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Video: Heckler hits McCain speech
Video: Heckler hits McCain speech

Expert: Wiretap deal would destroy 4th Amendment
Expert: Wiretap deal would destroy 4th Amendment

Sessions: ‘We ought to be saying the energy companies are our friends.’
Proudly doing Big Oil’s bidding on the House floor today, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) said: What do we hear back from Washington, DC? … “Let’s stick it to Big Oil!” Well, in fact, what we ought to be saying is that energy companies are our friends. … What are the energy companies saying? They’re […]

Proudly doing Big Oil’s bidding on the House floor today, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) said:

What do we hear back from Washington, DC? … “Let’s stick it to Big Oil!” Well, in fact, what we ought to be saying is that energy companies are our friends. … What are the energy companies saying? They’re saying please give us the opportunity to go where there is oil or the perception that there’s oil and go looking for it and provide it to the American public.

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The energy companies are certainly friends of Pete Sessions. Since 2004, Sessions has received over $330,000 from the oil and gas industry. In return, Sessions is aggressively promoting greater oil drilling. But as the Energy Information Administration states, increased drilling in the outer continental shelf will have an “insignificant” impact on oil prices.

Bush Remarks on Damage From Iowa Flooding
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: Our job is to come down here — and I want to thank the Senator and Congressman and members of the Cabinet — just to listen to what you got on your mind. Obviously, to the extent that we can help immediately we want to help, and then plan for recovery. I know a lot of f…

Surveillance Bill Offers Protection To Telecom Firms
House and Senate leaders agreed yesterday on surveillance legislation that could shield telecommunications companies from privacy lawsuits, handing President Bush one of the last major legislative victories he is likely to achieve.

What Obama Meant By ‘Undivided’ Jerusalem
Joel Mowbray, RCP