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Hearing on Call to Censure the President

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An Examination of the Call to Censure the President, Senate Judiciary Committee, Full Committee, March 31, 2006

  • Sen. Feingold’s Resolution to Censure the President

    • Testimony:

  • Bruce Fein, Partner, Fein & Fein
  • Lee Casey, Partner, Baker & Hostetler
  • Sen. Patrick Leahy
  • Sen. Russ Feingold

    • Related articles and postings:

  • John Dean Blasts Warrantless Eavesdropping
  • An Update on President Bush’s NSA Program: The Historical Context, Specter’s Recent Bill, and Feingold’s Censure Motion, by John W. Dean
  • USNews.com: The Letter of the Law – The White House says spying on terror suspects without court approval is ok. What about physical searches? by Chitra Ragavan, 3/27/06
  • New York Times: Senate Debates Resolution to Censure the President
  • Related postings on domestic surveillance program

    • FTC in 2006: Committed to Consumers and Competition

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    Press release: “Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today issued the agency’s 2006 Annual Report at the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in Washington, DC. The report, entitled “The FTC in 2006: Committed to Consumers and Competition,” (62 pages, PDF) is available now on the Commission’s Web site and includes… Continue Reading

    Senate Cmte. Approves Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act

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    Press release, Thursday, March 30, 2006: The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved by voice vote S. 2389, the Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act, which prevents unscrupulous companies and individuals from fraudulently obtaining consumers’ private phone records in a deceptive practice known as “pretexting.” …The Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act, which covers… Continue Reading

    Brookings Study on Costs, Human and Resource, Related to Iraq Reconstruction

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    Iraq Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq, Brookings Institution, March 30, 2006 (52 pages, PDF) See also Brookings Iraq Index Archives: “…a statistical compilation of economic, public opinion, and security data. This resource will provide updated information on various criteria, including crime, telephone and water service, troop fatalities, unemployment, Iraqi security… Continue Reading

    Sunshine in the Courtroom Bill Passed by Senate Judiciary Cmte.

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    Press release, MArch 30, 2006: “Transparency in federal courtrooms today scored a victory when legislation introduced by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, and Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, to allow federal trial and appellate judges to permit cameras in the courtroom passed the Senate Judiciary Committee…The bipartisan “Sunshine in the Courtroom” bill would allow… Continue Reading