Group Takes Credit for Forcing Amendment
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The main opposition party grabbed credit Thursday for forcing an amendment to the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement that it says will ensure that cheap generic drugs are not blocked from the Australian market.
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The Florida Hospital Association has taken the lead in challenging two constitutional amendments that deal with medical errors and malpractice.
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The petition is expected to come up for hearing on December 20.
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The Democratic National Committeeâs decision to punish the state for moving up its presidential primary has provoked local party members.
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Imagine you come up with a name for a new issue-advocacy group, one you think will send a powerful message to lawmakers that they need to remain accountable to the people who elected them. Something like, say, "They Work for Us."
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By Alfonse D'Amato  The Fair Media Council posted a Media Bill of Rights on its blog recently, and it requires reprinting in good old-fashioned ink. In the interest of complete accuracy, it's really not about the media's rights, which are pretty much covered under the First Amendement.
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House Republican leaders were forced yesterday to summon lawmakers back into session next month to quell an uproar over a belatedly discovered provision in a huge spending bill that would have
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Some folks have already hit the button.
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The support from the pair means that it will be up to the Legislature to decide whether to block proposed changes.
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The world is upside down. A posse of Republican lawmakers who, when opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants, like to talk about how rules must be followed and how we shouldn't reward lawbreakers. They're now demanding that a pair of convicted felons be rewarded with a presidential pardon.
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By JOHN CASTELLUCCI  Journal Staff Writer  The controversial proposals have already been sent back to the Ordinance Committee    for revision.
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Supporters of the San Diego River Conservancy, which has been targeted for elimination by Gov. Schwarzenegger&#39;s government-efficiency commission, turned up at a public hearing yesterday to plead their case.
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President Bush sought to stem a near- rebellion by members of his own party today by forcefully endorsing the bill.
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WASHINGTON - The House, in an emotionally and politically charged debate six weeks before the election, voted Thursday to protect the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance from further court challenges.    The legislation, promoted by GOP conservatives, would prevent federal courts, including the Supreme Court, from hearing cases challenging the words "under God," a part of the pledge for the past 50 years...
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A union is trying to force nonprofit groups like hospitals to comply with standards of governing similar to those that federal law requires of private companies.
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By Katie Mulvaney; Journal Staff Writer  A political advocacy group plans to push the state's congressional leaders to rebuff attempts by the Narragansett Indian tribe to have repealed a federal law that requires the tribe to seek voter approval for any gambling halls on their land.
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Republicans crafting the party&#39;s platform backed a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Wednesday in a sharp contrast to