NY Times Political Reports

December 18, 2005

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Condoleezza Rice said the program was carefully controlled and necessary to close gaps in the nation's counterterrorism efforts.
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Money from lobbyist Jack Abramoff was eagerly accepted by members of Congress until this year. Now lawmakers are beginning to return the funds.
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Two weeks before the start of the Medicare prescription drug benefit many nursing home officials are having difficulty finding out what drugs will be covered for their patients.
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Congressional leaders also reached agreement on a military spending measure that would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.
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December 15, 2005

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After months of resistance, the White House has agreed to accept the call for a law specifically banning cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of foreign suspects in the war on terror.
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December 14, 2005

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The money would be used to "armor the levee system with concrete and stone" and build "state-of-the-art pumping systems."
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The longtime gadfly of the Senate dispensed Golden Fleece Awards to spotlight what he considered bad uses of taxpayers' money.
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Members of a bipartisan Senate coalition predicted they would block the measure by filibuster when it comes up for consideration.
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A new measure would require the White House to provide its most specific and extensive accounting of the C.I.A. prisons.
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The president also said that Americans should expect more bloodshed as Iraqis struggled toward stability and democracy.
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December 12, 2005

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The court will decide the validity of a much-disputed Congressional map that cost the state's Democrats five seats in Congress.
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Marsha J. Evans may be taking the fall for the group's much-criticized response to Hurricane Katrina.
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The president hailed the coming election as a "remarkable event in the Arab world" in a speech in Philadelphia.
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President Bush said that "we want to make sure we're in a position to be able to interrogate without torture."
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Cleaning up the Great Lakes will involve heavy investments in wastewater treatment facilities, wetlands restoration and barriers against invasive fish, a report states.
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President Bush said on Monday that the failures of the government in responding to Hurricane Katrina had nothing to do with race or class.
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December 6, 2005

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The justices appeared strongly inclined to uphold a law that withholds federal grants from schools that do not allow recruiters.
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A former professor and three co-defendants were acquitted on a number of charges in a major defeat for federal law enforcement.
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A leader of House conservatives said lawmakers could seek changes if the party's legislative agenda veered off course.
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The White House has all but abandoned its effort to persuade Senator John McCain to exempt C.I.A. employees.
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