en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/politics/federal/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_passes_federal_journalist_/ The Free Flow of Information Act has just cleared the House by a vote of 398-21, but that doesn't mean President Bush has any interest in signing it. The bill would offer protection of sources and documents to journalists (including professional bloggers) news politics 2007-10-17 20:37:12 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_passes_federal_journalist_/ Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071016-house-passes-federal-journalist-shield-includes-bloggers.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/ars_technica/ 97 Interesting [15] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_passes_federal_journalist_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_planted_fake_news_stories_o/ Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens of American television stations for broadcasting items produced by the Bush administration and major corporations, and passing them off as normal news. Some of the fake news segments talked up success news politics 2007-10-15 00:11:51 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_planted_fake_news_stories_o/ Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article621189.ece http://www.newsique.com/sources/independent/ 94 Important [10] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_planted_fake_news_stories_o/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/report_millions_wasted_on_govt_t/ Federal employees wasted at least $146 million over a one-year period on business- and first-class airline tickets, in some cases simply because they felt entitled to the perk, congressional investigators say. A draft report by the Government Accountab news politics 2007-10-03 14:31:08 http://www.newsique.com/politics/report_millions_wasted_on_govt_t/ Seattle Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/APWires/headlines/D8S1LLPO0.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/seattle_times/ 95 Shocking [12] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/report_millions_wasted_on_govt_t/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/2_patriot_act_provisions_ruled_u/ Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Foreign Intelligence Surveilla news politics 2007-09-27 01:02:35 http://www.newsique.com/politics/2_patriot_act_provisions_ruled_u/ Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PATRIOT_ACT_LAWSUIT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-09-26-19-17-39 http://www.newsique.com/sources/ap/ 95 Amazing [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/2_patriot_act_provisions_ruled_u/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/part_of_patriot_act_ruled_uncons/ Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Foreign Intelligence Surveilla news politics 2007-09-26 23:06:59 http://www.newsique.com/politics/part_of_patriot_act_ruled_uncons/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20999950/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Amazing [34] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/part_of_patriot_act_ruled_uncons/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/alaska_senators_home_is_raided/ Agents from the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service raided the Alaska home of Sen. Ted Stevens (R) yesterday as part of a broad federal investigation of political corruption in the state that has also swept up his son and one of his closest financial bac news politics 2007-07-31 02:10:56 http://www.newsique.com/politics/alaska_senators_home_is_raided/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/30/AR2007073001427.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Interesting [22] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/alaska_senators_home_is_raided/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/lawsuit_against_wiretaps_rejecte/ A federal appeals court removed a serious legal challenge to the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program yesterday, overruling the only judge who held that a controversial surveillance effort by the National Security Agency was unconstitutio news politics 2007-07-07 20:19:27 http://www.newsique.com/politics/lawsuit_against_wiretaps_rejecte/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/06/AR2007070600779.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Important [13] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/lawsuit_against_wiretaps_rejecte/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/increasing_justices_federal_judg/ If there is one thing Supreme Court justices -- and perhaps every federal judge -- will agree on, it is that they are not being paid enough. The subject of judicial salaries has been a lonely cause for years among the 875 or so members of the U.S. benc news politics 2007-07-07 00:15:19 http://www.newsique.com/politics/increasing_justices_federal_judg/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/06/judges.pay/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [7] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/increasing_justices_federal_judg/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_defies_bush_over_stem_cell/ The US House of Representatives has voted to ease restrictions on federal funds for stem-cell research, defying a veto threat by President George W Bush. The Democratic-controlled House voted by 247 to 176 to pass the legislation, already approved by t news politics 2007-06-07 21:00:16 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_defies_bush_over_stem_cell/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/6732379.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [13] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_defies_bush_over_stem_cell/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/competitive_bidding_falls_off_in/ The value of federal contracts awarded without competitive bidding has soared since President Bush took office in 2000, according to a new study to be released Monday by the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank. Federal contracting grew f opinion politics 2007-05-12 13:59:04 http://www.newsique.com/politics/competitive_bidding_falls_off_in/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/10/AR2007051002390.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Important [30] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/competitive_bidding_falls_off_in/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_orders_contingency_plans_fo/ President Bush issued a formal national security directive Wednesday ordering agencies to prepare contingency plans for a surprise, "decapitating" attack on the federal government, and assigned responsibility for coordinating such plans to the White House news politics 2007-05-10 08:07:19 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_orders_contingency_plans_fo/ Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-attack10may10,1,436038.story?track=rss&ctrack=1&cset=true http://www.newsique.com/sources/latimes/ 93 Interesting [6] 95 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_orders_contingency_plans_fo/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_warns_dems_against_weakenin/ President Bush is warning Democratic leaders that any attempt to weaken federal policies that restrict abortion will be met with a veto. White House deputy press secretary Tony Fratto said Friday that the warning, issued in letters to House Speaker Nan news politics 2007-05-05 17:10:17 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_warns_dems_against_weakenin/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270148,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Interesting [8] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_warns_dems_against_weakenin/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_oks_bill_on_anti-gay_hate_/ Just hours after the White House issued a veto threat Thursday, the House voted to add gender and sexual orientation to the categories covered by federal hate crimes law. The House legislation, passed 237-180, also makes it easier for federal law enfor news politics 2007-05-03 16:28:07 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_oks_bill_on_anti-gay_hate_/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/113897787/2007-05-03-hate-crimes_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Amazing [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_oks_bill_on_anti-gay_hate_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/senate_limits_gonzales_hiring_au/ The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to end the Bush administration's ability to unilaterally fill U.S. attorney vacancies as a backlash to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' firing of eight federal prosecutors. Gonzales got a morale boost with an e news politics 2007-03-20 21:48:19 http://www.newsique.com/politics/senate_limits_gonzales_hiring_au/ Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6494829,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/guardian/ 92 Amazing [19] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/senate_limits_gonzales_hiring_au/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_warns_dems_to_take_offer_in/ A defiant President Bush warned Democrats Tuesday to accept his offer to have top aides testify about the firings of federal prosecutors only privately and not under oath or risk a constitutional showdown from which he would not back down. Democrats' r news politics 2007-03-20 19:49:59 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_warns_dems_to_take_offer_in/ ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2967565&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 http://www.newsique.com/sources/abc_news/ 91 Interesting [7] 70 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_warns_dems_to_take_offer_in/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/corrupt_congressman_begins_life_/ Former Congressman Bob Ney reported to a federal prison Thursday morning to begin serving a 21/2-year sentence for corruption, a fall from grace spurred by gifts from now imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff. As inmate No. 28882-016, Ney's lifestyle will opinion politics 2007-03-01 22:47:06 http://www.newsique.com/politics/corrupt_congressman_begins_life_/ CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/01/ney.corruption.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Shocking [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/politics/corrupt_congressman_begins_life_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bushs_health_budget_sparks_debat/ Depending on whom you ask, the budget that President Bush proposed last week will save or sink Medicare and Medicaid, two popular programs that, along with Social Security, threaten to swamp the federal budget as the baby-boom generation retires. Bush, news politics 2007-02-11 03:24:15 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bushs_health_budget_sparks_debat/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17075561/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Important [20] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bushs_health_budget_sparks_debat/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_is_not_above_the_law/ LAST August, a federal judge found that the president of the United States broke the law, committed a serious felony and violated the Constitution. Had the president been an ordinary citizen — someone charged with bank robbery or income tax evasion — opinion politics 2007-01-31 15:30:43 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_is_not_above_the_law/ New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/opinion/31bamford.html?ex=1327899600&en=ddba108e9817e621&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss http://www.newsique.com/sources/nytimes/ 96 Insightful [8] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_is_not_above_the_law/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/gonzales_raps_activist_judges_-_/ Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says federal judges are unqualified to make rulings affecting national security policy, ramping up his criticism of how they handle terrorism cases. news politics 2007-01-17 16:20:51 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gonzales_raps_activist_judges_-_/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16668110/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Important [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gonzales_raps_activist_judges_-_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/idaho_gov_wants_to_kill_all_but_/ Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter said Thursday he will support public hunts to kill all but 100 gray wolves in the state once the federal government removes the animal from Endangered Species Act protections, and that he hopes to shoot a wolf himself. news politics 2007-01-15 00:29:19 http://www.newsique.com/politics/idaho_gov_wants_to_kill_all_but_/ Signon San Diego http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20070111-1411-wst-wolfhunting.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/signon_san_diego/ 96 Important [11] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/politics/idaho_gov_wants_to_kill_all_but_/#comments