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

[OXENinFLA]

Rush just played a clip of Bush saying he told King Abdula that he was sorry.


A great way to get around saying it directly to the media IMO.

[Mo1]

Harkin saying that Rummy should put the welfare of the country above himself and do the right thing by stepping down

I AM GOING TO PUNCH MY COMPUTER SCREEN AGAIN .. Grrrr

[Mo1]

Rush just played a clip of Bush saying he told King Abdula that he was sorry.

Think that will shut the dems up?

[OXENinFLA]

OMG I just missed that!!


This is so wrong.........

[OXENinFLA]

Think that will shut the dems up?

No, BUSH wasn't groveling on his knees in the well of the Senate.

[Mo1]

Harkin is laying it on REALLY thick and saying the President should be big enough and apologize ..

Hey Harkin .. HE DID!

[OXENinFLA]

Did you just catch Harkin saying the "skids were greased" for Negropote's nomination?


Now where have I heard THAT before???????

[OXENinFLA]

Boxer bringing up WOLFOWITZ's number gaf.

[OXENinFLA]

HANNITY is FIRED up today!!!!

[Mo1]

Yea .. but he needs to chill out and read what the President really said

[Mo1]

Kyl is up telling the Dems to watch their words because the enemy will use them against us and how the Senators should conduct themselves

[OXENinFLA]

Bout time someone stood up and told that to the dems.

The dems can only see what would be politically beneficial to them.

[Mo1]

Yes it is .. but I REALLY want someone to lay into the dems for what they have been saying

I vote for Rick Santorum .. he'd be great

[OXENinFLA]

I vote for Rick Santorum

Yeah.

I'm done with news for the day.(Yeah right)

I'm going home and ripping into some PS2 games.

[Mo1]

LOL .. well you have a good time

It's gonna be even busier tomorrow .. isn't Rummy going to be at the hearing?

[firewalk]

Thanks for the ping

[OXENinFLA]

IRAQI PRISONERS & DETAINEES
Rumsfeld Before Senate Cmte.
The Defense secretary, JCS chairman, acting Army secretary, Army chief of staff & Central Command deputy commander testify on treatment of Iraqi prisoners.
FRIDAY ON C-SPAN AT 11:45AM ET

[kcvl]

http://harkin.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm

[OXENinFLA]

Thanks I feel much better now..... Here's what I sent.

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Sir, I watched your floor speech yesterday concerning Ambassador Negroponte the only thing that I can say (in the immortal words of Daffy Duck) "YOU'RE DESPICABLE"!!

And I do mean that in the proper context of the word.

DESPICABLE: deserving to be despised : so worthless or obnoxious as to rouse moral indignation

[OXENinFLA]

President Bush : We also talked about what has been on the TV screens recently, not only in our own country, but overseas -- the images of cruelty and humiliation. I told His Majesty as plainly as I could that the wrongdoers will be brought to justice, and that the actions of those folks in Iraq do not represent the values of the United States of America.

I told him I was sorry for the humiliation suffered by the Iraqi prisoners, and the humiliation suffered by their families. I told him I was equally sorry that people who have been seeing those pictures didn't understand the true nature and heart of America. I assured him Americans, like me, didn't appreciate what we saw, that it made us sick to our stomachs. I also made it clear to His Majesty that the troops we have in Iraq, who are there for security and peace and freedom, are the finest of the fine, fantastic United States citizens, who represent the very best qualities of America: courage, love of freedom, compassion, and decency.

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This is very well thought out and Pres. Bush knew what he was saying.