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... The senators who forged the compromise included, on the Republican side: McCain, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, John Warner of Virginia, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Mike DeWine of Ohio and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island; and on the Democratic side: Lieberman, Byrd, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Ken Salazar of Colorado. ...

Right now as we our right to chose to defend ourselves MAY return to WI. Despite Doyle's veto we are just a few votes shy of gaining CCW. The assembly is in partisan caucaus. Both Gary Sherman and Amy Sue Vruwink are two that can be swayed. Sherman is sitting on the fence and needs a reminder that he works FOR the people not the other way around. rep.vruwink@legis.state.wi.us(608)266-8366 or (888) 534-0070.rep.sherman@legis.state.wi.us (608) 266-7690 or (888) 534-0074.rep.schneider@legis.state.wi.usrep.woodw@legis.state.wi.usrep.steinbrink@legis.state.wi.usrep.vanakkeren@legis.state.wi.usrep.gronemus@legis.state.wi.usrep.kreuser@legis.state.wi.us Just thought I would remind everyone who hasn't freeped that now would be a time which your call,email,fax, WILL matter. Watch livehttp://www.legis.state.wi.us/insession/assembly/index.htm

Tax Cuts Arrive But Will They Stay? As you probably know Bush's latest set of tax cuts should be signed into law before June arrives. Predictably this has upset the class warriors, democrat leadership, and most on the left. That is OK, because those types are virtually impossible to make happy or even placate, so I am not even going to try to show them the error of their ways. I will not point out that Reagan's and Kennedy's tax cut both helped the economy. I will not point out that 10% of the pay 67% of the taxes but...

April 21 issue — The French government insists that it has strictly enforced a tight embargo imposed on Saddam Hussein’s regime by the United Nations in 1990. But Saddam never lost his taste for French weapons or luxury goods. And evidence found by U.S. troops on the ground in Iraq suggests that—despite U.N. sanctions—the dictator continued to receive an abundant supply of both until very recently. LT. GREG HOLMES, a tactical intelligence officer with the Third Infantry Division, told NEWSWEEK that U.S. forces discovered 51 Roland-2 missiles, made by a partnership of French and German arms manufacturers, in two military...

Judge says Koran is no defence LONDON (Reuters) - A Muslim cleric charged with encouraging his followers to kill "enemies of Islam" cannot use the words of the Koran to justify his alleged crimes, a judge has ruled. Old Bailey judge Peter Beaumont said no holy book could be used to explain breaches of the law. "Once here the law of the land must be obeyed. The law breaker is liable to be punished in whatever manner the law provides," the judge told the jury during the trial of cleric Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal on Tuesday. El-Faisal, a preacher from East...

U.N. Experts Report Chemical Warheads Find in Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.N. weapons inspectors found empty chemical warheads during an inspection of a storage area in Iraq on Thursday, a U.N. spokesman said in Baghdad. The spokesman, Hiro Ueki, did not give any estimate of the significance of the find during an inspection of the Ukhaider Ammunition Storage Area. He said an inspection team had gone there to inspect a large group of bunkers constructed in the late 1990s. "During the course of their inspection, the team discovered 11 empty 122 mm chemical warheads and one warhead that requires further...