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Tuesday, March 16, 2010 4:03 PM

Lamar Smith

Type: Person

Name: Lamar Smith (Lamar Seeligson Smith)

Title: Congressman - Texas (USA)

Date of Birth: 19/11/1947

Place of Birth: San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Biography for Lamar Smith

First Reported Mar 12 2010 - Updated Mar 12 2010 - 1 Documents

Steve Scalise

Charging Corruption, House Impeaches Federal Judge

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to adopt four articles of impeachment against U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr., wrapping up a wide-ranging investigation into allegations that Porteous took cash and gifts from lawyers and lied ... [Published Mar 12 2010 by Law.com]

Entities: Thomas Porteous, Impeach, Impeachment, Corruption, Steve Scalise

First Reported Mar 11 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 1 Documents

Behind Obama's wavering on terror trials, critics see politics (McClatchy Newspapers)

Play Video Barack Obama Video:Chris Wallace on Roberts' SOTU Comments FOX NewsPlay Video Barack Obama Video:Federal Land Grab on the Way? FOX NewsPlay Video Barack Obama Video:AP Top Stories APBy David Lightman and Marisa Taylor, McClatchy Newspapers ... [Published Mar 11 2010 by Yahoo! News]

Entities: Barack Obama, Lamar Smith, Federal Court, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported Mar 11 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 1 Documents

Why You Need a Mobile Web Site

According to marketing research firm ComScore, as of December 2009 more than 234 million Americans were using mobile devices -- 28 percent of them to surf the Web. That’s 60 million potential customers you could be missing out on if your Web site isn’t ... [Published Mar 11 2010 by Small Business Computing]

Entities: Mobile Web, AUTO GROUP LIMITED, Coffee, Lamar Smith

First Reported Mar 11 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 1 Documents

Barack Obama

US President Barack Obama continues push for health care reform

President Barack Obama traveled to St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday, continuing his outreach to Americans to support approval by the U.S. Congress of legislation to reform the U.S. health care system. The president is intensifying his efforts to ensure ... [Published Mar 11 2010 by Moldova.org]

Entities: Health Care Reform, Barack Obama, Health Care, Democratic Party (US)

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 1 Documents

Lindsey Graham

Graham Tries To Cut Deal With White House On Guantanamo Closure

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told the White House on Sunday that there is only one way to close Guantánamo Bay: by abandoning civilian 9/11 trials.Graham said Sunday that if the White House agrees to try self-professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by Public Record]

Entities: Lindsey Graham, American Civil Liberties Union, Ben Wizner

First Reported Mar 09 2010 - Updated Mar 09 2010 - 1 Documents

Lamar Smith

Wolf Chases Panthers

That headline was also the headline of our editorial today at the Washington Times. U.S. Reps. FrankWolf and Lamar Smith keep doing yeoman's work in pursuing answersabout why the voter intimidation case against the New BlackPanthers was dropped. ... [Published Mar 09 2010 by American Spectator]

Entities: Lamar Smith, United States

First Reported Mar 05 2010 - Updated Mar 06 2010 - 2 Documents

September 11 suspects may face U.S. military trial (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior Obama administration officials may recommend that accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed be prosecuted in a military trial, U.S. officials said Friday, in what would be a policy reversal after intense political ... [Published Mar 05 2010 by Yahoo! News Australia]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, United States, Guantanamo (Cuba), Guantánamo Bay

First Reported Feb 27 2010 - Updated Feb 27 2010 - 1 Documents

Judiciary Committee Chiefs Call For Distant-Signal Status Quo

Congress has called on the satellite and broadcast industries to maintain the status quo and keep delivering distant network TV station signals even if the license that allows them to do so expires Feb. 28.According to a copy of a letter to some of the ... [Published Feb 27 2010 by Broadcast Newsroom]

Entities: Commissioner of Baseball (MLB), Lamar Smith, Copyright Office

First Reported Feb 26 2010 - Updated Feb 26 2010 - 1 Documents

Obama aides push back on venue for terrorism trials

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration bluntly urged the Congress Thursday to steer clear of directing where terrorism suspects should be prosecuted, pushing back against efforts to require military rather than civilian trials.A bipartisan group ... [Published Feb 26 2010 by Reuters]

Entities: Terrorism, Guantanamo (Cuba), Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Lamar Smith

First Reported Feb 23 2010 - Updated Feb 23 2010 - 1 Documents

Republicans dismiss new Democratic argument for civilian terror trials

Republicans are hitting back against Democratic claims that a guilty plea from an al Qaeda operative in federal court is proof the criminal justice system is up to the task of prosecuting terrorism suspects.Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday pointed ... [Published Feb 23 2010 by The Hill]

Entities: Terrorism, Republican Party (US), Eric Holder, Terrorists, Lamar Smith

First Reported Feb 20 2010 - Updated Feb 20 2010 - 1 Documents

Saturday Diary Rescue

A big week in the diaries. Enjoy. Economic inequality and the myth of Reagan trickle down economics in JoelSHirschhorn's Real, Uglier American Unemployment. The Weekly Glass: Myth Busters: American Politics Edition, Part I Lamar Smith (TX-21) ... [Published Feb 20 2010 by MyDD]

Entities: Lamar Smith, Alberto Gonzales, Lindsey Graham, Dick Cheney, District Attorney

First Reported Feb 20 2010 - Updated Feb 20 2010 - 3 Documents

Bush Lawyers Shouldn’t Be Punished for Terror Memos, U.S. Says

Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bush administration lawyers who authorized interrogation techniques such as waterboarding after the Sept. 11 attacks displayed poor judgment that doesnt warrant professional disciplinary measures, a U.S. Justice Department review ... [Published Feb 20 2010 by BusinessWeek]

Entities: John Yoo, David Margolis, Jay Bybee

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Re: Latinos and Conservatives -- By: Mark Kriko... [The Corner on National Review Online - Feb 17 2010] Ramesh: I am indeed willing to concede -- not concede, but say outright -- that there are conservatives who are unwelcoming of Hispanics. But there are different ...
Several Federal Lawmakers Financially Invested ... [Capital Eye - Feb 10 2010] With automobile maker Toyota facing heavy congressional scrutiny for a series of damning safety recalls, it's worth noting that several members of Congress last ...

Audio/Video

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Congressman Kingston Czar Press Conference [Rep. Jack Kingston - YouTube Channel - Sep 17 2009]