Bush Defends Iraq War On Oak Ridge Visit
President Bush argued invading Iraq made America safer in a Oak Ridge National Laboratory speech. He noted Senate findings criticizing CIA analyses while avoiding details on CIA reform and a new CIA director. Libya’s disarmament shipments to Oak Ridge were also referenced.
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Bush
America
Senate Intelligence Committee
Saddam
CIA
Iraq
Senate
George Tenet
Afghanistan
Libya
Kabul
Baghdad
Muammar Gaddafi
Illinois governor signs property tax relief bill
Governor Rod Blagojevich signs a bill to slow home tax growth by raising homeowner exemptions and allowing counties to cap annual assessment increases at 7 percent for three years. Critics warn businesses will shoulder more tax burden. supporters praise relief for homeowners and note potential shifts to lower income residents. Officials in Cook County weigh implementing the cap amid mixed reactions from business groups and taxpayers.
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Illinois
Rod Blagojevich
Cook County
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Blagojevich
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Gerald Roper
Ralph Martire
Center For Tax and Budget Accountability
Michelle Kucera
James Houlihan
Barbara Head
Tax Reform Action Coalition
Budget talks resume with no movement at Illinois Capitol
Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the four leaders reopened budget talks in Springfield but remain deadlocked over how to spend a 350 million dollar education funds increase. The stalemate persists despite a looming new fiscal year and a temporary spending plan. Senate President Emil Jones pushes general aid while House GOP leader Tom Cross seeks categoricals for wealthier districts.
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Springfield
Rod Blagojevich
Senate
Emil Jones
Chicago
Downstate
House
Tom Cross
Roswego
Cross
Administration proposes opening more national forests to logging
The Bush administration proposes lifting the roadless rule in most remote national forest areas, letting governors petition to block road building or open areas to logging. Idaho holds 9.3 million roadless acres, with 200,000 acres in Clearwater River area at stake as Congress weighs the plan amid environmental and timber industry concerns.
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Bush Administration
Clinton
Bush
America
Agriculture
Ann Veneman
Philip Clapp
National Environmental Trust
Idaho
Clearwater River
Forest Service
Senators split on marriage amendment divides Illinois group
Illinois lawmakers debate a constitutional marriage amendment with Sen. Peter Fitzgerald co sponsoring. Religious leaders and activists in Southern Illinois clash over defining marriage as between a man and a woman while some reform advocates push for state discretion and civil rights protections for gays.
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Fitzgerald
Dan Curry
House
Southern Illinois
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St. Andrew Catholic
Murphysboro
Gummersheimer
William Sasso
Unitarian Fellowship In
Carbondale
Sasso
Senate
Steve Wilkinson
First Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Anna
Wilkinson
Paulette Curkin
Southern Illinois University
Curkin
U.S. Senate
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