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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

At the White House, spokesman Jay Carney said the administration remains in contact with congressional leaders despite the collapse of talks last Friday and inconclusive discussions this past weekend.

The hearing was held in response to a Tribune investigation last year that found unsafe practices in the factories that make school meals and in the kitchens and cafeterias where they are served, congressional leaders said.

The political action committee for Abbott Laboratories, the maker of U.S. market leader Similac, spent more than $ 1.5 million in contributions to federal and congressional candidates during the last election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington - based watchdog of campaign contributions.

WASHINGTON — Members of Upstate New York's congressional delegation are making a last - minute pitch to the Pentagon, asking military leaders to consider building a $ 3.6 billion missile interceptor site at Fort Drum.

The harmony between the president and the top Democratic Congressional leaders didn't last long, however, as divisions over immigration set the parties against one another.

As federal courts move to decide whether to intervene on the Congressional redistricting process, the last ditch legal efforts on behalf of Albany's legislative leaders to dismiss the lawsuit was rejected by a three judge panel this evening.

The seven GOP county leaders in NY - 26 will be pick a candidate in a weighted vote that's based on the last congressional — not gubernatorial — election, which was, of course, 2010.

The White House and Republican congressional leaders unveiled a broad outline of the tax proposal last month but detailed legislation is not due to be made public until next week.

Right - wing billionaires are going all out to buy Republicans this election,» read a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee email last week signed by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

Last night, the White House and Congressional leaders struck a budget deal in order to raise the Debt Ceiling until March 2017, as well as to raise the Sequester spending caps for Fiscal Years 2016 and 2016 (by $ 50 billion and $ 30 billion respectively).

Conservative groups including the Family Research Council and National Organization for Marriage fired off a letter last week to Boehner, National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Greg Walden (Ore.) and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress Parkland father calls out Trump, McConnell, Ryan after Santa Fe shooting Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (Ky.) chiding them for backing DeMaio and Tisei, as well as Senate hopeful Monica Wehby (Ore.), who supports gay marriage.

After Deacon, D - Syracuse, won the Democratic primary last week, the National Republican Congressional Committee criticized her for accepting donations from House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.

Members of upstate New York's congressional delegation are making a last - minute pitch to the Pentagon, asking military leaders to consider building a $ 3.6 billion missile interceptor site at Fort Drum.

After five years of bitter clashes, Republican congressional leaders and President Obama last night appeared to settle their final budget fight by reaching a tentative deal that would modestly increase spending over the next two years, cut some social programs, and raise the federal borrowing limit.

The former Minnesota governor called the last - minute framework «very disappointing» and faulted Congressional leaders in both parties for not doing enough to confront the underlying federal debt crisis.

Mike Anich April 10, 2018 The Leader - Herald JOHNSTOWN, NY — A caravan for Democratic Congressional candidate Tedra Cobb of Canton made its last stop in the sprawling 21st Congressional District in Fulton County on Monday night.

A leader for the group Indivisible, which has partnered with a number of liberal groups around the United States for town hall events since last year, slammed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Thursday on Facebook for endorsing one candidate over other Democratic candidates in the primary.

Gateway Tunnel's Fate Under Trump Has Been Clear for Months President Donald Trump asked Republican congressional leaders to block federal funding for the Gateway rail tunnel from New Jersey into Manhattan, The Washington Post reported late last week.

Kihuen told ABC News that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), as well as Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (N.M.), knew about the allegations last year and did nothing.

Gathered at the United Palace Theater palace on 175th Street in Washington Heights last week, Luna and many of Upper Manhattan's other most prominent leaders called on state legislators in Albany to recognize the changes as they redraw the state's congressional lines ahead of the 2012 election.

The last time official Washington was so captivated by the political peril of a Congressional leader was back in late 2002 when then Majority Leader Trent Lott (R - leader was back in late 2002 when then Majority Leader Trent Lott (R - Leader Trent Lott (R - Miss.)

After spending the August recess traveling the country to promote his long - sought goal of rewriting the tax code, Mr. Ryan returned to the Capitol last week and promptly rejected a plan by Democratic congressional leaders to tie a three - month increase in the nation's statutory borrowing limit to a package of hurricane relief.

Just last year, Latino leaders waged an effort to have the country's first Dominican congressman elected to the then 15th congressional district that spans Harlem and The Bronx.

Although we've heard these worrisome warnings many times before from congressional friends of science, research leaders, and university lobbyists, Congress has always scraped up needed cash at the last minute in previous years.

In the last month, officials with the World Wildlife Fund met with White House environmental officials as well as congressional leaders to urge their participation.

Researchers last week delivered a petition with more than 82,000 signatures to congressional leaders in Brasília, demanding the reversal of deep budget cuts that have left research institutions struggling to pay even basic water and electricity bills.

Late last night congressional leaders released details of the next continuing resolution (CR), a stopgap measure needed to keep the government open until lawmakers agree on a final 2017 budget.

In an apparent setback for the child - care bill, President Bush and Congressional leaders were negotiating late last week to pass a $ 14 - billion deficit - reduction bill that is «clean» of amendments.

Washington — Not willing to risk a Presidential veto of a huge catchall spending bill and seeking to make good on a political vow to pass their own appropriations bill for the second straight year, key congressional leaders pushed through a weary 98th Congress, a record $ 17.6 billion in fiscal 1985 Education Department funding last week — not as part of the continuing resolution but in the $ 101 - billion bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.

Washington — In a breakthrough that increased the chances that child - care legis lation would be approved before the end of he Congressional session, Senate leaders announced last week they had reached an agreement with the White House on a new version of the bill, which has been bogged down in a conference committee for months.

With budget talks with Congressional leaders at a standstill, administration officials highlighted direct student loans and education spending last week in the first of several planned news briefings to outline President Clinton's negotiating positions.

A political impasse that shut down most federal operations for four days ended last week with a new stopgap spending bill and a promise to protect education spending as the White House and congressional leaders negotiate a seven - year balanced - budget plan.

Congressional leaders have agreed to most of a broad plan to reform the District of Columbia schools, but remained at an impasse last week over a tuition - voucher proposal championed by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R - Ga.

After all, Brown knows full well that any attempt to withhold federal funding will be challenged by Golden State's influential congressional delegation (including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Dianne Feinstein); the former state attorney general is also likely betting that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last year on the Affordable Healthcare Act, which effectively makes it impossible for the federal government to withhold subsidies from states for not implementing new regulations, can also be applied to what the administration can do on the education policy front.

Now California schools will lose $ 262 million in federal funds because of sequestration cuts, state schools chief Tom Torlakson told congressional leaders in a letter last month.

(Phoenix, Ariz., March 27, 2017)-- Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas met with members of Arizona's congressional delegation, as well as national education leaders in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, at the Council of Chief State School Officers legislative conference last week in Washington, D.C.

The «framework» document released last week by congressional GOP leaders calls for eliminating most itemized deductions, although two of the largest — the mortgage - interest deduction and the deduction for charitable contributions — would remain.

Until just before the speech, the last words quoted here were «scientific - technological - congressional elite», which would have insulted the new Vice President, Lyndon Johnson, who, as majority leader in the Senate, had pushed for NASA as part of his campaign to become president.

National and global discussions of climate science and related policy choices have intensified markedly in the last several months, which is not surprising given pledges by President Obama and congressional leaders to pursue climate legislation and the December deadline world leaders set for a new climate treaty.

After talks last week with GOP congressional leaders, Obama said, «I believe there's real common ground here, and my administration will be working to build on areas of agreement.»

The last Republican President's transportation policies were losers, but Congressional Democrats are the league leaders in stupid energy policies issued near Memorial Day.

Bob Huff, a former state senator and Republican minority leader who's hoping to replace retiring Republican Rep. Ed Royce, signed a contract with the firm for work on his congressional race and paid a $ 10,027 deposit just last month.

«G - fees are a critical risk management tool used by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to protect against losses from loans that default,» NAR said last month in a joint letter with other industry organizations to Congressional leaders.