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May 8, 2008
5/08/08 Doyle, McClatchy, Lawmakers craft big farm bill, defy Bush's veto threat
May 7, 2008
5/07/08 Young, OEN, No Child Left Behind Leaving 70% Of Our Children Behind
May 2, 2008
5/02/08 NYT, Agency Seeks New Credit Card Rules
April 30, 2008
4/30/08 Rizvi, IPS, RIGHTS: Native People Warn U.N. of Biofuels Disaster
April 28, 2008
4/28/08 CNN, Where the buffalo roam -- and die
April 25, 2008
4/25/08 BBC, US blocks genetic discrimination
April 24, 2008
4/24/08 AP, House Panel Approves $15 Billion Foreclosure Bill
April 23, 2008
4/23/08 Reuters, Republicans block pay discrimination bill
4/23/08 CNN, $20M 'fence' scrapped for not catching enough illegals
4/23/08 CNN, awmakers back bill to ban genetic discrimination at work
April 21, 2008
4/21/08 Lochhead, San Fran Chron., Farm Bill Complicates Plight of Honeybees
April 19, 2008
4/19/08 Bachelet, McClatchy, Democrats are changing U.S. policy in Latin America
April 18, 2008
4/18/08 San Pedro, BBC, US town in immigration spotlight
April 12, 2008
4/12/08 Preston, NYT, Legal Immigrants, Until They Applied for Citizenship
April 5, 2008
4/05/08 Riccardi, LAT, Arizona slams door on illegal immigrants
April 3, 2008
4/03/08 Lopez, The Progressive, What line must undocumented immigrants get in?
April 2, 2008
4/02/08 Marosi & Gaouette, LAT, Environmental rules waived for border fence
March 24, 2008
3/24/08 Halper, LAT, An exodus from Medi-Cal
March 19, 2008
3/19/08 Dillon, NYT, U.S. Eases 'No Child' Law as Applied to Some States
March 13, 2008
3/13/08 Knowlton, NYT, Bush Warns House on Surveillance
March 10, 2008
3/10/08 Gaynor, Reuters, As border tightens, smugglers raise their game
March 7, 2008
3/07/08 Lobe, IPS, Foreign Policy Increasingly Flows Through Pentagon
March 4, 2008
3/04/08 Weaver & Chardy, McClatchy, Border agents warned after dozens charged with crimes
February 22, 2008
2/22/08 Mikkelsen, Reuters, U.S. says "virtual fence" on border ready for use
February 19, 2008
2/18/08 del Bosque, Texas Observer, Holes in the Wall: Homeland Security Won't Explain Why the Mexican Border Wall Bypasses the Rich and Connected
February 13, 2008
2/13/06 Cowan & Pelofsky, Reuters, House defeats stopgap extension of spy program
2/13/08 Al Jazeera, US senate backs waterboarding ban
2/13/08 BBC, Bush signs economic plan into law
February 12, 2008
2/12/08 Archibold, Arizona Seeing Signs of Flight by Immigrants
February 8, 2008
2/08/08 DiNovella, Progressive, Bush Administration Guts Guestworker Program
February 2, 2008
2/02/08 Leahy, IPS, US-MEXICO: Border Wall Condemns Jaguars to Extinction
January 28, 2008
1/28/08 Fahrenthold, WP, Value of U.S. House's Carbon Offsets Is Murky
January 27, 2008
1/27/08 McKie, Guardian, Jaguars at risk as US blocks their border crossing
January 26, 2008
1/26/08 Simon, LAT, Senate has own ideas for economic stimulus
1/26/08 Seckel, AFP, "Hispanic Panic" as Arizona Immigration Crackdown Bites
January 22, 2008
1/22/08 Montgomery, McClatchy, Assaults on U.S. border agents surge
January 16, 2008
1/16/08 Montgomery, McClatchy, U.S. forces Texas city to give up land for border fence
December 19, 2007
12/19/07 Madrigal, Wired, New Energy Law In, Renewable Energy Left Out
December 14, 2007
12/14/07 Warren & Pincus, WP, House Passes Bill to Ban CIA's Use of Harsh Interrogation Tactics
December 3, 2007
12/03/07 Abdullah, McClatchy, Renewal of No Child Left Behind Legislation Challenged
November 28, 2007
11/28/07 Broder, NYT, Congress Called Near Compromise on Fuel Economy Bill
November 19, 2007
11/19/07 Shaffer & Robinson, Baltimore Sun, Here Come the Thought Police
November 17, 2007
11/17/07 Preston, NYT, Immigration Dilemma: A Mother Torn From a Baby
November 8, 2007
11/08/07 Herszenhorn, NYT, House Approves Broad Protections for Gay Workers
November 1, 2007
11/01/07 Maer, CBS, A Window On The "Snowflakes"
October 21, 2007
10/21/07 Preston, NYT, Tighter Border Delays Re-entry by U.S. Citizens
October 16, 2007
10/16/07 Lee, WP, States May Reduce Number of Children In Insurance Plan
September 13, 2007
9/13/07 Broder, NYT, Hopes Dim for Measures to Conserve Energy
August 5, 2007
8/05/07 Broder, NYT, Energy Bill Adopted by House Requires Utilities to Use Renewable Power Sources
July 26, 2007
7/26/07 Herszenhorn, NYT, Farm Subsidies Seem Immune to an Overhaul
June 29, 2007
6/29/07 Preston, NYT, Defeat Worries Employers Who Rely on Immigrants
June 25, 2007
6/25/07 Pear, NYT, High-Tech Titans Strike Out on Immigration Bill
June 22, 2007
6/22/07 BBC, US Senate seeks fuel efficiency
June 20, 2007
6/20/07 Gaul & Morgan, WP, A Slow Demise in the Delta
June 15, 2007
6/15/07 Weisman, WP, Immigration Bill Has New Life In Senate
June 12, 2007
6/12/07 Andrews, NYT, Congress Turns to Energy, and Lobbyists Arrive
May 25, 2007
5/25/07 Labaton, NYT, Congress Passes Increase in the Minimum Wage
May 20, 2007
5/20/07 Archibold & Preston, NYT, Illegal Migrants Dissect Details of Senate Deal
April 23, 2007
4/23/07 CBS, FDA Capable Of Keeping Food Safe?
March 11, 2007
3/11/07 Harden, WP, Oregon Rethinks Easing Land-Use Limits
March 10, 2007
3/10/07 DoJ, Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of National Security Letters pdf
January 30, 2007
1/30/07 Zernike, NYT, Senate to Consider Minimum Wage Bill With Tax Breaks
January 19, 2007
1/19/07 Hulse, NYT, After 42 Hours (or So), House Democrats Complete 100-Hour Push
January 7, 2007
1/07/07 Pear, NYT, Democrats' Drug Plan Has Pitfalls, Critics Say