MCKINNEY,
Don't Be Fooled by
Kathy Harris Testimony
"...we will not allow a
repeat of Florida 2000..."

CONYERS,
Voting Rights Act,
Close Up
Applying the Lessons
of Detroit, and the
Full Text of the Bill.

| more on voting rights |

CHAFEE;
"Having stretched my
principals to the limit
in favor of bipartisanship,
I was unwilling to
stretch any further..."

JEFFORDS;
"In approving this budget,
Congress is missing a
significant opportunity
to address some of our
nation's most critical needs."

| more on the budget |

Bush Saudi Connections,
in Conflict With
US National Security?

DORGAN on,
John Bolton as
Under Secretary of State
for Arms Control;
"Mr. Bolton has expressed
disdain for arms control
and those who promote it."

KETTLE,
Radical plan to send
US arms bill soaring;
"It is by no means clear
how the Bush administration
intends to pay for its
ambitious plans,..."

| more on defense |

CARNAHAN,
"680 employees of
GST Steel are facing
impending job loss..."
"Jean Carnahan's
Letter to Labor Secretary
Elaine Chao"

WELLSTONE,
Bush Repeals Contractor
Responsibility Rules
"President Bush
Can Expect
Dogged Resistance..."

| more on labor |

REID, Calls for
Increase in Federal
Commitment to
Renewable Energy;
"...need for more solar,
geothermal, wind and
other types of
renewable energy..."

BOXER,
On President Bush's Federal
Power Conservation Order
"I call on him to take
several other steps that
he has yet to take:"

| more on energy |

GAO
Gift to HMO's Has Not
Helped Medicare

FEINSTEIN
on Medicare Coverage
for New Cancer Drug;
"...urged that Medicare
provide coverage for
patients who need
such cancer drugs."

PELOSI, AIDS Funding,
Victim of Bush Budget
"President Bush has frozen
funding for critical
HIV/AIDS prevention,
care and
treatment programs"

| more on health |

GEPHARDT
on Free Trade
the WTO and GATT;
"...we will insist that
labor rights and human
rights and the environment
be treated on the same level
with the other issues"

GAT is the EU's
FTAA/NAFTA
By Gregg Palast;
"The GATS' version of
the The Necessity Test
is NAFTA on steroids."

| more on trade |

MURRAY, Funding
to Improve Washington
Tribes' Drinking Water;
"funds will help
provide clean drinking
water for the Quinault
Tribal community..."

LEONARD PELTIER
On The FTAA

| more on indigenous survival |

Reuters
Northern Alliance
Enters Kabul

BARBARA LEE, HIV/AIDS
Medication Lawsuit Against
South Africa, Dropped;
"I stand firm in my belief
that by denying the basic
human right to medical
care, this lawsuit in
itself was criminal,..."

| more on global issues |

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Portland, Oregon police Chief Mark Kroeker
listens to City Attorney Jeffrey Rogers answer
questions at City Hall last Friday, after the city
declined to question people for the federal
government who may have information about
terrorists but are not suspected of any crime.
The list of questions recommended by the U.S.
Justice Department contained five that conflicted
with state laws forbidding police questioning about
personal matters, travel or immigration status.

WAXMAN In a Letter
Challenges Cheney,
Enron and Secrecy
(Adobe Acrobat PDF)

FEINSTEIN, Essay
"How Senate
closed its gap on
campaign-finance reform"

WELLSTONE to Congress;
Enact "Gold Standard" of
Campaign Finance Reform
"I believe the time is
right to begin the fight
for fundamental reform:
public financing of elections...."

McCain-Feingold
Clears the Senate
Aye 59 - Nay 41
Statements of The Leaders;
John McCain
Russ Feingold
Tom Daschle

| more on campaign finance reform |

SIERRA CLUB;
Carl Pope on Wild Forest
Roadless Area Court Decision
"Today's decision means
the chainsaws can roar..."

CARL POPE, Sierra Club
Executive Director;
"Bush Opens Door to
Logging in Pristine National
Forests, Lets Timber Industry
Do the Dirty Work"

| more on the environment |

DASCHLE, GEPHARDT;
The Democratic E-Strategy
"It's a pleasure today
to join my friend Dick
Gephardt to introduce
the Democratic agenda
for growth in the
information age."

| more on the economy |

HARKIN, KENNEDY,
WELLSTONE, MURRAY,
CORZINE
"Mr. President,
Leave No Child Behind"
Senator's Statements :
HARKIN
KENNEDY
WELLSTONE
MURRAY
CORZINE

| more on children |

CONYERS-SANDERS Blast Bush
on Domestic Surveillance,
Undermining Civil Liberties

Rare JFK
Photographic Negatives
Destroyed in WTC Attack

CLINTON at Georgetown
Full Text and Video

DASCHLE
on President Bush's
Judicial Appointments;
"Democrats in the Senate
will not be railroaded
into rubber stamping
a group of judges..."

USA Today Confirms;
Bush Administration
Acts Without Consent.
"Who does it appear most
voters intended to vote for?
Answer: Gore"

RANGEL;
"This is the beginning
of the biggest
political nightmare
that President Bush
has ever had."

| more on politics |

Feinstein on Approval
of FERC Appointees
"Short but Strong Quote"

DIANNE FEINSTEIN,
Legislation to Prevent Children
from Losing their Eligibility for
Citizenship or Naturalization.

Pelosi Joins Hispanic Caucus:
"America was built by immigrants..."

ACLU, Overturn
the Global Gag Rule;
"...dangerous for the
health and reproductive
rights of women..."

PELOSI, Speaks Out
Latest Republican Attack
on a Women's
Right to Choose.

| more on women |

Barbara Lee
Chair Congressional Black Caucus
Task Force on HIV/AIDS
This year, our assault on the HIV/AIDS
crisis will be three-pronged.

Pelosi Testifies, HIV/AIDS:
"proposed cuts would be disastrous..."

| more on AIDS |

Doria Dee Johnson learned her
great-great-grandfather, Anthony P. Crawford,
was lynched by a white mob in 1916, costing
his family their land.
Land Often The Motive
For Attacks On
Blacks, Lynchings

ACLU, Electronic
Spying on the Rise,
Privacy Groups
Warn Ashcroft;
"The FBI's use of a
powerful and invasive
electronic monitoring
system, aptly named
"Carnivore," topped the list..."

GEPHARDT;
On U.S. Being Voted
off U.N. Human
Rights Commission :
"This Administration's failure
to follow these basic
diplomatic precepts on
critical global matters has
undermined our government's
ability to sustain its
leadership role in the
human rights arena."

| more on human rights |

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