SENATE COVERAGE -- (MAY '04)

http://www.senate.gov/ ^ | 5-3-04 | US SENATE and others

[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 and you don't want to start a new thread to ask if anyone else just heard what you heard, you can leave a short note on who said what and about what and I'll try and find it the next day in THE RECORD. Or if you see 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.

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.

OR FEDNET has online feed also.

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

Roll Call Votes can be found here.

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OTHER LINKS

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THE WHITE HOUSE

THE WAR DEPARTMENT (aka The Dept. of Defense)

LIVE DoD Briefings

[Mo1]

I hate that man

[Mo1]

Why isn't he APPALLED at what the terrorist thugs did to Americans??


I WANT TO PUNCH MY COMPUTER SCREEN

[OXENinFLA]

I WANT TO PUNCH MY COMPUTER SCREEN

I know the feeling.

[Mo1]

Corzine is up saying we need to help Sudan and send money

And this is the same jerk who couldn't even vote to fund OUR military

[OXENinFLA]

Starting 5-1/2 hours on NEGROPONTE's(sp) nomination.

[Mo1]

Biden is up talking about security in Iraq and giving his advice on what we should do


Hmmmm .. remember the last time he did that ?


http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2003/8/22/121307.shtml

Friday, Aug. 22, 2003 12:07 p.m. EDT
Sen. Biden's Advice on Iraqi Security Backfires

When Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., advised the Bush administration Friday morning that the best way to restore order to Iraq was to make sure Iraqi-trained police officers play a high-profile role in security forces in Baghdad, he apparently hadn't seen the front page of the New York Times.

"If you had serious police officers, say four or five Italian [security guards], along with six or seven Iraqi-trained police officers, you'd have an Iraqi face on the patrol," Biden told radio host Don Imus.

"Ultimately," urged the Delaware Democrat, "[Iraq's security force] has to have an Iraqi face" in order to succeed.

Apparently the United Nations agreed with Sen. Biden's thinking, since it retained several members of Saddam's secret service to guard the U.N. compound that was blown to smithereens on Tuesday.

According to the Times, American investigators now suspect the blast was an inside job, aided and abetted by the Iraqi guards.

An unnamed U.S official told the paper that all of the guards at the compound were agents of the Iraqi secret services who worked for the U.N. before the war. The United Nations continued to employ them right up until Tuesday's blast, the official said.

Luckily for the Americans working in U.S. compounds in Baghdad, the Bush administration disagrees with Sen. Biden's advice to turn over their security to Saddam's police force.

[Mo1]

Biden is on record saying he WILL vote for more funding in Iraq .. but he will also submit his amendment

[OXENinFLA]

Why do the dems tell Bush to do things that he's already done or doing?


"as John Kerry said" BARF!!

[OXENinFLA]

Would this be the same Red Cresent that the terrorists use?

[Mo1]

Because they are too stupid to pay attention to what's going on around them ..or to read the papers

They need their staff to tell them what to do

Also .. Did Biden just say we should pull out of Fallujah ??

[OXENinFLA]

Who's up now?

( I only have sound.)

[OXENinFLA]

Also .. Did Biden just say we should pull out of Fallujah ??

I missed that, I was to busy picking my jaw up off the floor after he said Iraq should have election this summer.

[Mo1]

I don't know who it was .. my real player crashed

Dodd is up now

[OXENinFLA]

Never mind, it was Bingaman, Jeff - (D - NM)

Also calling for a list of who we are holding.

[Mo1]

Brit Humes is on FNC now talking about "the cover"
Brit says there was no cover up because at the time it was announce to the press there was going to be an investigation

[OXENinFLA]

You too?

For the last week or so I can't seem to keep my realpayer running if I streem in the video.

Audio only doesn't seem to crash.

[OXENinFLA]

Brit is on now?

That's early for him.


Dodd did just make a good point.........this story is being made huge because there are pics of this.

[Mo1]

I've had both crash .. but mostly the video also

Dodd is giving us a lecture that we are a nation of laws and how we are suppose to do the right thing

Ummmmm .. Did the military do an investigation or did I imagine that information

Oh lovely .. Now he's brining up the Nazi's and how we are suppose to do things differently

And then says how he cares for our military

HELLO .. then why did you compare them to the Nazi's

[Mo1]

Dodd did just make a good point.........this story is being made huge because there are pics of this.

Brit just said that also

We can thank CBS for airing them

[Mo1]

I WANT TO PUNCH MY COMPUTER SCREEN AGAIN


This BS the Dems are saying is ridiculous ..

ENOUGH ALREADY!!!