NY Times Political Reports

January 29, 2006

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The secretary of state said the U.S. failed to understand the depth of hostility among Palestinians toward their longtime leaders.
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Fewer than 70 service members have sought reimbursement as part of a program that the Pentagon originally opposed.
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The Venezuela leader joined Cindy Sheehan to attack President Bush and promised to support her protest against the Iraq war.
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A budget bill worked out by Congress gives states sweeping new authority to charge premiums and co-payments under Medicaid.
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January 25, 2006

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The president declined to state flatly whether he would deal with a government that Hamas participated in.
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The president replied somewhat indirectly when asked if he was afraid to release the pictures of him and Jack Abramoff.
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With commitments from three Democrats, the Senate's confirmation of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. for a Supreme Court seat appeared inevitable.
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House and Senate investigators looking into the government's response to Hurricane Katrina said questions remain despite the thousands of released documents.
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Leaders of the lobbying community said Congress risks cutting off lawmakers from valuable information and educational travel.
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The A.C.L.U. targeted a clause of the USA Patriot Act that bars foreigners who endorse terrorism from entering the United States.
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January 24, 2006

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The A.C.L.U. is seeking to strike down a clause of the USA Patriot Act that bans foreigners who endorse terrorist activity from traveling to this country.
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The Bush administration cited confidentiality of executive branch communications in declining to release some papers on Katrina.
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Representative Bob Ney of Ohio is a target of the broad inquiry into corruption and influence-peddling in Washington.
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Government efforts to compel companies to turn over records on users' search queries have put some Internet users on edge.
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The pair portrayed Representative John Shadegg as the candidate who represents a true change in party direction.
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At least two dozen states have taken emergency action to help low-income people who could not get their medications under the new federal Medicare program.
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January 22, 2006

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Americans may support the measures if they are posed in the starkest terms of protecting the nation from another attack.
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As a result of pro-industry regulations, the nation's taxpayers have missed much of the recent energy bonanza.
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Chief Warrant Officer Lewis E. Welshofer Jr. was convicted late Saturday of negligent homicide in the 2003 death of an Iraqi general.
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Just six nations - led by New Zealand - have achieved 85 percent or better success in meeting a set of environmental goals.
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