World News Briefs — October 29, 2009 (Evening Edition)
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speak about their meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009. U.S. Defense Budget Now Stalled Because Of Last Minute Addition Of A Hate Crimes Measure
WASHINGTON — Just days after Arizona Sen. John McCain forged an unusual bipartisan alliance with the White House to cut $1.75 billion in increased spending for the F-22 jet fighter, congressional Democratic leaders on Wednesday added a hate-crimes measure to the must-pass bill.
The move, backed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., sparked heated debate on the Senate floor as McCain unsuccessfully sought to remove the hate crimes amendment, known as the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, from the broader defense spending measure on the grounds that the two matters are unrelated.
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My Comment: Playing politics on the backs of our soldiers.
Supermax Prisons in U.S. Already Hold Terrorists
Federal Supermax Prison in Florence, Colo. (Photo form Prison Society)From Washington Post:
In news conferences, speeches and debates this week, lawmakers from both parties, as well as the director of the FBI, have sounded alarms about moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to federal prisons, where they could launch riots, hatch radical plots or somehow be released among the populace.
“No good purpose is served by allowing known terrorists, who trained at terrorist training camps, to come to the U.S.
Reid bars Biden from Dem caucuses to restore checks and balances
By GottaLaff
Don’t take this as a rejection, Joe:
Coming in Sunday’s LAS VEGAS SUN, By Lisa Mascaro/Washington Bureau — BIDEN TO BE BARRED FROM SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS MEETINGS AS PART OF REID EFFORT TO RESTORE CHECKS AND BALANCES: “The new Congress will reassert its constitutional independence from the White House by barring the vice president from joining in internal Senate deliberations, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in an interview with The Sun.
Top Harry Reid Senate challenger indicted
Now, I have some problems with old Harry, but he’s still way better than this guy. Republicans just can’t catch a break.
Nevada Republicans suffered a serious blow Wednesday when their first announced challenger to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was indicted on four counts of misappropriation and falsification of public records.The charges, handed down by a Clark County grand jury, accuse Lt.
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