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February 19, 2008
Bush Administration Misleading the American People About Our National Security in Effort to Strong-Arm Congress for Telecom Immunity
President Bush and Congressional Republicans are falsely claiming that the expiration of a temporary provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is endangering America and compromising our national security.
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February 19, 2008
The resignation of Fidel Castro is a reason to hope that freedom is closer than it was when he was the public face of an oppressive regime, but is not a guarantee of a democratic future for the people of Cuba.
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February 16, 2008
Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued the following statement this afternoon on the expiration of the Protect America Act:
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February 16, 2008
Finance Officials for U.S. and Iran Had Secret Talks
Associated Press - February 16, 2008
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February 15, 2008
Words are completely inadequate to describe the loss felt by the Northern Illinois University community, or to comfort the grieving. But for parents who lost children, students who lost friends, and to those injured and traumatized by yesterday's tragic shooting, all Members of Congress join the President in our prayers and blessings.
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February 15, 2008
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after President Bush spoke at the White House this morning on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act:
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February 14, 2008
From the Judiciary Committee:
Conyers: I'm Staying Here to Work on FISA(Washington, DC)- House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. released the following statement to President Bush's commitment to work on foreign surveillance legislation through the recess:
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February 14, 2008
FEMA Plans Trailer Exodus Over Chemical
Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press - February 14, 2007
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February 14, 2008
Chairman Silvestre Reyes of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent the following letter to President George W. Bush today regarding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA):
President George W. BushThe White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
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February 14, 2008
Today, the House has just approved H.Res. 982 by a vote of 223-32-1, which provides for the adoption of H.Res.