Category: Politics
26 July, 2008 (22:21) | News, Politics | No comments
WASHINGTON (CNN) — At a crowded Judiciary Committee hearing today, House Democrats talked about impeaching President Bush…. to the disgust of the committee’s Republicans.
It was purely stagecraft. The day’s star witness, Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich, received a noisy ovation filled with cheering, clapping and whistling as he walked into the hearing room. Kucinich, who […]
20 July, 2008 (10:29) | Corruption, News, Politics | No comments
A Justice Department investigation into the sexual conduct of U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent has expanded to include allegations that he accepted but failed to report gifts and also sold his home in a deal arranged by a lawyer with dozens of cases in his court, Kent’s own attorney and other lawyers have confirmed.
The ongoing […]
20 July, 2008 (10:22) | News, Politics | No comments
New Jersey’s ex-governors still get free lifts to the Shore, Atlantic City, New York and elsewhere despite calls to limit their access to State Police drivers and bodyguards.
Five former governors were chauffeured 153 times, traveling 11,700 miles — all at taxpayer expense – according to data detailing 30 months worth of trips.
“If I did it […]
17 July, 2008 (22:43) | News, Politics, new hampshire | No comments
DOVER, N.H. — Former New Hampshire congressional candidate Gary Dodds will remain in jail, possibly after he is eligible to be released into home confinement.
Strafford County Department of Corrections Superintendent Warren Dowaliby said that Dodds would remain in custody “until such time as I am satisfied that he can be safely (his own safety and […]
15 July, 2008 (15:52) | Politics, new hampshire | No comments
Dear Senator Gregg,
Please override the presidents veto and pass the medicare bill HR-6331. These medications are extremely important to people with disabilities, and my 15 year old autistic son is one of those children. How can us poor people help our children without some help? I am […]
4 July, 2008 (06:45) | News, Politics, new hampshire | No comments
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Gary Dodds is being held at the Rockingham County Jail after being arrested by police in Portsmouth. Dodds was taken into custody around 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Police arrested Dodds at his Cutts Mansion property on Maplewood Avenue in Portsmouth. He was charged with simple assault, false imprisonment and breach of bail. Police have […]
25 June, 2008 (14:05) | News, Politics | No comments
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a law that allows the execution of people convicted of a raping a child.
In a 5-4 vote, the court said the Louisiana law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in such cases violates the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
“The death penalty is […]
21 June, 2008 (22:07) | News, Politics | 1 comment
Washington, DC - Hidden deep in Senator Christopher Dodd’s 630-page Senate housing legislation is a sweeping provision that affects the privacy and operation of nearly all of America’s small businesses. The provision, which was added by the bill’s managers without debate this week, would require the nation’s payment systems to track, aggregate, and […]
21 June, 2008 (22:03) | News, Politics | No comments
RALEIGH, N.C. - Eastern North Carolina residents unhappy to be living near hog lagoons gave Gov. Mike Easley what’s inside those pits.
Members of environmental groups dropped off what they said was a gallon of hog waste at Easley’s office Thursday. Lower Neuse Riverkeeper Larry Baldwin says they left the jug there after they couldn’t get […]
13 June, 2008 (21:43) | News, Politics | 1 comment
NEW YORK (AP) — A state judge has ordered the governor, Senate and Assembly to raise the pay of all the state’s judges within the next 90 days.
Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Edward H. Lehner said in a decision Wednesday that the defendants had unconstitutionally abused their power by depriving the judges of a […]
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