As early as tonight, the Senate will have its last chance to roll back media consolidation, and Sen. Jon Tester and Sen. Max Baucus could cast the deciding vote. All of our work to stop runaway media conglomerates could come down to your senators!
Their vote would overturn a disastrous FCC giveaway of local news outlets […]

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Dear Friends, The House of Representatives will vote as soon as tomorrow — Thursday, May 8 — on an additional $178 billion for the war and occupation in Iraq!
Amazingly, the bill includes $70 billion for fiscal year 2009. This means the funds for the occupation will keep flowing well into the next administration, allowing the […]

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CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS
May 8, 2008 – Updated 12:57 p.m.
With Democrats Divided, Senate Panel Delays Vote on War Supplemental
By Liriel Higa and David Clarke, CQ Staff
As House Democrats struggled to bridge their divisions over a war supplemental spending bill, the White House budget director warned that President Bush will veto the legislation if they persist […]

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