After skipping Ground Zero event with Obama, Bush made three paid speeches

By Peter H. Stone

Bush skipped Ground Zero event but gave three paid speeches in the next week

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"… Zero on Sept. 11, the 10th anniversary of the deadly al-Qaida attacks. …"

"… opies. And the 43rd president has helped rope in over $300 million for the George W. Bush Foundation which supports his presidential center at Southern Methodist Un …"

Top 10 failures of the Bush administration

By Andrew Green

In a break with precedent, when asked at his final press conference to name his administration’s biggest mistake, President George W. Bush r

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"… press conference to name his administration’s biggest mistake, President George W. Bush rattled off a short list instead. He included posting the “Mission Accom …"

More Harken Energy Corporation documents

August 1, 2002 — The New York Daily News reported on July 30 that Harken Energy Corporation set up a Cayman Islands subsidiary, the Harken B

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"… towards finalization of a formal agreement with the State of Bahrain…”George W. Bush, then a director of Harken, attended the meeting. There is no indication t …"

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The climate lobbyists

By Matthew Lewis

A sampling of power players

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"… and steel manufacturer Nucor, among others. Former Senator John B. Breaux, Louisiana Democrat Founding Partner, Breaux Lott Leadership Group The former House m …"

"… ure, and Sunoco, among others. Former Representative Robert L. Livingston, Louisiana Republican Founding partner, The Livingston Group Livingston served a doze …"

Climate change lobbying dominated by 10 firms

By Marianne Lavelle and Matthew Lewis

Hundreds of lobbyists are cramming into Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building this week for the House Energy and Commerce Committee

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"… te legislation: Jason Schendle (former staffer to Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana), Charles Barnett (Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas), and Rhod Shaw (Se …"

Broken elections, stolen votes

By Susan Q. Stranahan

Were the chaotic presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 an anomaly or a harbinger of things to come this November? Is democracy, as Karl Ro

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"… ud, asserting that voting by fictitious people and noncitizens is rampant. Democrats, on the defensive in a GOP administration, dismiss these claims and say th …"

"… als who, rather than stuff ballot boxes, use their power to prevent likely Democrats from voting. Some charge that the Republicans stole the 2004 election in O …"

"… issouri by a dead man. Republicans cried fraud, saying it was improper for Democrats to obtain a court order keeping the polls in St. Louis open beyond their s …"

"… heir scheduled closing time, giving a victory to the late Mel Carnahan.But Democrats came to see more than personal feelings at work. The Ballot Access and Vot …"

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Patrick Leahy — Senate Judiciary Committee

By Aaron Mehta

Longtime liberal stalwart Patrick Leahy of Vermont will continue to be a crucial figure in shaping the future path of the Supreme Court as c

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"… cial nominees throughout the 1990s, but then himself held up nominees from George W. Bush, including a filibuster against 10 appeals court nominees. In 2005 he led …"

"… vidence against them. Leahy gained the spotlight late in the presidency of George W. Bush with his sharp questioning of attorneys general Alberto Gonzales and Micha …"

John Kline — Education and Labor Committee

By Aaron Mehta

A former Marine helicopter pilot, John Kline has represented Minnesota’s 2nd district since 2003. His 25 years in the military included a st

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"… t Behind” school testing program, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002. Kline told the Washington Post that “I’m not looking to tweak …"

Joe Barton — Energy and Commerce Committee?

By Aaron Mehta

A longtime conservative from Texas, Rep. Joe Barton rocketed onto the national spotlight by famously apologizing to BP during a June hearing

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"… and subsidies for energy companies. Barton lost the chairmanship when the Democrats took the House in the 2006 elections, but has been the ranking member ever …"

"… ton pledged that “If they somehow manage to get the votes and get enough Democrats to walk the plank and commit suicide, in the next Congress, I’ll be chai …"

"… an manner. A group of Texan and Louisianan representatives, including four Democrats, helped bring an $88 million earmark for a “National Domestic Preparedne …"

Iowa TV station won't air "Pull the Plug on Grandma" ad attacking Sen. Grassley

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

A Des Moines TV station is refusing to air an attack ad against Republican Sen. Charles Grassley created by two liberal groups unless they c

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"… support for Grassley and for Republicans Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush. Shilling then calls Grassley “an embarrassment to Iowa,” as the ad sh …"

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