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So much for timetables. 92 Senators can now say they voted to continue funding the war in Iraq. In a 92 to 6 vote, the Senate yesterday approved unrestricted funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that allows continuation of the current military course of action through the end of President Bush’s term and…

Those are the words of Claude Castonguay “the father of Quebec medicare” who now acknowledges that Canada’s healthcare system is in trouble and is looking for the public sector to help them out: Castonguay’s work triggered a domino effect across the country, until eventually his ideas were implemented from coast to coast. Four decades later,…

We almost lost our right to defend ourselves with handguns today. We were one vote away from losing. That’s not good: In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday made its first definitive pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history by ruling that Americans have the right to own guns for self-defense and hunting.…

Obey has shut down the House Appropriations Committee so that there won’t be a vote on drilling: Tempers flared and the House Appropriations Committee abruptly adjourned Thursday morning after Republicans sought to hijack the meeting agenda and force a vote on their hottest new political issue: easing restrictions on offshore drilling for oil and gas.…
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