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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 2006
Page
3
As Congress neared the election, veteran Sen. Arlen Specter quipped the session would end rather than be completed. Republicans faced scrutiny for nine funding bills and measures on wiretapping overseas, veterans health care, immigration, and terrorism detainee policy, with party infighting cited as a major factor.
A look at Congress actions before a five week campaign recess for the November 7 elections. Notable steps include passing bills on military commissions and Geneva Conventions, defense and homeland security spending, pay raises for the military, border fencing, and sanctions related to North Korea, as well as measures to enhance port security and create heritage areas. Continued disagreement on warrantless wiretapping, immigration, offshore drilling, and tax breaks, with uneven progress on ethics reforms and aid allocations. Senate and House divisions stalled several key items, including HIV/AIDS funding shifts and abortion travel restrictions.
The Associated Press and five TV networks sue in U S District Court Miami claiming a Florida law banning exit polling near voting sites violates the First Amendment. The filing on Friday seeks to overturn the restriction as curbing press coverage of elections.
A 2005 amendment banning asking voters a fact or opinion within 100 feet of polling places is ruled unconstitutional. The AP and major networks formed a consortium to collect exit polling data in Florida and elsewhere, arguing distance hurts statistical accuracy and voter behavior data. Judge Michael H. Watson held theOhio directive and exit poll restriction violate First Amendment rights.
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