Republicans Acknowledge Effects of Global Warming In the Arctic
These congressional Republicans clearly know what’s going on in the Arctic, but it took Madeleine Bordallo, a Democrat, to speak plainly about the tremendous climatic shift.
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Key Hearings In Congress Today
John Bellinger, the legal adviser to the Department of State, will testify and be asked questions about the Bush Administration’s practice of extreme rendition, in which prisoners in United States custody are knowingly sent to be interrogated by nations that routinely use torture.
Status of the Equal Rights Amendment
You are probably not aware of it, but the Equal Rights Amendment did not die back in the 1980s. It has been brought back to the House of Representatives and to the Senate. Both the Senate and House versions of the proposed constitutional amendment state that: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be [...]
Congressman Tom Udall Is a Real Wildcat
It’s especially important to conserve wild cats and dogs, because they’re predators. As such, they help to preserve balance within ecological systems. When predators go extinct, their prey species go through wild boom and bust cycles that endanger large number of animal and plant circles. So, the Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2008 is arguably the most important conservation legislation to be presented to Congress this year.
