SENATE COVERAGE -- (September / October '04)

http://www.senate.gov/ ^ | 9-7-04 | CONGRESS

[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).

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

NEWSEUM: TODAY'S FRONT PAGES

TALON NEWS

[Mo1]

I didn't catch his exact words .. but he sure seemed all doom and gloom


U.S. Deficit Seen Smaller Than Projected

http://www.forbes.com/markets/2004/09/07/cx_tm_0907video2.html?partner=aol

[Mo1]

OK .. break time for me .. Lieberman is boring as heck

[OXENinFLA]

Flip over to HANNITY....


That "wrong war at the wrong time" is a KENNEDY line....Sean played the audio of Teddy saying it!

[Mo1]

HAHAHAHAHA


Kerry couldn't come up with an orginal thought if his life depended on it

[RandallFlagg]

Lieberman thanking ESPN on the Senate floor.

ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz

[OXENinFLA]

Heard all this listening to BILL BENNETT

Wednesday, September 8, 2004 Kerry preps for speech at Union Terminal

KERRY: This is the "the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time."

KERRY : "Today marks a tragic milestone in the war in Iraq. More than 1,000 of America's sons and daughters have now given their lives on behalf of their country, on behalf of freedom, the war on terror.

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KERRY JUST STEPPED IN IT BIG TIME!!!

[OXENinFLA]

It still ain't over till the 14th!

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/politics/2783410

Renewal of assault weapon ban shot down in Senate

With president on the sidelines, its sponsor says, bill has no chance

By GEBE MARTINEZ
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - The fight to renew a favored ban on assault weapons effectively died Tuesday after the lead Senate sponsor of a bill to continue restrictions on the sale and manufacture of some semi-automatic weapons conceded defeat.

[OXENinFLA]

Senate Floor Schedule for Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004.

10:30 a.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business.

11:30 a.m.: Begin consideration of H.R. 4567, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2005.

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CCRKBA Action Alert - AWB sunset

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Did anyone watch Hannity last night questioning Sen. GRAHAM (D-FL)? If you did do you think Hannity should have punched Graham in the face?

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[Mo1]

I saw it and Bob Graham not only looked and sounded like a complete fool .. Graham showed himself for the Hypocrite that he is

[OXENinFLA]

Graham's new book sounds like it was paid for by camp Kerry.

I knew Graham was going to bring up the 28 blacked out pages from the congressional inquiry into 9/11.

It sounds to me like he's going to be outing CLASSIFIED info.

[OXENinFLA]

Yesterday's votes:

Votes:
164: Nomination of Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington, of Florida, to be a U.S. District Court Judge
Confirmed, 91-0

165: Nomination of Michael H. Schneider, Sr., of Texas, to be a U.S. District Court Judge
Confirmed, 92-1

[OXENinFLA]

Leave it to Rummy..


Defense Department Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld Tuesday, September 7, 2004 2:06 p.m. EDT

SEC. RUMSFELD: Good afternoon. Last week, the people of Russia, and indeed, the people of the entire world once again saw vividly the extremes to which terrorists are prepared to go to achieve their ends. Those who choose violence and terror obviously think nothing of taking the lives of even the most innocent among us. The whole world watched as Russian children were taken hostage on their first day of school, and hundreds were killed, hundreds were wounded, and there are still open questions on a great many more.

Civilized people everywhere can only express sympathy and solidarity with the Russian people. Extremists seek to terrorize innocent men, women and children whoever they are and wherever they may live. There are really no free passes in this struggle, this war; there are no free passes for countries; there are really no free passes for individuals. And for that reason, the civilized world has to stay on the offensive, and that's exactly what the coalition is doing.

Taking the offense, however, of course has its cost, just as staying on defense has its cost. And soon the American forces are likely to suffer the one-thousandth casualty at the hands of terrorists and extremists in Iraq. When combined with U.S. losses in other theaters in the global war on terror, we have lost well more than a thousand already. And we certainly honor the courage and sacrifice of every man and woman in uniform who has served in Iraq and who is currently serving there. And needless to say, we mourn with the families of those lost.

It should be noted that the civilized world passed the thousandth casualty mark a long time ago. Hundreds were killed in Russia last week to be sure. And this week, of course, on September 11th, 2004, we remember the 3,000 citizens of dozens of countries who were killed on September 11th in 2001. And September 11th, 2001 was not the beginning of terrorism, and the war in Iraq has not created terrorism. International terrorists declared war on the civilized nations of the world some time back, and over the decades, they have killed many thousands of Americans and citizens of other countries as well.

And as we commemorate the third anniversary of the attacks of September 11th, it's appropriate to honor the fallen and to reflect on how far we have come and to determine what more might be done.

Consider, three years ago Osama bin Laden was the co-conspirator of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Three years later, the Taliban regime is gone and UBL is clearly on the run. Three years ago, Saddam Hussein and his regime were making a mockery of the United Nations, ignoring numerous U.N. resolutions and calling on Iraq to report -- which was the resolutions calling on Iraq to report honestly on its weapons program. The international consensus for sanctions was weakening.

The president faced a choice between confronting Saddam then or facing an even graver threat in the future. Three years later, Saddam is in jail, soon to be on trial, I'm told, the sons are dead, and the people of Iraq are forming a representative government that will not threaten their people or their region or the world.

In the past three years, the United States and the U.K. have shut down the A.Q. Khan clandestine network that had provided nuclear technologies to Libya, Iran, North Korea and possibly other nations. Libya's Qadhafi has given up his nuclear weapons program. And Pakistan, which once supported the Taliban, is today our strong ally against terrorists.

The progress in Iraq and Afghanistan has prompted a backlash, in effect, from those who hope that at some point we might conclude that the pain and the cost of this fight isn't worth it. Well, our enemies have underestimated our country, our coalition. They have failed to understand the character of our people. And they certainly misread our commander in chief.

[firewalk]

Thanks for the ping
& for posting the vote results

[OXENinFLA]

1 hr. morning business, dems get 1st 1/2.................ugggggggggg

SCHUMER, KENNEDY, FEINESTINE.

12:30-2:15 break

[OXENinFLA]

FEINESTINE up talking about the AWB!!!

[OXENinFLA]

OMG, Feinestine just repeated the "people can't see you shoot at night if you use a flash suppressor" line.

[OXENinFLA]

WELL WE ALL KNEW THIS TYPE OF STORY WAS COMING!!!

Feinestine just mentioned this on the floor..

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http://www.newsnet5.com/news/3713154/detail.html

Officials: 50 Rounds Fired In Shooting Near School

Officials Find Cache Of Weapons In Man's Home

UPDATED: 8:49 AM EDT September 8, 2004
GENEVA, Ohio -- Police in Ashtabula County said a man fired 50 rounds during a shooting spree near a Geneva Elementary School, NewsChannel5 reported.

Michael Harwood, 32, hit three other people before fatally turning the gun on himself, officials said.

No children were hurt, but the man believed to be the suspect's intended target is in serious condition. The other two victims weren't seriously hurt.

[Joe Brower]

Blood-dancers like FeinSwein are nothing if not predictable.

As usual, one bad man out of a nation of over a quarter-billion gets 100% of the coverage in order to promote a statist agenda.

I look forward to the day when we gain enough momentum to remove creatures like her from the Senate, once and for all.

[OXENinFLA]

yeah, I can't wait for FL to elect a Rep to the Senate this year!

[OXENinFLA]

September 7, 2004 Senate -- Congressional Record