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What's Happening in Iraq
- Iraqi former PM Allawi meets Saudi king ahead of polls (Reuters) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Sunni bloc boycotts Iraq vote citing Iran interference (AFP) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Key Sunni group boycott deals setback to Iraq vote (AP) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Iraq vows tough punishment for campaign vandals (AP) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Fifth Christian killed in a week in north Iraq (AFP) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Senior Sunni lawmaker's party to boycott Iraq vote (Reuters) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Using ladder, vet rescued people from Texas office (AP) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Curfew on election campaign in northern Iraqi province (AFP) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Iraqi prisoners on hunger strike at Basra jail (AFP) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Iraq rejects call to abolish death penalty (AP) 1 year 50 weeks old
Middle East News
- Israel sees no crisis with Europe over Hamas man's murder (AFP) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Hamas: Assassinated operative put himself at risk (AP) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Blair: Israel-Palestinian peace talks to resume (AP) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Israeli forces wound six Palestinians: medics (AFP) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Israeli troops wound two Palestinians in West Bank (Reuters) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Credit cards implicate Mossad in Dubai hit: report (Reuters) 1 year 50 weeks old
- 3 men charged in Miami with financing Hezbollah (AP) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Palestinian state could be recognised before borders set: Kouchner (AFP) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Hundreds mark 5th year of Israel barrier protests (AP) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Police, protesters clash in West Bank (AFP) 1 year 50 weeks old
Gay Marriage Amendment
- AG files court documents on gay marriage (Sentinel & Enterprise) 1 year 50 weeks old
- 40 New Hampshire Republicans Join Democrats to Defeat Gay Marriage Repeal 210-109 (Gayapolis) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Attempts to nix gay marriage denied (Portsmouth Herald) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Lawmakers reject gay marriage repeal (New Hampshire Union Leader) 1 year 50 weeks old
- NH House rejects 2 anti-gay marriage measures (WCAX-TV Vermont) 1 year 51 weeks old
- New Hampshire Resoundingly Votes Down Anti Gay Marriage Bill (Gayapolis) 1 year 51 weeks old
- NH House rejects two anti-gay marriage measures (New Hampshire Union Leader) 1 year 51 weeks old
- NH House rejects anti-gay marriage amendment (WCAX-TV Vermont) 1 year 51 weeks old
- Brady Pushes For Constitutional Gay Marriage Ban (CBS 2 Chicago) 1 year 51 weeks old
- House to vote on gay marriage bill (The Nashua Telegraph) 1 year 51 weeks old
Labor Start - Trade Union News from around the world.
- Palestine: ITUC in Talks with Palestinian Authority, and Palestinian and Israeli Affiliates 1 year 50 weeks old
- Mexico: Widows Lawsuit Seeks Damages over Disaster that Killed 65 Mexican Miners Four Years Ago Today 1 year 50 weeks old
- UK: BA wins legal victory against cabin crew - weakening union's hand as new strike looms 1 year 50 weeks old
- USA: Disney Hotel Workers End Hunger Strike at Corporate Headquarters in Burbank 1 year 50 weeks old
- Iran: Osanloo solitary confinement ended 1 year 50 weeks old
- Canada: 'Official Restaurant' of Winter Olympics pays lowest wages in the country 1 year 50 weeks old
- Russia: Nespressure Again at Nestlé Russia: Company Punishes Union Workers with Dismissal, Discrimination and Pay Cuts 1 year 50 weeks old
- Ireland: Public service work-to-rule grinds on, change agenda key to solution 1 year 50 weeks old
- USA: Obama and the State of Democrats We ignore the lesson of 1931, 1948, 1984 and 1988 at our peril 1 year 51 weeks old
- Canada: Vale strike sparking multimedia creativity 1 year 51 weeks old
Privatization of Social Security (Yahoo)
- Alan Simpson, the deficit, your grandkids, the chickens and the grit (MinnPost) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Obama’s Stealth Entitlement Commission (Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Florham Park seniors: No to Republican alternate budget proposal (Florham Park Eagle) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Students can choose school (Bucks County Courier Times) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Few clues five years after friends go missing (Bucks County Courier Times) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Board works toward zero tax increase (Bucks County Courier Times) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Do U H8 this? (Bucks County Courier Times) 1 year 50 weeks old
- Perriello: Don’t privatize Social Security (The Daily Progress) 1 year 50 weeks old
- A Roadmap for killing Social Security (Los Angeles Times) 1 year 51 weeks old
- Mark Kirk On Social Security: Where Does He Stand? (The Huffington Post) 1 year 51 weeks old
Democracy Now
- Welfare Recipients Forced to Sell Food Stamps to Buy Basic Necessities 1 year 50 weeks old
- Israel Accused of Stealing Identities, Using Fake Passports in Killing of Hamas Commander in Dubai 1 year 50 weeks old
- As Dalai Lama Visits White House, an Excerpt of His 2003 Criticism of Iraq War 1 year 50 weeks old
- Obama Holds White House Meeting with Dalai Lama Over Chinese Protest 1 year 50 weeks old
- Headlines for February 19, 2010 1 year 50 weeks old
- "A Bad Day for America": Anti-Nuclear Activist Harvey Wasserman Criticizes Obama Plan to Fund Nuclear Reactors 1 year 50 weeks old
- Nobel Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Obama's Stimulus Plan, Debt, Climate Change, and "Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy" 1 year 50 weeks old
- Headlines for February 18, 2010 1 year 50 weeks old
- "In the Loop": Oscar-Nominated Comedy Satirizes Lead-Up to US-UK Invasion of Iraq 1 year 51 weeks old
- George Monbiot: UK Inquiry "Toothless" and "Feeble" in Probing Origins of Iraq War 1 year 51 weeks old
Amnesty International
- Mexico must investigate US journalist's death 1 year 50 weeks old
- Rwanda: Intimidation of opposition parties must end 1 year 50 weeks old
- Malaysia urged to end brutal punishments after women caned 1 year 50 weeks old
- Mexico must investigate US journalist's death 1 year 50 weeks old
- Syrian woman arrested after writing politically charged novel 1 year 50 weeks old
- Intimidation of Rwandan opposition parties must end 1 year 50 weeks old
- Rwanda: Intimidation of opposition parties must end 1 year 50 weeks old
- End Persecution of Human Rights Defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Urges Amnesty International 1 year 51 weeks old
- Iran: Iran ‘Shows Contempt’ for Human Rights by Rejecting U.N. Recommendations, Says Amnesty International 1 year 51 weeks old
- Iran 'shows contempt' for human rights by rejecting UN recommendations 1 year 51 weeks old
Amnesty International USA
- Mexico must investigate US journalist's death 1 year 50 weeks old
- Texas execution nears as condemned man seeks DNA test 1 year 51 weeks old
- Mexico: Fears for Three Forcibly Disappeared by Mexican Soldiers 1 year 51 weeks old
- Mexico: Indigenous Mexican women framed over kidnapping are prisoners of conscience 1 year 51 weeks old
- USA: Sentence reduced for US conscientious objector 1 year 51 weeks old
- Women's lives at risk because of Nicaragua's abortion ban 2 years 4 days old
- USA: USA to provide effective remedies to violence against women and girls with the introduction of I-VAWA 2 years 4 days old
- Haiti: Haiti's human rights challenge 2 years 1 week old
- Honduras: Amnesty International Issues Human Rights Plan for Honduras 2 years 1 week old
- New Honduras President must order investigation into rights abuses 2 years 2 weeks old
Sierra Club Daily
- More on the TIGER Grants: Biking Wins Big 1 year 50 weeks old
- TIGER Transportation Grants - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1 year 50 weeks old
- Using Coal Ash to Melt Ice? 1 year 51 weeks old
- Save Winter - Stop the Oil Sands 1 year 51 weeks old
- Global Warming & Clean Energy News Round-Up 2 years 9 hours old
- The People Speak Out in Favor of Stronger Smog Standards 2 years 4 days old
- Creating the Most Jobs 2 years 5 days old
- Recap of Yesterday's EPA Smog Hearings 2 years 6 days old
- Live-Blogging the EPA Ozone/Smog Hearings 2 years 1 week old
- National Day of Action Against Coal Ash 2 years 1 week old
Blog for America
- Thoughts on the State of the Union? 2 years 1 week old
- Governor Dean Speaks for Me 2 years 7 weeks old
- No Option? No Mandate! 2 years 7 weeks old
- The Perfect Gift for Someone You Know 2 years 8 weeks old
- Annise Parker for Houston 2 years 9 weeks old
- Get It Right 2 years 9 weeks old
- Stop Negotiating with Defeat 2 years 9 weeks old
- Will Democrats Vote in 2010? 2 years 10 weeks old
- 1 Turncoat Senator vs. 410,649 Americans 2 years 11 weeks old
- Send a message they can't miss 2 years 12 weeks old
Presidential News and Speeches
- Statement by the President and Mrs. Bush 3 years 42 weeks old
- Personnel Announcement 3 years 42 weeks old
- President Bush Meets with Cabinet, Discusses Economy, Colombia Free Trade Agreement 3 years 43 weeks old
- President and Mrs. Bush Commemorate 265th Birthday of Thomas Jefferson 3 years 43 weeks old
- Just the Facts: Charting Colombia's Progress 3 years 43 weeks old
- President and Mrs. Bush Saddened by Death of John Archibald Wheeler 3 years 43 weeks old
- President Bush Presents Commander-In-Chief's Trophy to the United States Naval Academy Football Team 3 years 43 weeks old
- Statement by the Press Secretary 3 years 43 weeks old
- President's Radio Address 3 years 43 weeks old
- Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Cheney Release 2007 Income Tax Return 3 years 43 weeks old
Casualty Count
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty 3 years 44 weeks old
- KUNA: Explosion kills seven Iraqis in Iraq 3 years 44 weeks old
- MNF: MND-B Soldier attacked by IED 3 years 44 weeks old
- NPR: Families Caught in Shiite Power Struggle in Iraq 3 years 44 weeks old
- Reuters: Sadr postpones march, threatens to lift ceasefire 3 years 44 weeks old
- AP: Iraqi Army, Mahdi Militiamen Clash 3 years 44 weeks old
- Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 16 people in Tuz Khurmato 3 years 44 weeks old
- Reuters: Iraq's humanitarian crisis worsens: U.N. official 3 years 44 weeks old
- Reuters: Roadsdide bombs wound 10 people in eastern Baghdad 3 years 44 weeks old
- MCT: U.S. troops in restive Iraqi province set table for reconciliation 3 years 44 weeks old
PPC Meetings
- [HOUSTON] SE Texas PPC Monthly Meeting 4 years 2 weeks old
- PPC Meeting Odessa January 2008 4 years 3 weeks old
Progressive Populist Caucus Events
- PPC Meeting Odessa January 2008 4 years 3 weeks old
- PPC Annual Meeting 2008: PPC Annual Meeting: Texas In Play with James Galbraith 4 years 4 weeks old
PPC Annual Meetings
- PPC Annual Meeting 2008: PPC Annual Meeting: Texas In Play with James Galbraith 4 years 4 weeks old
Amnesty International Featured Actions
- Condemn Shooting and Torture of Tibetan Refugees, Including Many Children, in China 5 years 3 days old
- Speak up against Death Sentence of Sajida Rishawi Atrous in Jordan 5 years 1 week old
- Call for Immediate Release of Marie-Thérèse Nlandu, a Lawyer and Political Leader in DRC 5 years 1 week old
- Guatemala: Pursuing justice for Claudina Velásquez' killing 5 years 1 week old
- State of Human Rights in the Union 5 years 2 weeks old
- China: Free Rebiya Kadeer’s Children 5 years 4 weeks old
- Express Concern at Allegations of Torture of Four Tunisian Nationals in Egypt 5 years 4 weeks old
- Call for the Closure of Guantanamo 5 years 4 weeks old
- Stop Iraq From Sentencing Taha Yassin Ramadhan to Death 5 years 5 weeks old
- Justice for David Hicks 5 years 7 weeks old
Democracy for Texas
- Dean's Texas Rangers BUStin' Loose in Iowa 5 years 15 weeks old
- D/FW Generation Deaniacs 5 years 15 weeks old
- University of Houston Meetup 5 years 15 weeks old
- Dean Texas Rangers 5 years 15 weeks old
- Dean's Texas Rangers Share the Stage with Gov. Dean 5 years 15 weeks old
- Gov. Dean Officially on Ballot in Texas 5 years 15 weeks old
- Letters to Delegates 5 years 15 weeks old
- Big 'D' for Dean in July 5 years 15 weeks old
- Dean rallies in Dallas in July--scorcher! 5 years 15 weeks old
- Rally Organizing Meeting 5 years 15 weeks old
House Committee Schedules
- Public Health - 10/2/2006 5 years 21 weeks old
- Public Health - 10/2/2006 5 years 21 weeks old
- County Affairs - 9/13/2006 5 years 22 weeks old
- Appropriations-S/C on Health & Human Services - 10/9/2006 5 years 22 weeks old
- Ways & Means - 9/21/2006 5 years 22 weeks old
- Energy Resources - 9/6/2006 5 years 23 weeks old
- Regulated Industries - 9/6/2006 5 years 23 weeks old
- Medical Peer Review Process (Interim) - 9/28/2006 5 years 23 weeks old
- Medical Peer Review Process (Interim) - 9/27/2006 5 years 23 weeks old
- Natural Resources - 9/22/2006 5 years 23 weeks old
Senate Committee Schedules
- Veteran Affairs & Military Installations - 9/26/2006 5 years 21 weeks old
- S/C on Base Realignment and Closure - 9/26/2006 5 years 21 weeks old
- Finance - 9/13/2006 5 years 21 weeks old
- S/C on Emerging Technologies & Economic Dev. - 9/15/2006 5 years 22 weeks old
- S/C on Base Realignment and Closure - 9/12/2006 5 years 22 weeks old
- Intergovernmental Relations - 9/13/2006 5 years 22 weeks old
- Jurisprudence - 10/11/2006 5 years 23 weeks old
- Medical Peer Review Process (Interim) - 9/28/2006 5 years 23 weeks old
- Medical Peer Review Process (Interim) - 9/27/2006 5 years 23 weeks old
- Natural Resources - 10/11/2006 5 years 23 weeks old
Upcoming Senate Calendars
- No calendars available. 5 years 27 weeks old
Environmental News
- Study says global warming will hurt ducks 5 years 30 weeks old
- Global warming set to hit Europe badly 5 years 30 weeks old
- Canada's greenhouse gas emissions rise 5 years 30 weeks old
- Global warming stalks Yosemite 5 years 30 weeks old
- Villagers do their bit for global warming 5 years 31 weeks old
- Carbon dioxide level highest in 650,000 years 5 years 31 weeks old
- Global warming doubles rate of ocean rise 5 years 31 weeks old
- Australian ski resorts to campaign against global warming 5 years 31 weeks old
- Investors Bet on Global Warming 5 years 31 weeks old
- Marine food chain link being affected by global warming 5 years 31 weeks old
Today's Fiscal Notes
- No fiscal notes available. 5 years 32 weeks old
Today's Bill Analysis
- No bill analyses available. 5 years 34 weeks old
Upcoming House Schedules
- No calendars available. 5 years 34 weeks old
Today's Bill Text
- No bill text available. 5 years 34 weeks old
Texas Democratic Party Events
- Nov 07, 2006: General Election Day 5 years 36 weeks old
- Nov 03, 2006: Last day of early voting by personal appearance 5 years 36 weeks old
- Oct 31, 2006: Last day for early voting clerk to receive application for ballot by mail 5 years 36 weeks old
- Oct 23, 2006: First day of Early Voting by personal appearance 5 years 36 weeks old
- Oct 10, 2006: Last day to register to vote 5 years 36 weeks old
- Sep 08, 2006: First day to submit application for ballot by mail 5 years 36 weeks old
- May 25, 2006: Roast of Senator Royce West 5 years 39 weeks old
- May 13, 2006: A Woman's Delight a PreMother's Day Expo 5 years 39 weeks old
- May 13, 2006: Grassroots/Voter file training 5 years 39 weeks old
- May 20, 2006: Democratic Party Platform Hearing 5 years 39 weeks old
News from the Texas Democratic Party
- Time: Tom DeLay Says He Will Give Up His Seat 5 years 44 weeks old
- AP: Ex-DeLay aide to plead guilty in fraud probe, official says 5 years 45 weeks old
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Officials can hide gift amounts 5 years 45 weeks old
- Dallas Morning News: CHIP changes fluster families 5 years 45 weeks old
- TDP: PERRY TAX COMMISSION UNVEILS NEW PLAN TO SHORTCHANGE TEXAS SCHOOL CHILDREN 5 years 45 weeks old
- AP: Perry, Sharp unveil school funding proposal 5 years 45 weeks old
- TDP STATEMENT ON STRAYHORN SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS TO GOP LOBBYIST CRONIES 5 years 45 weeks old
- Austin American-Statesman: Spending on instruction varies among Texas school districts 5 years 45 weeks old
- Austin American-Statesman: Governor to call lawmakers back on April 17 5 years 45 weeks old
- Dallas Morning News: Hearing set this week in DeLay case 5 years 45 weeks old
United for Peace and Justice
- Calls Congress to Support H.R. 4232, the "End the War in Iraq Act of 2005" 6 years 11 weeks old
- Let's Build and Strengthen the Peace and Justice Movement 6 years 11 weeks old
- We Need Your Help to End This War 6 years 11 weeks old
- Help Displaced Gulf Coast Residents Return Home 6 years 11 weeks old
- Top Dem Calls for Immediate Iraq Pullout 6 years 11 weeks old
- Bush Administration: A Chronology of Lies and Indictment 6 years 11 weeks old
- Shut Down the School of the Americas and Change Oppressive U.S. Foreign Policy! 6 years 11 weeks old
- 2,000 Too Many! Call for Peace Upon 2,000th U.S. Death in Iraq 6 years 11 weeks old
- "2000 Too Many" leaflet now available 6 years 11 weeks old
- Call members of Congress about an important measure banning torture 6 years 11 weeks old
Code Pink
- A Belgian perspective 7 years 2 weeks old
- WOMEN PEACE ACTIVISTS DRAGGED OUT OF INAUGURATION CEREMONY BY THE POLICE 7 years 3 weeks old
- Notes from the Middle East - by Adele Welty 7 years 4 weeks old
- REPORT OF PEACE DELEGATION - by Aryeh Shell 7 years 4 weeks old
- Are We Alone 7 years 5 weeks old
- report from Iraq/jordan border 7 years 5 weeks old
- Articles 7 years 6 weeks old
- Relatives of US servicemen killed in Iraq to hold vigil on Jordan border 7 years 6 weeks old
- Support For Amalia Gonzales 7 years 6 weeks old
- Peace Delegation Arrives in Amman 7 years 6 weeks old
