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15 Nov 09

In House Record, Many Spoke With One Voice - Lobbyists’ - NYTimes.com

"Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies. "

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11 Nov 09

OpenCongress - Track bills, votes, senators, and representatives in the U.S. Congress

"OpenCongress is a free, open-source, not-for-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission to make Congress more transparent and to encourage civic engagement. "

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Arlington: Field of Honor - Watch the Documentary Film for Free - SnagFilms

"National Geographic presents a portrait of one of America’s most sacred places. Once little more than a potter’s field, Arlington National Cemetery has become a national shrine and treasury of American history. "

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09 Nov 09

House Democrats Who Voted Against the Health Care Bill - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com

"An overwhelming majority of the Democratic lawmakers who opposed the bill — 31 of the 39 — represent districts that were won by Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, in the 2008 presidential election, and a third of them were freshmen."

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29 Sep 09

Pocket Docket: Supreme Court's New Season - WSJ.com

"Justices Face an Unusually Diverse Caseload; Some Legal Observers Expect the Conservative Bloc to Overrule Past Opinions"

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21 Sep 09

Television Archive

This collection contains television news programs recorded live from around September 11, 2001 by the non-profit Television Archive to help patrons research this important part of United States history. These materials were available on the televisionarchive.org site from October 11, 2001 through 2003.

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On Politics - Expand the House? - NYTimes.com

That 400,000-person disparity between top and bottom has generated a federal court challenge that is set to be filed Thursday in Mississippi, charging that the system effectively disenfranchises people in certain states. The lawsuit asks the courts to order the House to fix the problem by increasing its size from 435 seats to at least 932, or perhaps as many as 1,761. That way, the plaintiffs argue, every state can have districts that are close to parity.

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