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| US lawmakers pass under-fire spy bill
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|  AFP - In a late-term triumph for US President George W. Bush, the US House of Representatives on Friday approved spy-powers legislation that has drawn heavy fire on civil liberties grounds.
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| Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:22:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Correction: compromise surveillance bill story
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| AP - In a June 19 story about a compromise surveillance bill, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a previous Senate bill that gave telecommunications companies immunity passed with 67 votes. The vote was 68. -- read full article |
| Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:26:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| McCain Entered June With $31.6 Million for Campaign
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|  Bloomberg - June 20 (Bloomberg) -- Senator John McCain, the presumptive
Republican presidential nominee, entered June with $31.6 million
to spend on his campaign after his biggest fundraising month yet,
acc11ording to a Federal Election Commission report.
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| Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:39:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| House votes to provide protection to phone firms
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|  Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives
passed a bill on Friday that could shield phone companies from
billions of dollars in lawsuits for their participation in the
warrantless surveillance program begun by President George W.
Bush after the September 11 attacks.
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| Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:46:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| House passes new surveillance law
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|  AP - The House on Friday easily approved a compromise bill setting new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits arising from the government's terrorism-era warrantless eavesdropping on phone and computer lines in this country.
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| Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:24:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Lawmakers back off EPA contempt move
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| AP - A House committee on Friday backed off a threatened contempt of Congress vote against the Environmental Protection Agency chief after President Bush made a last-minute assertion of executive privilege over information the committee wants. -- read full article |
| Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:30:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| US lawmakers pass under-fire spy bill
(AFP)
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|  AFP - In a late-term triumph for US President George W. Bush, the US House of Representatives on Friday approved spy-powers legislation that has drawn heavy fire on civil liberties grounds.
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| Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:57:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| House easily passes compromise surveillance law
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| AP - The House Friday easily approved a compromise bill setting new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits arising from the government's terrorism-era warrantless eavesdropping on phone and computer lines in this country.
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| Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:31:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Ex-press secretary decries 'secretive' White House
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|  AP - Former presidential spokesman Scott McClellan on Friday said President Bush has lost the public's trust by failing to open up about his administration's mistakes and backtracking on a promise to tell all about the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.
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| Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:31:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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