Unfinished Business In US Congress

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Unfinished Business In US Congress

Postby dugoboy » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:16 pm

here's 2 interesting stories:<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/politics/15613307.htm" target="top"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Congress unlikely to pass wiretapping </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>WASHINGTON - Congress is unlikely to approve a bill giving President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program legal status and new restrictions before the November midterm elections, dealing a significant blow to one of the White House's top wartime priorities.<br><br>House and Senate versions of the legislation differ too much to bridge the gap by week's end, when Congress recesses until after the Nov. 7 elections, according to two GOP leadership aides who demanded anonymity because the decision had not yet been announced.<br><br>2nd:<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/001660.php" target="top"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>John Bolton Confirmation Battle Really, Really</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>The last pre-election loophole through which John Bolton's confirmation might have snuck through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was at 2:15 this afternoon at a previously called "business meeting" of the Committee. <br><br>That meeting has been cancelled -- and with it even the dimmest chance of John Bolton being confirmed as US Ambassador to the United Nations.<br><br>John Bolton might agree to serve as the uncompensated Ambassador to the UN in a second recess appointment, or might agree to serve as a recess appointed political deputy at the UN and made "acting Ambassador and Chief of Mission" at a pay cut. <br><br>Either way, Ambassador Bolton will fill his term as the only unconfirmed Ambassador at the United Nations in American history.<br><br> <p>___________________________________________<br>"BushCo aren't incompetent...they are Complicit!" -Me<br><br>"Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act" -George Orwell<br><br>"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it - always." -Mahatma Gandhi</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=dugoboy@rigorousintuition>dugoboy</A>  <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://www.geocities.com/orcthrasher/files/images/Qn38113.gif" BORDER=0> at: 9/26/06 4:16 pm<br></i>
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Re: Unfinished Business In US Congress

Postby dugoboy » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:22 pm

hm the code got all messed up, the first headline should read:<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Congress unlikely to pass wiretapping bill</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>and the second should be:<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>John Bolton Confirmation Battle Really, Really Dead</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> <p>___________________________________________<br>"BushCo aren't incompetent...they are Complicit!" -Me<br><br>"Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act" -George Orwell<br><br>"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it - always." -Mahatma Gandhi</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=dugoboy@rigorousintuition>dugoboy</A>  <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://www.geocities.com/orcthrasher/files/images/Qn38113.gif" BORDER=0> at: 9/26/06 4:23 pm<br></i>
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