tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/18/2009
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The AP finally takes a look today at our January Sleeper Bill of the Month , the congressional proposal for an independent commission that would investigate civil-liberties and human-rights abuses permitted during the Bush years.
Shocking as it is, Republicans tell the AP that a post-Bush ...
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Latest Reason Not to Have A Truth Commission
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We have to focus on the economic crisis.
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... protected by rights granted by the North Dakota Constitution and state laws. The measure is intended to serve as a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade . * Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is opposed to hold the Bush administration accountable for alleged wrongdoing because the economy is bad . * Marc Morano, a press flack for Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), has ...
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... , maybe even himself, anyway. Now, with a new president who wants to "look forward," it appears highly unlikely that anyone will be ever prosecuted for the Bush offenses, and even more down-to-earth Truth Comission plan is drawing opposition from Congress that it might hurt the American economy. ...
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