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MPAA head Dan Glickman sent a letter yesterday to both Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and to US Trade Representative Ron Kirk in which he called for a serious US push to pass the secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. That's certainly expected—ACTA contains a host of goodies for Hollywood and the recording industry—but what came as a surprise was Glickman's irritation at various ACTA "protests" which create "apprehension over the Agreement's substance." He's referring to online outlets that have h  

Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radical Islamists a platform to propagate their ideology, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday. Giuliani's view that the Obama administration is erring in trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others near the site of the World Trade Center was echoed by other Republicans on the Sunday news programs. Democrats defended the decision of Attorney General Eric Holder to t

I don't think we should run and hide and cower. Let's use our system   -Patrick Leahy

 

MONTPELIER, Vt. Federal immigration officials are cracking down on Vermont dairy farmers asking them to provide records to prove their workers are legal. Kelly Loftus, a spokeswoman for the state Agency of Agriculture, says immigration officials visited four farms on Thursday. She says the news creates another level of anxiety and stress for the state's dairy farmers, many of whom are on the brink because of low milk prices.  

US CONGRESSMEN SUPPORT AZERBAIJAN news.az Nov 19 2009 Azerbaijan US Congressmen support decision of US Senate appropriations committee . US congressional Azerbaijan caucus members Solomon Ortiz, Bill Schuster, Robert Vexler, Virginia Foxx have sent a letter to the Subcommittees for Foreign Operations of the US House and Senate Committees on Appropriations with respect to the Department of State appropriations bill for 2010 fiscal year The letter supported the Senate Appropriations Committee's decision conc  

"The tea party movement has become so rife with internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money that some supporters fear it will disintegrate before realizing its full potential," Politico reports. " Some of these groups may burn out , but this is part of this entrepreneurial process and the competition is good," said Adam Brandon, vice president of communications for FreedomWorks. "The Obama administration won't announce its new comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan until after Than

Some of these groups may burn out , but this is part of this entrepreneurial process and the competition is good   -Adam Brandon

 

Why not have the 9/11 trials here in New York? We can show the terrorists the huge pit left behind by their hellish acts. Since we haven't built a memorial in nine years, let's show them the monument we have: towers left unbuilt due to infighting and divisive politics.  

infoZine - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - Senators once again failed to vote on a bill that would give journalists more protection for refusing to reveal information, such as confidential sources. At a Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, members discussed the Free Flow of Information Act of 2009, also known at the federal shield law bill, but did not bring the bill to a vote as had been planned. "I would hope we move quickly to move this bill," sad Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., the bill's main sponsor

If you can't vote for this bill, then you don't really want any protection for journalists at all   -Chuck Schumer

 

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of a Vermont state judge to become the state's next federal judge. The office of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy says the nomination of Judge Christina Reiss of Essex Junction was passed Thursday without discussion on a voice vote. The nomination must now be confirmed by the full Senate.  

The Senate on Thursday confirmed U.S. District Judge David Hamilton for the Chicago-based federal appeals court, approving a nominee targeted by conservatives as a liberal activist. Hamilton was approved on a 59-39 vote and became the eighth of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees to win confirmation. He is the third confirmed for a U.S. appeals court, which is usually the last stop for federal court cases.

This judge is confused about his approach to the law on an important legal question   -Jeff Sessions