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Democrats
Forge Single Voice on Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/08/AR2007030802309.html
The new Senate Iraq resolution, unveiled yesterday afternoon, is the latest handiwork yet of Congress's
newest "it club": the Senate Democratic war council. The inaugural
meeting was called last June by Harry M. Reid (Nev.), then the minority leader.
The midterm elections were nearing, and Democrats wanted to answer voters'
growing concerns about the war. The result was a nonbinding resolution offered
by Sens. Jack Reed (R.I.) and Carl M. Levin (Mich.) that called for troop
reductions to begin by the end of the year. It failed 60 to 39 but represented
the Democrats' first major challenge to President Bush's Iraq policy since the war began.
RELATED: Democrats shift debate to Iraq endgame
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-assess9mar09,0,7718717.story?coll=la-home-headlines
RELATED: Democrats
Rally Behind a Pullout From Iraq in ’08
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/washington/09cong.html?ref=washington
Frequent
Errors In FBI's Secret Records Requests
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/08/AR2007030802356.html
A Justice Department
investigation has found pervasive errors in the FBI's use of its power to
secretly demand telephone, e-mail and financial records in national security cases,
officials with access to the report said yesterday. The inspector general's
audit found 22 possible breaches of internal FBI and Justice Department
regulations -- some of which were potential violations of law -- in a sampling
of 293 "national security letters." The letters were used by the FBI
to obtain the personal records of U.S. residents or visitors between 2003 and
2005. The FBI identified 26 potential violations in other cases. Officials said
they could not be sure of the scope of the violations but suggested they could
be more widespread, though not deliberate. In nearly a quarter of the case
files Inspector General Glenn A. Fine reviewed, he found previously unreported
potential violations.
RELATED: FBI underreported use of Patriot Act, Justice says
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-03-08-patriot-act_N.htm
RELATED: U.S. Report
to Fault F.B.I. on Subpoenas
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/washington/09attorneys.html
Inmates
could trade an organ for an early out
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-organs9mar09,1,1200679.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Prison inmates in South Carolina could get up to six months shaved off their sentences if they donated a
kidney or their bone marrow, under a proposed bill before the state Senate.
"We have a lot of people dying as they wait for organs, so I thought about
the prison population," said state Sen. Ralph Anderson, the bill's main
sponsor. "I believe we have to do something to motivate them. If they get
some good time off, if they get out early, that's motivation." The
proposal was approved Thursday by the Senate Corrections and Penology
Subcommittee. But it is almost certain to prompt fierce opposition from legal
experts and prisoner rights advocates about whether inmates are able to make
such a decision freely.
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Colorado
AFL-CIO
may ask Dems to move convention
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ON_THE_2008_TRAIL?SITE=CODEN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Stung by Gov. Bill
Ritter's veto of a bill that would make it easier for unions to organize, the
AFL-CIO threatened to recommend the Democratic Party move its 2008 convention
from Denver. In an unsigned letter first reported in The Denver Post on Friday,
the AFL-CIO's executive council said it planned to seek reintroduction of a
bill that would make it easier to set up all-union workplaces and seek a
commitment from Ritter that he would sign it. "Union members and working
people will make up more than a quarter of the delegates to the Denver convention," a statement from the union said. "Unless we can be assured
that the governor will support our values and priorities, we will strongly urge
the Democratic Party to relocate the convention."
RELATED: Labor threatens Dem convention
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_5390404
RELATED: DNC
committees will talk "first next steps"
http://www.denverpost.com/newsheadlines/ci_5389760
GOP
vows 'ugly turn' if Dems push Iraq debate
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/government/article/0,2777,DRMN_23906_5405837,00.html
Republicans and
Democrats took shots at each other Thursday over a legislative debate set next
week on the troop buildup in Iraq. Republican leaders vowed that the second
half of the session, which starts next week, will take "a very ugly
turn" if Democrats decide to debate a resolution that supports the troops
but says the war has hurt the nation on several fronts. It also calls for
troops to be phased out of Iraq. Rep. Mike May, of Parker, and Sen. Andy
McElhany, of Colorado Springs, called the resolution and the rare scheduling of
a committee hearing to consider it a "shameful political stunt."
"That resolution isn't going to bring the troops home, nor is it going to
solve transportation, health care, education or alternative energy," May
said. "What is the point of it?" But House Majority Leader Alice
Madden countered that if lawmakers can make time to debate Republican
resolutions honoring economist Milton Freidman and President Reagan, they
should be able to discuss the "No. 1 issue in our country."
RELATED: GOP ready to fight over resolution on Iraq
http://www.denverpost.com/newsheadlines/ci_5389763
RELATED: State to
oppose surge?
http://coloradodaily.com/articles/2007/03/08/news/c_u_and_boulder/news3.txt
RELATED: Colorado House battle brewing over Iraq vote
http://pueblochieftain.com/metro/1173457685/2
Activists
call for statewide boycott
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5405841,00.html
A coalition of
immigrants' rights activists, church leaders and community leaders announced
plans Thursday for a statewide boycott March 25 through April 1 to bring
attention to what they say are the economic contributions of illegal
immigrants. David Falcon, owner of a south Denver satellite dish service, said
he supports the boycott of Colorado businesses, even though his sales are down
by more than 20 percent because of what he says is apprehension among his
customers about making major purchases because they fear getting deported at a
moment's notice. "I might lose a little business for a week, but in the
long run, it's worth it to support something that will hopefully bring relief
to many businesses such as mine," he said. "We cannot survive if we
continue serving a clientele that is afraid to even leave their homes."
The boycott, led by members of the Colorado Immigrants Rights Coalition, is
part of campaign to drum up support for pending immigration reform legislation
in the U.S. Senate. It is similar to a boycott called for during last year's
pro-immigrant demonstration, which drew more than 100,000 participants.
RELATED: Immigrant groups announce boycott
http://www.denverpost.com/newsheadlines/ci_5390527
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