Silver Alert: Bill to Save Seniors stalled in Senate

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Wednesday May 19, 2010 · 6:02 AM PDT

2010/05/19 · 06:02

Silver Alert has been stalled in the Senate for 463 days.

On February 10, 2009, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 632, the National Silver Alert Act.

Since that time, Silver Alert legislation has been stalled in the Senate one of 290 bills passed by the House that the Senate has refused to act on.

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Sunday May 16, 2010 · 2:47 PM PDT

2010/05/16 · 14:47

Silver Alert, an Amber Alert style notification system for missing seniors, is the law in 26 states. Now a New York Times article, and a response from Rep. Lloyd Doggett, brings renewed focus to make Silver Alert into a nationwide initiative.

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Sunday July 05, 2009 · 2:14 AM PDT

2009/07/05 · 02:14

One week ago, on Sunday, June 28, the Honduran military ousted President Manuel Zelaya, provoking a hemispheric-wide political crisis.

Today, Sunday, July 5, Mexican voters go to the polls to elect 500 seats in the Camara de Diputados, as well as governors in six states, and municipal delegates in Mexico City (Distrito Federal). It is the first election in Latin America since last Sunday's coup in Honduras. Will voters take to the polls to support democracy?

One election observer, Professor Jason Johnson of Hiram College has taken the extraordinary step of posting Mexican election updates on Twitter.

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Saturday July 04, 2009 · 10:19 AM PDT

2009/07/04 · 10:19

In 2000, Mexico's Partido Revolucionario Institucional was ousted after 71 years in power.

Now, the PRI is trying to mount a comeback, tapping into voter discontent about continued unemployment and economic stagnation.

And they have enlisted MIMES to highlight their campaign.

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Caption this Photo: Ben Domench and Stephen Colbert

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Saturday March 25, 2006 · 1:57 PM PST

2006/03/25 · 13:57

Before Ben Domenech was revealed to be a serial plagiarist, before he was given a cushy blogging job at the Washington Post, he was a co-panelist with Stephen Colbert.

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GOPer: Rove told me what to think on Dubai Ports

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Friday March 10, 2006 · 7:43 AM PST

2006/03/10 · 07:43

It's all over but the shouting for the Dubai Ports Deal. But The Hill is reporting that the Dubai Port fiasco has caused headaches for at least one House candidate - Ralph Norman in South Carolina, who is challenging Democratic incumbent John Spratt. Norman has the backing of the SC GOP establishment, Karl Rove and Bill Frist have already done fundraisers for him. Dick Cheney is planning on doing a fundraiser for Norman on March 17th.

So it is no surprise that Norman is toeing the Bush line on the Dubai Ports deal. In fact he recently admitted that he is supporting the deal because Karl Rove told him to.

To be continued after the jump.

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Tuesday March 07, 2006 · 5:09 AM PST

2006/03/07 · 05:09

Remember when the U.S. Agency for International Development promised that the War in Iraq would only cost $1.7 billion? Click here for the ABC Nightline transcript.

Well, USAID is now trying to recruit employees with an e-mail that begins: "Need fast cash? If you crave professional challenges and your family will let you . . . [then] spend a year in Iraq."

I kid you not. Full story after the jump. Read More

VA GOV: Kaine Gains, Leads Kilgore by 1

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Sunday July 24, 2005 · 10:49 AM PDT

2005/07/24 · 10:49

The NoVa Political Depot and Not Larry Sabatoreport new Mason-Dixon Polling Out of Virginia.

Kaine 38
Kilgore 37
Potts 9
MoE +/- 4 %

The story doesn't mention a trendline except to rehash an ancient Mason Dixon poll from last September that had Kilgore lead Kaine by five points

Kaine is leading Kilgore slightly in the vote rich "Golden Crescent" of Northern Virginia, metropolitain Richmond and Hampton Roads.

Let Rove Telecommute From Prison

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Monday July 18, 2005 · 1:35 PM PDT

2005/07/18 · 13:35

President Bush says that anyone in his administration who is convicted of a crime will no longer work in the White House.

But if Karl Rove - or anyone else - were convicted of a crime, wouldn't they have to give up their day job for prison skivvies anyway?

Isn't that kind of like saying that anyone dumb enough to be hit by a train and killed will no longer have the privilege of working on the railroad?

Or should Karl Rove be allowed to continue his estimable service to his country from federal prison?

Support Democrats unafraid to denounce corruption

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Friday July 08, 2005 · 6:06 AM PDT

2005/07/08 · 06:06

While some Congressional Democrats are afraid to raise a fuss at the GOP's culture of corruption, at least the South Carolina Democratic Party is willing to make the Delay-Abramoff-Norquist scandals an issue at the state level.