France at Trough Again

I don't want to pay more compulsory taxes, but I would make a voluntary contribution to make sure the United States doesn't have to bribe France to help the Iraqi people. Anyone with me? ...
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The EPA and Ground Zero

Mike Catanzaro over at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has sent over a few excerpts from New York Times editorials of today and September 8 regarding the 9-11/EPA/contaminated air controversy: From September 8: The Environmental Protection Agency and ...
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Military Families Call on Congress to Pull Troops out of Iraq

I'm sorry to say this, but I believe the people at this press conference should be ashamed of themselves ...
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Greed, Lawsuits and Some 9/11 Families

The 9/10 entry on Gregg Easterbrook's new blog entitled "Grief Does Not Justify Greed" deserves to be read by everyone. It is about families of some 9/11 victims suing because the payments American taxpayers generously offered to them (but not ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Attending World Trade Organization Meeting in Cancun

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Two members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are attending the World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico (September 10-14) and are available to the media for comments on the proceedings. Project 21 National Advisory Council member Deroy ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black, Hispanic Activists to Protest Treatment of Bush Judicial Nominees; Liberal Activist Group Cited as Key Player in “Political Hate Crime” Against Hispanic Candidate

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Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 will join the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary, Hispanic activists and others in front of the Washington, D.C. offices of People for the American Way at 10:00 am on Monday, September 8, ...
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Wake Up, Senate

....Another federal program [is] an excellent model for sorely needed Medicare reform. It’s the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program or FEHBP. It covers 9 million federal employees and retirees and routinely offers up to two dozen health plans, all of ...
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Black, Hispanic Activists to Protest Treatment of Bush Judicial Nominees

There will be a rally protesting the unfair treatment of this Adninistration's judicial nominees in front of the offices of People for the American Way on September 8 at 10 AM, says the African-American leadership group Project 21. Its been ...
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From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Why Is Big Labor Afraid to Let Union Members See Their Books?

America's labor unions are fighting tooth and nail against a proposal that would make their books transparent. Why? In this piece by David Kendrick of the National Legal and Policy Center, union officials seem to be admitting that they want ...
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A Thought

Let's mandate that the health care plan for U.S. Senators and Congressmen be the Medicare system That way, our legislators will be highly motivated to fix it and to keep it stable, and they'll have first-hand experience with any of ...
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