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Congress Says: "It will not work this summer"
Their abbreviated election-year calendar leaves little time to cut deals. Lawmakers will scatter again in August for their annual monthlong break and the two parties' presidential conventions.
"There just isn't much sand left in the top of the hourglass," said Stephen Hess, a Brookings Institution congressional scholar. "They've done whatever heavy lifting they're capable of doing."
In the time that remains, leaders intend to act on an array of politically appealing legislation. Examples include banning lead in toys and approving an ambitious global health initiative — a $50 billion program to combat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and elsewhere.
"Whose interest is it to settle anything now?" Hess said.
"First, though, lawmakers have to break a logjam over Republican Sen. John Ensign's bid to add $8 billion worth of renewable energy tax breaks. Then leaders have to resolve disputes among Democrats and with the White House about important details."
"I think we can get us a bill," Bush said recently. "But it's going to require less politics..."
The terrorist surveillance legislation faces fewer obstacles. It is expected to win approval Tuesday for Bush's signature.
Good thing they have time to take away more of our liberties and freedom before they go on vacation! Their abbreviated election-year calendar leaves little time to cut deals. Lawmakers will scatter again in August for their annual mont... more -
Man spent 3 hour flight on toilet, now suing
A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California.
Gokhan Mutlu, of Manhattan's Inwood section, says in court papers the pilot told him to "go 'hang out' in the bathroom" about 90 minutes into the San Diego to New York flight because the flight attendant complained that the "jump seat" she was assigned was uncomfortable, the lawsuit said. A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a fli... more -
Judge who Sued Over Pants Loses Job
"A judge who lost a $54 million lawsuit against his dry cleaner over a pair of missing pants has lost his job, District of Columbia officials said.
Roy Pearson's term as an administrative law judge expired May 2 and the D.C. Commission on Selection and Tenure of Administrative Law Judges has voted not to reappoint him, Lisa Coleman, the city's general counsel, wrote Nov. 8 in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from The Associated Press."
I guess that's what happens when u abuse the system u are a part of trying to make a quick buck. $54 million over pants is redonkulous. "A judge who lost a $54 million lawsuit against his dry cleaner over a pair of missing pants has lost his job, District of Columb... more -
Pants Judge to lose job
Roy Pearson Jr. will not be reappointed to his Administrative Law bench after his $54M lawsuit against a now defunct dry cleaner gained worldwide attention. Roy Pearson Jr. will not be reappointed to his Administrative Law bench after his $54M lawsuit against a now defunct dry cleaner gaine... more
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State Senator Suing God
Ernie Chambers from Nebraska is suing God to protest frivolous lawsuits.
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