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Inhofe Wants GITMO Commitment Made Permanent

May 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Today, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called on his Democrat and Republican colleagues in the U.S. Senate to stand by their commitment to prevent Gitmo detainees from being transferred to the U.S. by signing on to his legislation (S.370).
Senators Inhofe and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) yesterday introduced a [...]

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Democrats Won’t Budge; Fuel Costs to Keep Rising

July 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments

In the video above, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) asks that the Senate consider a bill to allow offshore drilling, but Democrats, led by Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO), object. Senator McConnell then asks if the bill could be triggered when gas reaches $4.50 per gallon, then $5 per gallon, then $7.50 per gallon, [...]

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Congress Should Delay Recess, Lift Drilling Ban

July 23rd, 2008 · 7 Comments

Grassfire.org announced this afternoon that more than 100,000 citizens have signed a petition calling upon Congress to stay in session until a ban on offshore drilling is lifted. The text of the nonprofit group’s news release appears below:
CHESAPEAKE, Va., July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Unsure of the economy and feeling a bite at the pumps, [...]

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AP Insults Sen. Mitch McConnell in Photo Caption

February 12th, 2008 · No Comments

What an insult!

Click on the photo above and you’ll find in the caption that Associated Press misidentified Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), shown at right, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). The photo and caption appeared inside a box to the right of the article, Senate OKs New Rules on Eavesdropping. Senator McConnell [...]

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