Senate Votes to Expand Spy Powers Posted: 7 months ago by mahler87
As well as to grant legal protection to phone companies that cooperated in President Bush’s program of eavesdropping without warrants.
Hooray for freedom!
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Senate bows to Bush, approves surveillance bill Posted: 2 months ago by bingo
WASHINGTON - Bowing to President Bush's demands, the Senate approved and sent the White House a bill Wednesday to overhaul bitterly disputed rules on secret government eavesdropping and shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits complaining they helped the U.S. spy on Americans.
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Senate approves bill to broaden wiretap powers Posted: 2 months ago by theclansman
The Senate gave final approval on Wednesday to a major expansion of the government’s surveillance powers, handing President Bush one more victory in a series of hard-fought clashes with Democrats over national security issues. As most of you may know, I am a huge Obama fan and am saddened to see him voting in support of this (even though he said he wouldn't).
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Senate votes 97-1 to halt oil reserve shipments Posted: 4 months ago by 2manyusernames
The Senate voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve. Both Democrats and Republicans said such shipments make no sense when oil is costing more than $120 a barrel.
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US economy plan fails in Senate Posted: 7 months ago by keroberos32
A more generous version of the economic stimulus plan than the one proposed by US President George W Bush has failed to find enough support in the Senate.
It's dead, Jim, dead...
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Bush is A commander guy, not THE commander guy Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''
Or something like that.
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Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy? Posted: 1 year ago by indierockcafe
Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:- Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys
- Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths
- Lack of accountability
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