mediamattersaction.org - 6/9/2009
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On June 9, 2009, Senator Joe Lieberman threatened to filibuster the Supplemental Appropriations Bill funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan unless it contained an amendment allowing photos of detainee abuse to be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. He was singing a different tune ...
firedoglake.com - 6/9/2009
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firedoglake.com —
According to sources on the Hill, the Lieberman-Graham
detainee photo suppression amendment is out of the conference...
report of the supplemental. For everyone who made phone calls -- pat yourself on the back. Let us all now sit back and enjoy ...
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Breaking: Lieberman-Graham Dropped From Supplemental
briefingroom.thehill.com - 6/14/2009
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briefingroom.thehill.com —
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said this weekend that
he opposes a public option plan for consumers in...
a healthcare reform plan to emerge from the Senate. "I don't favor a public option," Lieberman told Bloomberg News in an interview broadcast this ...
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Lieberman won't back public option on healthcare
rollcall.com - 6/9/2009
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rollcall.com —
Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham
(R-S.C.) threatened to hold up any and all legislation...
in the Senate until Congress passes its legislation to prohibit the release of photos showing detainee abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Lieberman, Graham Threaten to Shut Down Senate
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Why do Joe Lieberman and Lindsay Graham hate America? From Media Matters Action Network: On June 9, 2009, Senator Joe Lieberman [and Lindsay Graham] threatened to filibuster the Supplemental Appropriations Bill funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan unless it contained an amendment allowing photos of detainee abuse to be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. He was singing a different tune in 2007.The point here is that Joe Lieberman never missed an opportunity to bash the Democrats over their supposed lack of love for America and the troops, ...
Lieberman: We Have A Responsibility To Our Troops...Unless My Amendment Gets Stripped
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... Whatever you think about the photos, or the wars, or the emergency supplemental bills, though, you've got to marvel at Joe Lieberman circa 2007: ...
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Dem Leadership Moves to Kill Photo Amendment
weeklystandard.com 6/5/2009 — THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic leadership is moving to strip the Lieberman-Graham amendment blocking the release of detainee photos from the supplemental appropriations bill now in conference. The ...
Dem Leadership Moves to Kill Photo Amendment (Bumped)
weeklystandard.com 6/6/2009 — THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic leadership is moving to strip the Lieberman-Graham amendment blocking the release of detainee photos from the supplemental appropriations bill now in conference. The ...
Photo Fight: Lieberman and Graham Threaten Senate Shutdown
weeklystandard.com 6/9/2009 — Senators Lieberman and Graham have just concluded a press conference held in response to a still unconfirmed move by the Democratic leadership in the House to strip from the supplemental appropriations bill an amendment that would bar the release of ...
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THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic leadership is moving to strip the Lieberman-Graham amendment blocking the release of detainee photos from the supplemental appropriations bill now in conference. The Lieberman-Graham amendment, formally ...