Senate Coverage (MARCH - 04)

http://www.senate.gov/ ^ | 3-01-04 | Various

[OXENinFLA]

Since "Free Republic is an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America.", I and others think it's a good idea to centralize what the goes on in the Senate (or House if it gets hot).

So if you see something happening on the Senate/House floor you don't have to start a new thread, you can just use this one also if you have a thread that pertains to the Senate, House, or pretty much any GOV'T agency please link your thread here.

If you have any suggestions for this thread please feel free to let me know.

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Here's a few helpful links.

C-SPAN what a great thing. Where you can watch or listen live to most Government happenings. (I'd like stress this on little thing about C-SPAN that I love, NO COMMERCIAL INTERRUPTIONS.)

C-SPAN 1 carries the HOUSE.

C-SPAN 2 carries the SENATE.

C-SPAN 3 (most places web only) carries a variety of committee meetings live or other past programming.

A great thing about our Government is they make it really easy for the public to research what the Politicians are doing and saying (on the floor anyway).

THOMAS where you can see a RECORD of what Congress is doing each day. You can also search/read a verbatim text of what each Congressmen/women or Senator has said on the floor or submitted 'for the record.' [This is where the real juicy stuff can be found.]

Also found at Thomas are Monthly Calendars for the Majority and Minority

(I'd like to rant for a second. Prior to Senator Frist's office running the calendar any bills and amendments talked about would be linked on the calendar the next day. Now all you get is when the Senate will meet and the bill # without a link. I'd like to see it change back.)

Roll Call Votes can be found here.

[not-alone]

hearing on Haiti on CSPAN now

[OXENinFLA]

Someone call Corrine Brown.......

[not-alone]

Hearing is getting very angry - menendez of NJ is not allowing Noriega to reply. " We do not have an obligation to put American soldiers at risk for every Gov't that asks"

[OXENinFLA]

Yeah, The dems are going to (try) tear him apart.

[StriperSniper]

Reid(D-NV) complaining about Sec. of Ed. calling the NEA 'terrorists'.

LOL!

They can't handle the truth!

[OXENinFLA]

Senate Floor Schedule for Thursday, March 4, 2004.

9:30 a.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business.

10:30 a.m.: Resume consideration of S. 1637, the Foreign Sales Corporation/Extraterritorial Income (FSC/ETI) bill.

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[OXENinFLA]

What is Daschle doing, saying after 9-11 Pres. Bush doesn't care about relation w/ other countries.

Started off by mentioning V FOX of Mexico.

[StriperSniper]

And also blaming GWB for Haiti and he's worried about Chavez, how touching.

[OXENinFLA]

Did I just hear DASCHLE right, he wants us to go into VENEZUAL????

[not-alone]

when they said Dems had frist 1/2 hour I needed to finish breakfast before I could handle Daschle and now whinny Joe.

[StriperSniper]

It sounded like he thinks we should be ready and consider it, if his Marxist buddy gets in trouble. Like yesterdays Haiti hearing debacle, these people are inciting bloodshed globally and blaming Bush!

[OXENinFLA]

Yeah, I think the dems are really going to start using the Senate Floor to Bash Pres. Bush.

I'm waiting for C-span to put that video of Yesterday's Haiti meeting w/ Noriagia(sp), I caught some of it in news clips. Rangle needed to be BI*&* slapped.

[StriperSniper]

I should have given you a ping last night, check this out:

Iranian Alert -- March 3, 2004 -- IRAN LIVE THREAD --Americans for Regime Change in Iran Post#34

[Mo1]

I missed it .. Joe Lieberman is on now

As for Venezual .. why don't they send Jimmy Carter again .. him and Chavez are best buddies

[OXENinFLA]

Was that in the house?

[Mo1]

I'm waiting for C-span to put that video of Yesterday's Haiti meeting w/ Noriagia(sp), I caught some of it in news clips. Rangle needed to be BI*&* slapped.

I saw clips of that too .. Why do those Select Intell memo's keep popping in my head

They are out to cause throuble again .. and by doing so the put every american life in danger

[OXENinFLA]

(STEARNS is my congressman.)


DAVID KAY AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION -- (House of Representatives - March 03, 2004)


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(Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, Dr. David Kay, former Iraqi weapons inspector, gave an interview on the Today Show on January 27. Let me quote from what he said:

``Iraq was a country that had the capabilities in weapons of mass destruction areas and in which terrorists, like ants to honey, were going after it. We found that the Iraqi government, particularly Saddam Hussein and his senior leadership, had an intention to continue to pursue their WMD activities; that they, in fact, had a large number of weapons of mass destruction program-related activities.''

Some in this body must have a hearing problem. To say that the President and the administration have misled the American people in building the case for the war with Iraq is wrong. Dr. Kay, like many others, is confident that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and the ability to produce weapons of mass destruction. In fact, Saddam Hussein even used these weapons of mass destruction on his own people.

I hope the American voters see through the false charges against the President of the United States.

[StriperSniper]

And wasn't it Reid Mon. or Tues. that said that they were going to defend their dork from any attacks on the floor right before he went on his own soft-spoken tirade aginst GWB? Friggin hypocrites!!!

[OXENinFLA]

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2004_record&page=H818&position=all

Mr. ANDREWS

[StriperSniper]

Yeah, he gave a special order speech. I flipped by and saw the end of one by Rep. Tancredo, and he followed. I usually turn him off since it is normally socialist pap, but stayed with it when I heard Iran. It was nothing new to anyone here, but it was good to hear from a Dem.