoglake (blog) The White House Health Care Summit has concluded. Unsurprisingly, Republicans continued to hit on tort reform as the way to lower our health care costs all ... [more]

2:57:43 AM Why Obama defies the public on health care
Washington Examiner

Back during the 2004 presidential race, there was a debate going on inside the John Kerry campaign. Should the Democratic candidate push bold, far-reaching ... [more]

2:09:17 AM Bush-Cheney:Together Again
FOXNews (blog)

Sherzer says President Bush looks forward to giving everyone an update on how he and Mrs. Bush are spending their time, including how he's doing on his ... [more]

1:39:27 AM Dylan, Eastwood Get White House Awards
ABC News - United States

Eastwood is a recipient of a 2009 National Medal of Arts. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File) The White House called Dylan "an icon of youthful rebellion and ... [more]

1:35:43 AM Fishermen rally in Washington against oppressive regulations
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth,MA,USA

John Kerry and Reps. Barney Frank, John Tierney and William Delahunt, all of Massachusetts, sent a letter to Lubchenco urging her to delay prosecutions of ... [more]

1:07:52 AM A Historic and Dangerous Senate Mistake
Wall Street Journal - USA

By BILL FRIST Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has announced that while Democrats have a number of options to complete health-care legislation, ... [more]

12:52:12 AM Obama Asks For Republican 'Soul Searching' On Health Care
Wall Street Journal - USA

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Closing Thursday's health care summit, President Barack Obama asked Republicans "to do a little soul searching" on health care, ... [more]

12:42:56 AM Former Tide RB signee Mike Ford kicked off team at South Florida
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

Tom Delay was an exterminator. Dick Armey was an economist. House Minority Leader Boehner was a plastic manufacturer. The former Senate Majority Leader Bill ... [more]

12:32:30 AM UK Immigration Data Fuel Fire
Wall Street Journal - USA

Immigration specialists say the new rules—which include stiffer financial and qualification requirements—are making it tougher for some people to come to ... [more]

12:24:33 AM Construction Unions Warn White House Over CO2 Rules
Wall Street Journal - USA

By Ian Talley WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--A top labor leader warned the White House that his unions fear new rules being crafted by the Administration to cut ... [more]



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