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Senate GOP Backs Down From Big Oil

Tue, 02 May 2006 10:10:57 -0700

 

 

 

 

Senate GOP abandons tax proposal opposed by oil industry; three

senators blast Bush for defying more than 750 statutes; Secret Service

to turn over logs of Abramoff's visits to White House; Qatar gives millions for

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Senate GOP Backs Down From Big Oil

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050206J.shtml

Senate Republicans on Monday hurriedly abandoned a broad tax proposal

opposed by the oil industry and business leaders, another sign of their struggle

to come up with an acceptable political and legislative answer to high gasoline

prices.

 

 

Three Democrats Slam President Over Defying Statutes

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050206K.shtml

Three leading Democratic senators blasted President Bush yesterday for

having claimed he has the authority to defy more than 750 statutes

enacted since he took office, saying that the president's legal theories are

wrong and that he must obey the law.

 

 

Court Orders Release of Logs Showing Abramoff's Visits to the White

House

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050206L.shtml

The Secret Service has agreed to turn over White House visitor logs

that will show how often convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff met with Bush

administration officials - and with whom he met.

 

 

Joshua Holland | Bush's Nuclear Madness

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050206M.shtml

" If George Bush gets his way, the USA is going nuclear, " writes Joshua

Holland. " He won't let a little thing like radioactive waste stand in

his way. "

 

 

Qatar Grants Millions in Aid to New Orleans

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050206N.shtml

The nation of Qatar plans to announce today roughly $60 million in

grants to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina, including $17.5

million to Xavier University of Louisiana, the only historically black Catholic

university in the United States.

 

 

FBI Sought Data on Thousands in '05

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050206O.shtml

The FBI sought personal information on thousands of Americans last year from

banks, Internet service providers and other companies without seeking approval

from a court, according to new data released by the Justice Department.

 

 

Thousands Denounce Fox on Labor Day in Mexico City

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050206P.shtml

After weeks of rising tensions between the administration of President

Vicente Fox and union leaders, tens of thousands of workers, Communists and

revolutionaries thronged the center of Mexico City on Monday to send a message

to the government: the unions are still here, and they are angry.

 

 

VIDEO | " Battles at Home "

A Film by Chris Hume and L. Wild Horse

http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm

TruthOut was in New York covering the hundreds of thousands of people

who marched in New York City for " Peace, Justice and Democracy, " on

Saturday, April 29th. In this second report, Chris Hume talks to

protesters about the war and other battles being fought at home.

 

 

VIDEO | The War Affects Us All

A Report by Geoffrey Millard and Scott Galindez

http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm

On Saturday, April 29th, hundreds of thousands of people marched for

" Peace, Justice and Democracy. " TruthOut was there, and over the next

few days we will provide you with video reports. In the first report,

Geoffrey Millard interviews the organizers behind the scenes. The

recurring theme was that the war affects all of us.

 

 

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