Senate Coverage -- (June '05)

Thomas ^ | 6-6-05 | US 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 Senate Majority and Senate Minority

And Monthly Calendars for the House Majority and Roll Call Votes can be found here.

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OTHER LINKS

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Congress.org

The Founders' Constitution

THE WHITE HOUSE

THE WAR DEPARTMENT (aka The Dept. of Defense)

LIVE DoD Briefings

NEWSEUM: TODAY'S FRONT PAGES

THE HILL

CNSNEWS

Iraqi Blogs

CANADIAN PARLIAMENT

[OXENinFLA]

Did you see BRIG. GEN. Hemingway's opening statement?

He was good.

Leahy is busting a gasket....

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Specter to hold hearings on Gitmo prisoners' rights

[roses of sharon]

That bastard does not deserve to hold the honorable title of United States Senator.

He can burn in hell, and I called to tell him so.

[ken5050]

Is there a live thread on the committee hearing?

[Bahbah]

Don't know if there's a live thread. They just went into recess until Specter can come back.

[OXENinFLA]

No.

They've recessed unit Specter get back from the vote.

I was thinking about having the mods include that in the title of the link @ post #41, seems like a good thread for it...

[hattend]

Bumping Dirtbin's stupid comments

[Txsleuth]

Just got here and put the hearing on streaming audio---

who are the witnesses on the panel?

[OXENinFLA]

Just a sec, Ken5050 is going to post a live thread Ill post it there..

[Txsleuth]

Biden?---Telling the general how badly we are doing at making Muslims like us???

Blech!

[OXENinFLA]

NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building on “Detainees.”

**An Overflow Room will be Available in 366 Dirksen Senate

Senator Specter will preside

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Witness List

Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on
“Detainees”
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
9:30 a.m., Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226

Panel I

Brigadier General Thomas L. Hemingway
Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions
United States Department of Defense
Washington, DC

Rear Admiral James M. McGarrah
Director of Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants
Department of the Navy
Washington, DC

Mr. J. Michael Wiggins
Deputy Associate Attorney General
United States Department of Justice
Washington, DC

The Honorable Glenn A. Fine
Inspector General
United States Department of Justice
Washington, DC

Panel II

Lieutenant Commander Charles D. Swift
Defense Counsel
Office of Chief Justice Counsel
United States Department of Defense
Washington, DC

The Honorable William P. Barr
Executive Vice-President and General Counsel
Verizon Corporation
Washington, DC

Joseph Margulies, Esq.
Principal
Margulies & Richman.
Minneapolis, MN

Stephen Schulhofer, Esq.
Professor
New York University School of Law
New York City , NY

[Txsleuth]

Thanks--

Biden acts like it would be inconceivable to keep these people "forever"---

Why not? We put murders and other bad people in jail for "life"---why can't we do that to prisoners?

[OXENinFLA]

LIVE THREAD: Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Guantanamo detainees..C-span 3..

[Mo1]

If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime--Pol Pot or others--that had no concern for human beings. Sadly, that is not the case. This was the action of Americans in the treatment of their prisoners.

Sounds right out of the mouth of Moveone.org

What report is this and where did he get it

[jonno]

My understanding is that this "horrible" treatment was some of what was administered to the 20th hijacker - Al Qahtani.

Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks.

[Smartass]

SAVE GITMO - RELEASE TERRORISTS - JAIL SENATORS

 

[OXENinFLA]

I don't think the memo said who it was.

[Bahbah]

I can't believe that Rush didn't know about this until some guy with a son in the service called in just a bit ago, but he is all over it now and he is furious. Very good it is getting this exposure now. I hope Fox picks it up.

[firewalk]

Thanks for the ping

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THANK YOU!