Pelosi pressured by Israeli lobby to avoid Iran war check
The piece argues Nancy Pelosi faced pro Israel lobby pressure from conservatives and AIPAC to drop a provision requiring Bush to seek Congress approval before any Iran war. It claims Pelosi caved, enabling a potential unilateral Bush war and denounces Democratic and Republican roles while citing polls and quotes from Nichols and other figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Bush
Iran
House
Nancy Pelosi
Pelosi
Iraq
Bush
Appropriations Committee
Israel
Associated Press
David Espo
Matthew Leach
Shelley Berkley
Dnev
U.S
Gary Ackerman
New York
John Nichols
The
Nation
Congress
White House
Nichols
Democrats
Cheney
Pelosi & Co
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
AIPAC
Washington Times
Nancy
Arak
Natanz
Bushehr
Middle East
Capitol Hill
Mideast
Gallup
Peoples’ House
Sam Rayburn
Editorial: Secret changes to Patriot Act enable firings
The editorial examines how the Patriot Act was quietly amended to let the White House name U.S. attorneys indefinitely without Senate confirmation. It calls for restoring the prior appointment process, urges cooperation with congressional investigators, and warns executive privilege could block truth about the firings. The piece cites Carol Lam and Karl Rove’s protégé and presses Senate action by Feinstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Carol Lam
San Diego
White House
Senate
Alberto Gonzales
Kyle Sampson
Justice Department
Sampson
Karl Rove
Fred Fielding
Bush
Rove
Harriet Miers
Notable events and births span centuries in brief history
On this date various milestones are noted from Bach’s 1685 birth in Eisenach to the 1960 Sharpeville killings and 1965 Selma march. Other items include Code Napoleon adoption in 1804, Juarez’s 1806 birth, UN HQ in 1946, Bermuda talks in 1957, JFK era events, and later trials, deaths, and birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpeville
South Africa
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
Montgomery
Ala
Congress should restore parental rights in schools
Congress should restore parental rights in schools by conditioning federal school funding on compliance with Meyer-Pierce rights and parental authority. The 2005 House vote on HR 547 demonstrated broad bipartisanship for strengthening parental control in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
House
Supreme Court
John Kline
R-N.m
Schlafly urges parental rights agenda in Congress
Phyllis Schlafly argues for Congress to require public schools to obtain parental consent for HPV vaccination and mental health screening, mandate opt in for vaccines, and restrict bilingual education. She cites multiple court decisions to claim anti parent bias and calls for a defense of parental rights in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kentucky
Masaachusetts
David Parker
California
U.S. Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
Ridgewood
N.J
Cuit
2Nd
U.S. Circuit
Lik
Utah
U.S
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Patrick J. Buchanan
Lawton
Editorial
San Diego Union-Tribune
Johann Sebastian Bach
Eisenach
Germany
Benito Juarez
Oaxaca
United Nations
Hunter College
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Bermuda
Langa
Clinton
Boris Yeltsin
Helsinki
Finland
NATO
Tel Aviv
Latin America
Marjorie Knoller
Diane Whippie
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Robert Noel
Kneller
Alexei Yagudin
Nagano
Japan
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Hampton
Michael J. Smith
Abu Ghraib
Fort Meade
Smith
Joseph Silverstein
al Freeman Jr
Kathleen Widdoes
Solomon Burkets
Marie-Christine Barcault
Timothy Dalton
Matthew Broderick
Dame Christabel Pankhurst
Phylus Schlafly
Phyllis Schlafly
Phyillis
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