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[johaneriksson.se | -- right wing liberal --] The true losers of the US congressional election, which shifted majority in both the House and the Senate to the Democratic Party, are neither the right, the conservatives, nor even the Republicans. Instead it is the US consumers, and —

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Opinionjournal.com[Opinionjournal.com] OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today: At bedtime she had questions for us, the most poignant being, "Were there children on the planes?" and "What does it feel like to be on fire?" During the days she would find cover or rush inside whenever a plane or helicopter passed by--which was quite often, as we lived near Reagan National and on the flight path from Fort Belvoir to the Pentagon. I was able to assure her that she was safe, precisely because the military aircraft that we saw daily were there to protect her.

[Danieldrezner.com] danieldrezner.com :: Daniel W. Drezner :: Blog: Clay Shaw, a Florida Republican and chairman of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, told Congress Daily: “If the Doha round is doomed for failure .this may be a case of looking for where [Portman’s] talents, which are extraordinary, can best be used.”

http://cboldt.blogspot.com [Cboldt.blogspot.com] Senate by Cboldt: Compare the progress of H.R.6061 -The Secure Fence Act, which passed the Senate without amendment (but went no further), with theprogress of H.R.5631 -The DoD Appropriations Bill and theprogress of H.R.5441 -The Homeland Security Appropriations Bill - both of which were passed, cleared for the White House and presented to President Bush on Friday, Sept 29. The Homeland Security Appropriations bill was passed after 11:25 PM and made it to the President's desk before midnight."Time crunch" does not explain the fact that the earlier-passed Secure Fence Bill did not makeit to the President's desk.

Voluntarytrade.org[Voluntarytrade.org] VoluntaryTrade.org - Weblog: In addition to the recent wiretap legislation, the Republican Congress has increased the criminal penalties for antitrust violations and allowed the DOJ to selectively prosecute some companies for participating in cartel activity, but not others.

[Cato-at-liberty.org] Cato-at-liberty: But then the Libertarian Republican has been an elusive creature of late as well, judging by the GOP’s constitutional amendment fetish. The last time the flag-burning amendment came up for a vote in the House, only an even dozen Republicans voted against it, and only a couple of those could reasonably be described as “libertarian.”

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