This week on www.StopDemocrats.com **The News** Main Story:
Posted on 09/23/2002 10:24:32 AM PDT by StopDemocratsDotCom
This week on www.StopDemocrats.com **The News** Main Story:
*Bush Slams Democrats on Homeland Security: A day before senators headed into a showdown over President Bush's proposal to create a new homeland security department, Bush on Monday said a dispute over labor rights threatened to leave America unprepared to "take the enemy on.".
In Other News:
*Lawmakers are close to giving President Bush the congressional authorization he wants to take on Saddam Hussein, saying they will limit the mandate to Iraq to satisfy Democrats' unease about Bush's request to restore security to the whole region.
*This year's midterm elections could hand the GOP control of the Senate a full two months before the new Congress is sworn in - even if Republicans fail to win an overall majority, according to Capitol Hill's political bible, Roll Call.
*The latest MSNBC/Zogby poll shows Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) besting Bill McBride (D), 49 to 39 percent.
*Gov. Paul Patton (D-KY) tearfully admitted to having an "inappropriate personal relationship" with a woman who is suing him for sexual harassment.
*A man who helped undermine communism in his own country is sharing what he learned with Cubans who oppose the communist dictatorship of Fidel Castro. President Vaclav Havel, in a speech at Florida International University, will address "the power of the powerless.".
Articles and Commentary:
*Senator Bob Torricelli's Terror Problem: THE morning line says the Senate race in New Jersey is tight because challenger Doug Forrester wins on ethics and Sen. Robert Torricelli is better on issues.
*AP: The Federal Election Commission has imposed record fines totaling at least $719,000 against Democrats involved in the party's 1996 fund-raising scandals, according to published reports.
FEC documents described how Democratic fund-raisers demanded illegal campaign contributions from foreign nationals in China and other countries in exchange for meetings with then-President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.
Among those who were penalized by the FEC were the Democratic National Committee, $115,000; the Clinton-Gore campaign, $2,000; and the Buddhist Progressive Society, $120,000
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