Election complicates Congress agenda this session
Election year politics loom as Congress opens the second session of the 108th with fights over highway spending pension relief for struggling firms and corporate tax changes to avert EU penalties. Major bills face narrow paths amid partisan rifts and Bush priorities including space expansion and health care expansion.
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World Social Forum in Bombay denounces Bush war policy
Peace activists at the World Social Forum in Bombay linked war and militarism to global dangers. Speakers like Ramsey Clark and Arundhati Roy condemned U.S. led wars and called for UN counterweights while protesters, survivors, and activists criticized corporate influence and gender rights in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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