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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 2005
Page
8
An agriculture report notes a strong thunderstorm will affect a few spots this evening while most areas stay dry overnight. Northerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Partly sunny and cooler on Wednesday with temperatures warming to the mid 80s on Thursday and Friday under continued sunshine.
Kansas's Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback indicate support for Bill Frist's push to end Democratic filibusters on Bush judicial nominees. Roberts cites 200 years of precedence for an up or down vote. Brownback's spokesman confirms backing Frist to bring nominees to a vote.
The piece notes the two GOP senators among the longest filibusters and details plans for a Frist vote on Texas judge Priscilla Owens and California judge Janice Rogers Brown. It covers Bush nominees blocked earlier, Roberts’ statement supporting judicial nominees, and calls to end the 60 vote requirement to stop filibusters.
The White House backs Newsweek’s May 9 retraction of its claim that U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay desecrated the Quran. Officials say more is needed to repair damage, including clearly explaining what happened and how the magazine got it wrong, especially to the Muslim world.
President Vicente Fox faced U S pressure after praising Mexicans in the United States for taking jobs "even blacks" would not do. African American leaders Jackson and Sharpton urged an apology. Fox later said he regretted hurt feelings and invited them to Mexico for talks to ease tensions between communities.
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