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10. Land use -- Review executive orders concerning the Antiquities Act designations of lands by the government. Under Bill Clinton, millions of acres of lands were locked up by executive fiat and, because these actions were not established by law, they can be undone by executive action of a subsequent President. 9. Oil drilling -- Continue to push the Outer Continental Shelf planning process so that newly opened OCS acreage can be leased for future oil drilling. 8. Oil shale leasing -- Issue the final leasing regulations for oil shale leasing in the Western United States. Without these, the U.S....

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned part of a Texas congressional map engineered by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Challengers — Democrats and minority groups — had asked the court to declare the redrawn districts unconstitutional. Republicans said the new map better reflects the voting patterns of the state and deny minority voting rights were violated.

Just over one month ago, the Crystal Ball argued that a larger wave than currently existed at the time would have to build in order for Republicans to lose their congressional majorities. At the time, the race-by-race rather than national dynamic of competitive races pointed more towards a "micro-wave" than a "macro-wave" for out-of-power Democrats. But now, with a quarter of time elapsed between that pulse-reading and the election, surer signs are emerging that something more substantial than a "micro-wave" is heating up this summer. Historical trends and big picture indicators--generic congressional ballot tests and approval ratings of President Bush's...

AUSTIN -- A three-judge federal panel on Friday reunited Webb County into one congressional district, solidifying Hispanic voting strength in South Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court remanded the map to the three-judge federal panel to redraw the sprawling 23rd Congressional District, which it ruled in June unconstitutionally diluted Hispanic voting strength. “These changes restore Latino voting strength to District 23 without dividing communities of interest,” the judges said. The panel reunited Webb County, which includes the majority-Hispanic city of Laredo, and placed it entirely in the 28th Congressional District, which is adjacent to the 23rd District. It added portions of...

Ruth Bader Snoozeburg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: March 7, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Actual artist rendition of Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg asleep during hearing Most Americans didn't see this picture. I'm quite sure they would have if the Supreme Court justice asleep at the switch were Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg But it was Ruth Bader Snoozeburg catching 40 winks during a Supreme Court hearing last week. And she is a darling of the U.S. media. Why? Let me count the ways this extremist pleases my colleagues. She is on record as a...