Posted on 05/03/2004 4:45:39 AM PDT by 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.
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.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT (aka The Dept. of Defense)
I'm still trying to find the transcript for his speech today.
I don't think he knows what the word normal means
BTW .. the plane loop story .. it reminds me of the story in the Boston Globe about him looping the Golden Gate Bridge in '67
To remind people that he was.
In one add it is said of Kerry that he "AS SENATOR CAST A DECISIVE VOTE THAT CREATED 20 MILLION NEW JOBS"
How would his vote be "decisive"? (unless Kerry was the chair of the Senate or a Committee at the time)
IRAQ POLICY
Rumsfeld Holds News Conference
At the Pentagon, Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld leads a press briefing (along w/ General Pace) on recent developments in Fallujah and Iraq more generally.
TUESDAY AT 1:30PM ET (NET. TBA) LIVE DoD BriefingsMost likely here.
FOREIGN POLICY
Rice Speaks on Mideast to ADL
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice delivers Tuesday's keynote address at the annual national conference of the Anti-Defamation League.
TUESDAY AT 12PM ET (NET. TBA)
Puts the lie to "the worst economy in 50 years" rhetoric.
Beyond that, show me one piece of legislation that created 20 million new jobs. I also want to know what that was!
Gregg(R-NH) then showed how the 8 million number of workers who might lose overtime was also bogus.
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