Good senators like Russ Feingold and Dick Durbin supported an amendment that would have at least guaranteed that the Patriot Act’s worst powers would only be used in cases of suspected terrorism or foreign spying, but their amendment was dismissed.
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John Gray Confronts Blanche Lincoln On Health Care
Gray pledged to support single payer health care instead of the pro-industry sham promoted by Senator Blanche Lincoln. By eliminating the commercial inefficiencies created by insurance companies, the Gray Health Plan would enable savings that would pay for health care coverage for all Americans.
Celebrate Maurice Hinchey, #1 Most Progressive in Congress
Support Maurice Hinchey with this progressive bumper sticker – he’s the most progressive member of Congress, after all!
If Bush Took Steroids Would Congress Finally Impeach Him?
So the law comes down hard on baseball players, but gives President Bush kid gloves? What gives?
Clinton Abandons Senate And Leaves Obama To Stand Up To Bush Spies
Politicians like Hillary Clinton need a reminder that government spying against Americans is unAmerican. If Hillary Clinton will not show up to do her job in the Senate to defend us from government spying, then she no longer deserves the support of voters – not for her campaign for President, and not to be re-elected to the Senate either.
