November 30th, 2007 by Democrat News
“The agreement reached today prescribes standards that are both aggressive and attainable”
Congressional Democrats reached a compromise late Friday to boost automobile fuel economy by 40 percent, clearing the way for a House vote probably next week on an energy bill that Democratic leaders would like to send to President Bush before Christmas.
The agreement came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reached an accord with Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., a longtime protector of the auto industry that dominates his home state, to ease the impact of the new fuel economy requirements.
November 29th, 2007 by Democrat News
“The American people expect us to work together to support our troops. That’s what they want”
President Bush sternly pressed Democrats to approve money to fund the Iraq war ‘without strings and without delay’ before leaving town for the Christmas holidays, something congressional leaders have already indicated they will not do.
After more failed attempts to pass legislation ordering troops home from Iraq, Democrats have said they plan to sit on Bush’s $196 billion request for war spending until next year.
Bush said this will push the Pentagon toward an accounting nightmare and affect the military’s ability to do its job protecting the country. Read more
November 28th, 2007 by Democrat News
Harrison County officials have written members of Mississippi’s congressional delegation asking for help in getting FEMA to reimburse $12 million for Hurricane Katrina cleanup. via WMC-TV Memphis
November 27th, 2007 by Democrat News
“The reason I want you to sign one of these cards is because I know her”
Hillary Rodham Clinton will bring America “back to the future,” husband Bill says, promoting his own legacy in public life almost as much as his wife’s presidential campaign. via York News-Times
November 26th, 2007 by Democrat News
Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., has entered a plea days before he was set for trial on assault and battery charges over allegations he pushed a United Airlines baggage employee at Dulles International Airport. via Guardian Unlimited
November 25th, 2007 by Democrat News
“This includes several hundred New Yorkers who suffered wounds or catastrophic injuries before concluding their duty.”
Service members seriously wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan after they received a $10,000 bonus for enlisting are being dunned by the Pentagon to repay portions of the incentive money, says a U.S. senator who calls the practice an example of military policy gone wrong.
‘A bill in the mail is not the kind of present our soldiers deserve in this holiday season,’ Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. said. ‘Our veterans are not being treated with the dignity, respect and thanks that they deserve. It’s just a disgrace.’ Read more
November 24th, 2007 by Democrat News
“My guys are hostile. Their guys keep fights from breaking out.”
Its most virulent critics have dubbed it ‘Terror High’ and 12 U.S. senators and a federal commission want to shut it down.
The teachers, administrators and some 900 students at the Islamic Saudi Academy in Fairfax County have heard the allegations for years _ after the Sept. 11 attacks and then a few years later when a class valedictorian admitted he had joined al-Qaida.
Now the school is on the defensive again, with a report issued last month by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom saying the academy should be closed pending a review of its curriculum and textbooks. Read more
November 23rd, 2007 by Democrat News
A new poll finds that two-thirds of Indiana residents disapprove of President Bush’s job performance, with 74% saying the country is on the wrong track. via WFIE-TV Evansville
November 22nd, 2007 by Democrat News
“I don’t know what the cost of CERP is right now because the cost of land down there has skyrocketed and the cost of construction in South Florida has also gone through the roof”
The multibillion-dollar project to restore the Everglades has come to a near standstill, and the government can no longer estimate how much it will cost or how long it will take, the top federal official in … via The Macon Telegraph
November 21st, 2007 by Democrat News
“Even more shocking, McClellan confirms that not only Karl Rove and Scooter Libby told him to lie but Vice President Cheney, presidential Chief of Staff Andrew Card and President Bush also ordered McClellan to issue his misleading statement.”
Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative.
In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, McClellan recounts the 2003 news conference in which he told reporters that aides Karl Rove and I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby were ‘not involved’ in the leak involving operative Valerie Plame.
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