dKos. R. 417 - Expressing no confidence in the performance of Congress
Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 10:36:16 AM PDT
Expressing no confidence in the performance of the Congress of the United States, and urging Democratic members to represent the will of the People. (Introduced in the Diaries)
dkRES 417 IH
1st CONGRESS of DAILY KOS
1st Session
dKos. RES. 417
Expressing no confidence in the performance of the Congress of the United States, and urging Democratic members to represent the will of the People.
Welcome to 1994... "A turning point."
Mon Sep 19, 2005 at 09:07:52 AM PDT
Remember the good ole days when the Bush administration derided former president Clinton's efforts to negotiate a deal whereby North Korea would forego producing enriched, nuclear-weapon-grade materials in exchange for various forms of aid, most importantly energy and economic aide?
That was called the Agreed Framework.
On October 21, 1994, the United States and North Korea signed an agreement-the Agreed Framework-calling upon Pyongyang to freeze operation and construction of nuclear reactors suspected of being part of a covert nuclear weapons program in exchange for two proliferation-resistant nuclear power reactors. The agreement also called upon the United States to supply North Korea with fuel oil pending construction of the reactors. An international consortium called the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) was formed to implement the agreement.
Lone Activist Group Submits 99.8% of FCC Complaints
Mon Dec 06, 2004 at 06:09:26 PM PDT
This diary is a recap of a lead article on
Slashdot.
The Slashdot article is in turn based on a report by Mediaweek.com. The article describes a Congressional hearing where Michael Powell testified shortly after the height of the "oh my God I saw Janet Jackson's nipple" scandal. The take home message of the article is that the Parents Television Council (PTC), a Christian religious fundamentalist group has accounted for nearly all of the complaints received by the FCC.
The Senate floor as a window on our Nation's priorities?
Sun Jul 18, 2004 at 10:30:06 AM PDT
I remember Byrd being the only Senator wondering aloud on the Senate floor why there couldn't just be a couple more hours of debate on the war resolution. Not days, not weeks, just a few more hours. Of course he was rebuked.
