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The Assembly got off to a contentious start today as it began debating the guv's budget repair bill and both sides continued to bicker over an attempt by Republicans to force a quick vote on the legislation. It was a much quieter day initially in the Senate, where Dems again failed to show up for debate. But tensions ramped up in a committee exec over legislation to require voters to show an ID at the polls. Sen. Mary Lazich refused to allow Sen. Jon Erpenbach to vote via phone in committee accusing him of unethical behavior.

Televised Meeting to talk about healthcare..........

Per Fox News...

By Kalani Leifer Opinions Columnist Friday, May 13, 2005 last updated May 12, 2005 7:58 PM In the spirit of one of Stanford's most enduring and productive traditions, White Plaza has once again become the stage for political demonstration. Don't worry, though, you won't find anything controversial like mock same-sex marriages or miniature anti-abortion cemeteries. And while the present display of youthful involvement is being staged by a partisan organization -- the Stanford Democrats -- it should by all means be a bipartisan endeavor. One of the U.S. Senate's own most enduring and productive traditions, the filibuster, is in danger...

Whom do you trustDavid Limbaugh (archive) June 11, 2003 | Print | Send With their growing cacophony of charges against the Bush Administration for allegedly lying about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, the Democratic machine and its media allies are committing the very sin they're imputing to President Bush: undermining our national credibility. Do you understand the gravity of the charge? Bush's opponents are contending that Bush, in order to snooker the public into supporting his neo-conservative, war-mongering appetite, deliberately -- not negligently -- distorted intelligence data to make Iraq's WMD program look much worse than it was. The whole pretense for...