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Unfortunately I believe that we are limited in what we can focus on. I think that if we proceed with the partisan sideshow of prosecuting Bush admin. officials, healthcare will get lost in the brouhaha.
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Pegging Pentagon Earmarks, Panel Questions Overseas Lending, Warnings Ignored in Va. Murder Case
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Pegging Pentagon Earmarks » As President Obama pushes for defense procurement reform, it is becoming clear that he is picking a fight with some members of his own party: Democrats secured an estimated $524 million in defense earmarks that the Pentagon did not request into the 2008 appropriations bill, about $220 million more than Republicans did, according to an independent estimate. — Washington Post
Panel Questions Overseas Lending » Congressional investigators are criticizing the Obama administration for failing to police deals in which banks participating in the $700 billion federal bailout lent billions of dollars overseas, highlighting the growing political tension over the extent of government involvement in firms receiving taxpayer funds. — Washington Post
'Her Cries Fell on Deaf Ears' » Prince William County, Va., officials received numerous reports from people who saw firsthand that 13-year-old Alexis "Lexie" Agyepong-Glover was being abused and neglected by her adoptive mother in the two years before the woman allegedly killed her. — Washington Post
A 'One-Size-Fits-All' Disability Program » If a Montgomery County, Md., police officer can show that his bad knee limits his ability to chase a suspect through the woods or that his injured trigger finger can no longer fire a gun, he gets the same tax-free benefits as an officer paralyzed from a gunshot. — Washington Post
The Notorious Mr. Yoo » The notoriety that follows John C. Yoo, the former Justice Department lawyer credited with writing secret legal opinions expanding executive powers under President Bush, raises difficult questions: What is a government lawyer’s responsibility if legal advice he gives turns out to be grievously flawed? Can he be blamed for damaging, and arguably illegal, acts carried out with his imprimatur? — New York Times
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