Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
From The Hill on Wednesday:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) wants to hold Rules Committee hearings in September on the presidential primary process, an effort that could remind the public of her party’s contentious nomination battle just two months before the general election.
Feinstein, chairwoman of the committee, says the hearings will be limited and won’t be conducted [...]
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Filed under: California, Democrats, Election '08, In The News, John McCain '08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Presidential Primaries, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Voters
Posted on June 26th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
As Stuart noted below, today, the Supreme Court declared “that the Constitution protects an individual’s right to have a gun, not just the right of the states to maintain militias.”
Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority in the landmark 5-to-4 decision, said the Constitution does not allow “the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used [...]
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Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Last night the word of a secret meeting between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama started to eek into the media. The two “ditched their traveling entourages, eluded camera crews across town and startled many of their own advisers as they held their first private meeting since becoming archrivals for the Democratic presidential nomination.”
Jeff Zeleny reports [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries, Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Posted on November 19th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
On Monday, Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) wrote a letter to FDA Commissioner, Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach, requesting a full investigation into lipstick products that have been reported to contain lead levels above the legal limit.
The report by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics recently highlighted the fact that [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on November 16th, 2007 by Dizzy Dezzi
Thank The Flying Spaghetti Monster It’s Friday!
Got the blues, today? Feeling like it’s going to be hours before you can escape the office for Happy Hour? Last night’s Democratic Presidential Debate got you down?
Well, I’ve got the cure for your blues! No, really. I’ve got The Cure, RIGHT HERE! I promise you, for at least [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on November 9th, 2007 by BobHiggins
Waterboarding is now as “American” as “Mom” and “apple pie”
The “distinguished jurist” told them in open hearings and in written communications that he could not call waterboarding “torture,” and reportedly, pravately expressed his fear that doing so might open the gates for some executive department and military officials to lawsuits or criminal prosecution.
Notice here that [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on November 5th, 2007 by Dizzy Dezzi
Ah, Monday.
Four more days to Friday.
I have a feeling it’s going to be a very long week.
Drumroll, please!
From The Huffington Post:
The Worst Economy Of Our Lifetime, pt. II:
Yet last week the economic news was upbeat. The US economy grew 3.9% and the economy added 166,000 jobs. Shouldn’t people be happy about those developments?The answer is [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on November 3rd, 2007 by Todd Mitchell
Or would that be “Judi” in the plural?
Democratic Defections Clear Path for Mukasey:
“The nomination fight over attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey effectively came to an end yesterday, as two key Senate Democrats parted from their colleagues and announced their support for the former judge despite his controversial statements on torture. “The orchestrated announcements by [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on November 2nd, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced a measure to establish a federal ban on phthalates in children’s toys on Thursday. The bill is modeled after California’s landmark ban on phthalates.
Phthalates are chemicals that added to common plastic products to make them soft and pliable and they can be found in a variety of children’s toys and childcare products that [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
I’ve been covering the Southern California wildfires here on The Dem Daily, since Sunday night. At first, like many who live here in SoCal, I thought the winds would die down and the firefighters would be able to bring the first few fires under control. No such luck, the fires rage on and the evacuations [...]
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Filed under: In The News
