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open letter to government This is a letter I actually sent to every Senator via email on May 22, 2005. After this posting I will send it to all the Representatives. Feels liberating! Is your organization working on these or similar issues? If so, please let me know how we might further your cause....
Posted: Mon, May 23, 2005 7:10am PDT
BTL:Big Oil Buys Influence in Washington, Crafting Legislation that... ...Adds to the Industry's Record Profits ~ Interview with Bob Williams, director of the Politics of Oil Project at the Center for Public Integrity, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Mon, May 23, 2005 6:34am PDT
Save The Filibuster: Sign petitions from the Sierra Club and People for the American Way Here are webpages for two petitions to Save the Filibuster, on the websites of the Sierra Club and the People for the American Way...
Posted: Sat, May 21, 2005 8:18am PDT
Battle Over Judicial Nominees, Filibuster Heats Up in Senate The battle over the filibuster continues to heat up in the U.S senate as the nomination of Texas Supreme Court justice Priscilla Owen comes under debate. Racial politics also entered the debate over the nomination of Janice Brown. We speak with Christy Harvey of the Center for American Progress and Jeffrey Johnson of People For The American Way....
Posted: Fri, May 20, 2005 9:05am PDT
Congress creates National ID system. Section 202. of H.R. 1268 sets up National ID system....
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 11:41pm PDT
Urge your members of Congress to oppose harsh new mandatory minimum sentences Urge your members of Congress to oppose harsh new mandatory minimum sentences !...
Posted: Sun, May 15, 2005 2:17pm PDT
Britain: Blair lurches right, dismissing calls for resignation Immediately following the May 5 re-election of the Labour government, Prime Minister Tony Blair adopted a posture of humility, claiming, “I have listened and I have learned.” But Blair is clearly deaf in one ear....
Posted: Sat, May 14, 2005 10:42am PDT
Women Leaders Speak Out All Week Against Bush's Judicial Nominees Women Leaders Speak Out All Week Against Bush's Judicial Nominees: National Women's Law Center Highlights Concerns for Women's Rights, Marking Four Years of Divisiveness in the Nomination Process...
Posted: Tue, May 10, 2005 5:59pm PDT
BTL:As Senate Fight over Filibuster Looms... ...Extremist Judicial Appointments Hang in the Balance ~ Interview with Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Sun, May 8, 2005 6:58am PDT
The Christian Right and the Rising Power of the Evangelical Political Movement We take a look at the rising power of the evangelical political movement in this country with journalist and author Chris Hedges and the Rev. Joseph Phelps, who led a counter-service to last month's "Justice Sunday: Stopping the Filibuster Against People of Faith."...
Posted: Thu, May 5, 2005 9:43am PDT
Lawyers’ Committee Urges Congressional Leaders to Stop Attacks on Federal Judges The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (“Lawyers’ Committee”) today urged congressional leaders to reject recent inflammatory remarks made against federal judges by members of the federal legislative branch and any attempts to strip the federal courts of power....
Posted: Fri, Apr 29, 2005 11:18pm PDT
BTL:Mexican Civil Society Rises Up to Protest Ruling Party's Attempt to... ...Keep Progressive Candidate Off Presidential Ballot~ Interview with John Ross, journalist and author, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Thu, Apr 28, 2005 7:04am PDT
Loss on $80 Billion; We Can Still Defeat REAL ID SENATE SUPPORTS $80+ BILLION WAR APPROPRIATION
* Immediate action needed to stop anti-immigrant REAL ID Act (details below)
* UFPJ to launch long-term campaign to hold elected officials accountable for the war...
Posted: Tue, Apr 26, 2005 9:21pm PDT
Rallies Planned Nationwide as MoveOn PAC Mobilizes Opposition New TV Ad Slams Republican Move To Control Federal Courts; Rallies Planned Nationwide as MoveOn PAC Mobilizes Opposition...
Posted: Mon, Apr 25, 2005 11:20pm PDT
BTL:With Humor and Irony, A Founding Member of Monty Python Blasts Bush and... ...Blair's War on Terror ~ Interview with Terry Jones, founding member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Sun, Apr 24, 2005 6:09am PDT
Judicial Nominees: One Step Closer to Catastrophe The U.S. Senate Judiciary committee, on a straight party-line vote, agreed to send two controversial appellate court nominees to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote: Janice Rogers Brown for U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Priscilla Owen for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit....
Posted: Sat, Apr 23, 2005 1:14pm PDT
Stop FRIST's Attack on Democracy TELL Senator Frist to Stop the Abuse of Power ... stating the Democrats are "attacking people of Faith" is a viscous & devisive attack on AMERICA!!...
Posted: Sat, Apr 23, 2005 9:43am PDT
Democrats back Negroponte nomination as new documents detail role in contra war The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence voted on April 14 to approve John Negroponte to fill the new post of director of national intelligence. He is expected to have no trouble passing a full Senate vote this week....
Posted: Tue, Apr 19, 2005 6:36am PDT
Orange Revolution 
New sounds from the Orange Revolution from Kiev Ukraine....
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2005 3:27pm PDT
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