That would be the San Joaquin Valley in California, one of the most prolific agricultural areas in the country — or at least it was, until environmentalists turned off the water.

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excerpt: "" Federal officials are asking Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to cancel furloughs for employees paid with federal funds so payments to thousands of disabled Californians aren't delayed"".

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Glenn Beck proclaims; " as the country burns to the ground............this is the questioning....this is what are Senaors are doing at todays hearing .......[..] ..........Take a listen......"

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney's penchant for keeping secrets may permanently damage his legacy as a patriotic American. Reports this weekend said Cheney had ordered CIA officials to keep a counter-terrorism program secret from Congress, in probable violation of the law.

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Congratulations to everyone on the Fox News team. Obviously, it takes a total team effort to be the Leader on cable news. The best way Americans can honor the men and women serving overseas is to be informed about the issues confronting our country.

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Fringe Republican race-baiting on Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court nominee, has fallen flat. According to polls, most Americans want to see her confirmed.

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New compromise measures from Diane Feinstein and Arlen Specter may pave the way for the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA).

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If Senator Feinstein gets her way, if you sell your ticket to Obama's inauguration to someone else you should be guilty of a federal crime.

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Major Hillary Clinton supporter Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday the final primaries mark a "moment of truth" for the New York senator, who should end her campaign.

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According to a statement from Sen.

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The Olbermann Factor

Tonight on his show, indignant liberal pundit, Keith Olbermann, plans on attacking Mrs. Clinton.

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Under long-standing congressional ethics rules, corporations, unions and other large organizations cannot directly pay senators stipends.

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What an intresting list....what a sad list...how are we to talk ethics and our leaders do not practice ethics. I must agree with most of it. replytoj001

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Idling in the Empty Space of a Broken Timepiece

The name "Alice in Wonderland" syndrome was coined by Todd in 1955 to describe the phenomena of micro- or macrosomatognosia, i.e. altered perceptions of body image, which had first been described by Lippman in the context of migraine some years earlier.

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In a capitulation to the Bush administration, two leading Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee—Diane Feinstein (CA) and Charles Schumer (NY)—have announced their intention to endorse attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey.

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For the second time in recent months, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.) on Friday confirmed that she will break ranks with a majority of her Democratic colleagues on the Judiciary Committee, in this case to confirm President Bush's nominee for attorney general.

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The Courage Campaign, a Democratic Group, posts 3 objectives on their website:

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Sen. Diane Feinstein has announced a hearing in the Senate Rules Committee to be held in September. In her press release she says, ""I was very surprised to read how easily these machines could be hacked into and election results distorted," Senator Feinstein said.

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U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced legislation (pdf) today to close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within one year of the bill's enactment.

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Money money money -- it's the talk of the political world right now. Who raised the most? Who had the most donors? Which party raised more?

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Republican support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales eroded Sunday as three key senators sharply questioned his truthfulness and a Democrat joined the list of lawmakers who want him to resign over the firing of eight federal prosecutors.

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Fired San Diego US attorney Carol Lam notified the Justice Department that she intended to execute search warrants on a high-ranking CIA official as part of a corruption probe the day before a Justice Department official sent an e-mail that said Lam needed to be fired, US Sen Dia …

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Banned voting machine test lab Ciber merger with approved Wyle calls into question both labs accreditation meanwhile Ciber's Defense Department contract goes unchecked

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From the article: Nowhere is the change starker than with Boxer's impending chairwomanship of the Environment and Public Works Committee, where she takes the reins from a conservative Republican who thinks global warming is a hoax.

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