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Moves Made in the Senate to Outlaw Waterboarding
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War Supplemental Makes Room for Iran
By Maya Schenwar, t r u t h o u t The Bush administration’s $196.4 billion war supplemental spending request, released Monday, has Democrats reeling. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Byrd called the supplemental “short-sighted at best,” while House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey remarked in a statement, “It’s amazing to me that the president…
Sen. Oemig Discusses Impeachment Progress in WA
Senator Oemig spoke yesterday morning with Impeachment Channel about the current status of his effort to bring to account the people responsible for plunging the U.S. into the Iraq quagmire in violation of international law and the U.S. Constitution. Washington State Senator Eric Oemig has introduced into the Washington State Senate Senate Joint Memorial 8016,…
GOP Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota to be site of Major Protests
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