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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Posted: Nov 16, 2012 9:16 AM Updated: Nov 16, 2012 9:17 AM
By FOX News
Former CIA Director David Petraeus testified in a closed-door hearing Friday
morning that his agency determined immediately after the Sept. 11 Libya
attack that "Al Qaeda involvement" was suspected -- but the line was taken
out in the final version circulated to administration officials, according
to a top lawmaker who was briefed.
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who spoke to reporters after Petraeus testified
before the House Intel... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 2 Virginia's controversial transvaginal ultrasound bill hit one Republican
lawmaker close to home. In the bedroom, to be precise. He said a fellow
lawmaker's television discussion of the bill cost him sex with his wife.
State Del. David Albo (R-Fairfax Station) was addressing the House of
Delegates Friday when he described his failed seduction of his wife Tuesday
night. Albo had driven home from Richmond following debate on the bill,
which would have required women to have a transvaginal ultrasoun... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 13127 | 3 THEN, burn it!
http://news.yahoo.com/lawmakers-want-made-china-u-olympic-unifo
Lawmakers Want 'Made in China' U.S. Olympic Uniforms Burned
ABC NewsBy Sunlen Miller | ABC News – 3 hrs ago
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Lawmakers were outraged Thursday after an ABC World News report revealed
that the U.S. Olympic team's opening ceremony outfits are made in China.
Some suggested maki... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 4 Posted on Advocate.com February 07, 2012 06:00:00 PM ET
New Jersey Lawmakers to Vote on Gay Marriage Next Week
By Julie Bolcer
CHRIS CHRISTIE STATE HOUSE NEW JERSEY X390 (GETTY FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
Legislative leaders in New Jersey expect to pass the marriage equality bill
next week, although Governor Chris Christie has vowed to veto the measure
and a new poll shows that a majority of voters support his call for a
referendum.
Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver issued a statement late Monday after
su... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 5 这样的报道,可以让人脑门流冷汗：
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/brian-sims-doma_n_3513
An openly gay lawmaker was silenced by colleagues on the Pennsylvania House
floor Thursday when he attempted to speak about the Supreme Court's decision
to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act.
State Rep. Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia) took to the House floor on Thursday
to discuss the high court's landmark ruling, which found the federal law
barring the government from recognizing same-sex marriages legalized by
st... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19398 | 6 By Dedrick Russell
RALEIGH, NC (WBTV) - Tuesday was North Carolina Association of Educators Day
in Raleigh. Teachers came to the State House to tell politicians their
concerns. Their main issue is teacher pay. Other concerns include 8,500
teacher assistants statewide could be on the chopping block and other
reductions in the classrooms.
More than 100 teachers showed up. The largest delegation was from Charlotte-
Mecklenburg. The educators went one by one to the politicians' office
talking to the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5191 | 7 good news for 房托
(AP) SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will become the first state to write
into law much of the national mortgage settlement negotiated this year with
the nation's top five banks, and expand it to all mortgages, under wide-
ranging legislation approved by state lawmakers on Monday.
Majority Democrats sent the homeowner protection package to Gov. Jerry Brown
despite opposition from business and lending organizations and most
Republican legislators.
The Assembly approved the legisl... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 8 Posted on Advocate.com January 26, 2011
Va. Lawmakers Push for Employment Protections
By Julie Bolcer
Adam Ebbin Democratic lawmakers in Virginia announced support Tuesday for a
bill that would make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sexual
orientation and gender identity in the state work force and in the Virginia
National Guard.
According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, “Similar legislation has failed
in past General Assembly sessions, but lawmakers said there is growing
bipartisan sup... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 9 Posted on Advocate.com February 14, 2011
N.H. Lawmakers Aim to Repeal Marriage
By Advocate.com Editors
Despite polls showing the vast majority of New Hampshire residents
supporting its marriage equality law, a group of Republican lawmakers is
angling to repeal the two-year-old law.
Hearings are scheduled to begin this week concerning repealing marriage
equality in the state, though house majority leader D.J. Bettencourt, also a
Republican, has indicated that he would not want to revisit the law ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 10 Colorado Lawmakers to Consider Civil Unions Bill — Again
BY Editors
May 14 2012 11:07 AM ET
Colorado lawmakers are back in session at the behest of Gov. John
Hickenlooper on a range of bills, including civil unions legislation that
failed to reach debate last week.
Why the measure failed to get a vote depends on whom you ask. Advocates and
Democrats say that state house Republicans blocked the bill using procedural
stall tactics, while GOP leaders said the bill came up too late in the
legislativ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 11 Senator Heather Steans and Representative Greg Harris plan to push the
legislation before the current session ends early next month.
The stage was set for a holiday showdown over marriage equality in Illinois
when state lawmakers announced plans Thursday to push for legislation before
the end of the current session in early January.
Senator Heather Steans and Representative Greg Harris said they would take
up the measure, known as the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, in
the closing d... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 12 WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama is urging the Illinois General Assembly
to legalize gay marriage in his home state as lawmakers are poised to take
up the measure as early as this week in Springfield.
"While the president does not weigh in on every measure being considered by
state legislatures, he believes in treating everyone fairly and equally,
with dignity and respect," White House spokesman Shin Inouye told the
Chicago Sun-Times on Saturday.
"As he has said, his personal view is that it's... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 13 Lawmaker wants answers after cost estimate for health insurance aid rises by
$111B
Published March 02, 2012
WASHINGTON – Cost estimates for a key part of President Obama's health
care overhaul law have ballooned by $111 billion from last year's budget,
and a senior Republican lawmaker on Friday demanded an explanation.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., wants to know by
Monday why the estimated ten-year cost of helping millions of middle-class
Americans buy health insur... 阅读全帖 |
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a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 14 It's a simple fact — $12 million is much bigger than $1.2 million.
That's why Oakland University President George Hynd and the Board of
Trustees didn't have to really think about the rationale for increasing
tuition by 8.48% last week and exceeding a state tuition cap. The Rochester
school declined $1.2 million from the state in incentive money in exchange
for getting $12 million in tuition revenue.
Eastern Michigan University made the same calculation in June — $1 million
is much smaller than $... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16971 | 16 【 以下文字转载自 EB23 讨论区 】
发信人: lovefreedom (happy), 信区: EB23
标 题: lawmakers would introduce an immigration reform bill "very soon"
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Nov 14 20:04:18 2012, 美东)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that conversations
between the White House and members of Congress have begun over immigration
reform, adding that lawmakers would introduce a bill "very soon" into his
second term.
"This has not historically been a partisan issue," he said in his first
press conference sinc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 17 Posted on Advocate.com July 15, 2010
Lawmakers Push Immigration/UAFA
By Kerry Eleveld
Key House lawmakers convened a press conference Thursday on Capitol Hill in
conjunction with an array of 37 advocacy groups to voice their support for
including LGBT families in the comprehensive immigration reform effort.
“No immigration reform measure will truly be deserving of the term ‘
comprehensive’ unless it provides equality for gays and lesbians as well,”
said Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, chief spo |
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发帖数: 2153 | 18 Iowa lawmakers move to ban gay marriage
The state legalised marriage for couples in 2009 after Supreme Court judges
said a ban violated the constitution.
However, opponents still pushing to repeal the law.
The lower chamber has approved a constitutional amendment – the Iowa
Marriage Amendment – to restrict marriage to heterosexual couples by 62
votes to 37.
At least two Democrats voted for the measure.
Mike Gronstal, the Democratic majority leader of the Iowa Senate, reportedly
plans to block th... 阅读全帖 |
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p*****R
发帖数: 74 | 19 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-budget15-2008sep15,0,6897302.story
From the Los Angeles Times
California lawmakers reach compromise on budget
The state spending plan involves no new taxes. The package will be voted on
as early as tomorrow.
By Evan Halper
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 15, 2008
SACRAMENTO — Lawmakers announced this afternoon that they've reached a deal
on a no-new-taxes state spending plan, ending the longest budget impasse in
California history.
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 20 Hawaiian ex-lawmaker goes from serving in Washington to Afghanistan vetting
suspected Taliban
WASHINGTON — While other candidates for Congress have spent the past six
months wooing voters and donors, former Rep. Charles Djou of Hawaii took a
detour through Afghanistan where he was part of a team responsible for
interrogating suspected Taliban fighters and determining who should be
detained or freed.
Congress is made up of numerous veterans who served during war time.
( Kent Nishimura / Ass... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2007 | 22 Reuters – 7 minutes ago
..WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and congressional lawmakers have
reached a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" that would delay harsh spending
cuts by two months, Obama administration officials said on Monday.
President Barack Obama called Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
and House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who both signed
off on the deal, one source said.
The agreement includes a balance of spending cuts and revenue increases to
p... 阅读全帖 |
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j****e
发帖数: 826 | 23 【 以下文字转载自 EB23 讨论区 】
发信人: woaitongji (作萨涅最近), 信区: EB23
标 题: The lawmakers are urging the President to take advantage of unused green cards
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Mar 18 10:31:37 2015, 美东)
Rep. Scott Peters and a Texas colleague are leading an effort to clear up a
backlog in “Green Card” applications from foreign high-tech workers
educated in the United States.
Peters, Rep. Joaquin Castro and 71 other member of Congress sent a letter to
President Obama on Monday urging him to take action to end the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16971 | 24 WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that conversations
between the White House and members of Congress have begun over immigration
reform, adding that lawmakers would introduce a bill "very soon" into his
second term.
"This has not historically been a partisan issue," he said in his first
press conference since being reelected. "We've had President Bush, John
McCain and others who have supported comprehensive immigration reform in the
past. So we need to seize the moment."
It is ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2300 | 25 OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - During the 2013 Legislature, lawmakers proposed
raising taxes or fees more than 180 times.
The Columbian newspaper reports 188 bills to raise taxes or fees were
proposed. Those bills would have raised more than $6 billion for the state
if they had passed. Just 35 revenue bills did pass and the Office of
Financial Management estimates they will raise at least $3 billion over the
next decade.
Those numbers come from an analysis by the Washington Policy Center, a
Seattle-based... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2065 | 26 【 以下文字转载自 Faculty 讨论区 】
发信人: walkaround (settle), 信区: Faculty
标 题: Lawmaker's bill would end tenure for Utah profs
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Feb 15 23:27:28 2011, 美东)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-15/lawmaker-s-bill-would-
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A House bill to eliminate tenure for professors at
Utah's public universities has higher education officials concerned because
of its impact on their ability to recruit quality faculty.
Rep. Chris Herrod, R-Provo, told The Associated Press that profess... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 18685 | 27 http://fox13now.com/2016/06/14/utah-lawmakers-warned-against-meeting-with-dalai-lama/
Ahead of his visit to the University of Utah next week, members of the Utah
State Legislature have been warned against meeting with the Dalai Lama.
In an email sent to Republican and Democratic legislative leaders and
obtained by FOX 13 News, Dr. Taowen Le, a Weber State University professor,
warned lawmakers not to meet with the Dalai Lama.
Le is the U.S. representative for China's Liaoning Province and a boar... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 27535 | 28 WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A New Zealand lawmaker accused the Chinese vice
president's security staff of pushing him, hitting him with an umbrella and
tearing from his grasp a Tibetan flag during a protest Friday.
Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says the clash occurred on the steps of
Parliament as Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived for a meeting with
officials.
Norman said he was surrounded by Xi's guards as he waved a Tibetan flag and
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发帖数: 16326 | 29 Chinese security claims NZ lawmaker attacked him。 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 32 Posted on Advocate.com June 14, 2011 04:10:00 PM ET
Strongest Sign Yet: Cuomo Sends Bill to Lawmakers
By Julie Bolcer
ANDREW CUOMO PENSIVE X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Andrew Cuomo.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo submitted a marriage equality bill for
consideration by the legislature on Tuesday afternoon, a strong sign that he
and advocates feel confident about the measure passing.
As a program bill, the Marriage Equality Act requires three days before it
will be live and ready to receive a vote. Tha... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 33 The drive to legalize same-sex marriage in Minnesota has received a boost,
as a Republican state senator prepares to cross party lines and join the
effort.
"At this point, I am concerned about doing the right thing," state Sen.
Branden Petersen (R) told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "I have a certain
amount of peace about that, and I will let the chips fall where they may."
If Petersen signs on to the same-sex marriage bill expected to be introduced
this week, he would be the first Republican la... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3435 | 34 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: quchudalu (壮志饥餐胡虏肉,笑谈渴饮匈奴血), 信区: USANews
标 题: Re: Antigay lawmaker caught having gay sex in office
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Nov 18 10:44:19 2017, 美东)
屁精最知道把别人骂做屁精是对人最大的侮辱。所以屁精不断制造正常人是屁精的谎言
。我老人家就多次被变态人渣侮辱为深柜屁精。
嗜屁症是生理心理双重病态。这世界只有疾病反人类根本没有人类反疾病的，正常人应
该同情性错乱加精神错乱的屁精。屁精是病态，到处侵犯正常人合法权益的变态人渣是
危害人类社会的犯罪分子。
这个人只不过不接受变态人渣到处侵犯正常人基本人权而已。即使此人是屁精，那也是
道德没有彻底沦丧的屁精，跟那些反人类的变态人渣比还是有些人性的。因为他知道鸡
奸犯是可耻的。
寄信人: deliver
标 题: quchudalu被取消在Rainbow版的发文权限
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Jul 17 01:10:03 2017)... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7049 | 35 gay们有何感想？
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state lawmakers voted against legalizing gay
marriage on Wednesday, dashing gay rights activists' hopes that it would
become the sixth U.S. state to allow same-sex couples to wed.
The New York state senate voted down the legislation 38 votes to 24. (not even close!!) <==
Iowa, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont have legalized gay marriage, while (((40))) U.S. states have specific laws that ban gay marriage. Last month, voters in Maine ch |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 37 Democratic lawmaker apologizes for suggesting women afraid of rape can’t be
trusted with guns
Democratic Colorado state Rep. Joe Salazar apologized Monday for suggesting
some women are so unjustifiably afraid of being raped that they are liable
to start shooting wildly.
Salazar, arguing in favor of disarming college students, said Friday on the
Colorado House floor that women fearing rape may suddenly and haphazardly ”
pop a round at somebody.”
“It’s why we have call boxes; it’s why we have safe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24733 | 41 今死脖膈说，俺就不recuse, 除非有580个lawmaker签名。。。。。。 |
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发帖数: 270 | 44 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-15/lawmaker-s-bill-would-
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A House bill to eliminate tenure for professors at
Utah's public universities has higher education officials concerned because
of its impact on their ability to recruit quality faculty.
Rep. Chris Herrod, R-Provo, told The Associated Press that professors who
receive tenure cannot be held accountable by taxpayers and the benefits of
competition are removed.
"The taxpayers shouldn't be writing a blank check," He... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1721 | 46 Rep. Scott Peters and a Texas colleague are leading an effort to clear up a
backlog in “Green Card” applications from foreign high-tech workers
educated in the United States.
Peters, Rep. Joaquin Castro and 71 other member of Congress sent a letter to
President Obama on Monday urging him to take action to end the delay
affecting some 200,000 applicants.
The lawmakers are urging the President to take advantage of unused green
cards — so-called visa recapture — to admit more high-tech workers. The... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6339 | 47 http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20120525/NEWS03/12052984
(AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people would see their health care cut back
or even eliminated under legislation approved Thursday by Illinois
lawmakers in a desperate attempt to shore up the state's crumbling budget.
....
Opponents said the cuts will mean suffering and death for some of the 2.7
million people who get care under Medicaid.
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It's part of a package meant to fill a Medicaid shortfall of $2.7 billion,
or nearly $1 in... 阅读全帖 |
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