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Dems, GOP split on NY trials of alleged terrorists
Nov 15th, 2009 - AOL News
WASHINGTON -Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radical Islamists a platform to propagate their ideology...
Obama to lay out plans to help small businesses
Oct 29th, 2009 - Boston
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama speaks Thursday morning to small business leaders about the administration's plans to offer them assistance. Those plans include...
Leahy: Congress should make agencies be more open
Sep 30th, 2009 - Boston
WASHINGTON—The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee wants new measures to clamp down on special exemptions that federal agencies are using to avoid disclosing information to the public under the Freedom of Information Act. Democratic Sen...
Date set for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation ...
Jun 9th, 2009 - NY Daily News
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats announced Tuesday that Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation hearings will begin July 13. In setting the mid-summer hearing...
Top Democrat: Sotomayor would follow the law
Jun 2nd, 2009 - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said Tuesday that federal judge Sonia Sotomayor told him she'd follow the law as a Supreme Court justice and not necessarily base her rulings on her life experiences.



