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January 25, 2008
Today in a letter to Council of Environmental Quality Chairman Connaughton, Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee expressed deep concern over the Administration's use of emergency powers to facilitate training exercises that could harm whales off the coast of southern California, and releases a list of previous uses of CEQ's emergency powers.
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January 23, 2008
Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, along with Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott and Rep.
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January 23, 2008
UPDATE: House Republicans have again narrowly sustained President Bush's veto, with a vote of 260 in favor of passage and 152 against, despite the veto-proof margin in the Senate.
The House is currently debating the override of the President's veto of the revised bipartisan SC
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January 23, 2008
Newspapers Across The Nation Call On Members of Congress to Stand Up for America's Children
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January 22, 2008
Today we recognize the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade--a cornerstone of women's reproductive rights.
On this day in 1973, the Supreme Court recognized that a woman has the power and fundamental right to choose what happens to her body and, by extension, her future.
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January 22, 2008
Reps. Kendrick Meek (FL-17) and Tim Ryan (OH-17) of the Speaker's 30 Something Working Group, discuss what they would like the President to address when he delivers the State of the Union next week.