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Thursday | TheNational

Debate on Gaza report shows growing resolve to challenge pro-Israeli stance

WASHINGTON // The significance of the congressional debate of the Goldstone report on the Gaza conflict last week may have been ignored by many given what appeared to be the lopsided vote in favour of the anti-Goldstone resolution.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Brian Baird, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election, Israel, World News, Middle East, Howard Berman, Republican

Thursday | Talking Points Memo

Interesting Little Point

TPM Reader MT points out that the only Republican to vote for the Dems' health care reform bill is also one of, I believe, only two in the House GOP caucus with any actual experience living in a Communist country, as opposed to the fantasy-Tea Bag version of Communism / Socialism / Fascism / Dictatorshipism.

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Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, US Politics, US News, Representative Anh "Joseph" Cao

Tue Nov 10, 2009

TPM Cafe

VIDEO House Blocks Access To Goldstone Report

On November 4, the House of Representatives voted 344-36 in favor of a resolution condemning the Goldstone Report, which chronicled the war crimes committed during last year's Gaza war.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Keith Ellison, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Howard Berman

Mon Nov 09, 2009

WIOD-AM Miramar

South Florida Lawmakers Split on Health Care Vote

The measure passed in the House 220-215. Sunday, November 8, 2009 The House has acted.

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Related Topix: Mario Diaz-Balart, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Alcee Hastings, Representative Ron Klein, Democrat, Robert Wexler

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Raw Story

US House backs China quake activists

The US House of Representatives on Saturday threw its support behind two Chinese activists put on trial after investigating whether shoddy construction led to children's deaths in last year's Sichuan earthquake.

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Related Topix: Activism, Prison, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ron Paul

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Ynetnews

J'lem mayor find support for united city in Congress

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat met with Democratic and Republican Congress members in Washington on Friday, and was pleased to find wall-to-wall support of the need to keep Jerusalem united.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Dan Burton, Republican, US House of Representatives, Israel, World News, Middle East, Travel, Israel Travel,

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Kansas City InfoZine

Jerusalem Conference Spotlights U.N. Report About Israel-Gaza Conflict, Iran

The Goldstone commission reported that Israel and Hamas had committed war crimes in Gaza during fighting that erupted in December.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, US Politics, Howard Berman, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican

The Taipei Times

UN to ask for probe into Gaza War

Amid strong Israeli opposition, the UN General Assembly prepared yesterday to ask Israel and the Palestinians to launch credible, independent probes of alleged war crimes committed during the Gaza War nearly a year ago.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Republican, US House of Representatives

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Kansas City InfoZine

House Condemns - Biased' U.N. Report That Charges Israel, Palestinian Militants with War Crimes

29, deals with the fighting last winter that left more than 1,000 people dead, all but a handful Palestinians.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Dan Burton, Brian Baird, Democrat

Voice of America

US House Overwhelmingly Passes Resolution Critical of UN Report on Gaza

A cloud of smoke billows from the Gaza Strip following an Israeli strikes as seen from the Israel-Gaza border, 15 Jan 2009 The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning a report by a United Nations fact-finding panel that criticized Israel as part of an assessment of the conflict in Gaza in 2008 between Israel ...

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, US News, Activism, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Tajikistan News.Net

U.S. House of Represnetatives overwhelmingly rejects Goldstone Report

Tajikistan News.Net Wednesday 4th November, 2009 A non-binding resolution condemning the Goldstone Report, which accuses Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes in Gaza, has been passed in the US House of Representatives with an overwhelming majority.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Hastings, US Military, US Army, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Corrine Brown, Democrat, Howard Berman, Hillary Clinton, US Senate

The Baltimore Chronicle

House Resolution Designates Venezuela a State Sponsor of Terrorism

State terrorism designation - if HR 872 passes - would mean halting normal relations, prohibiting US companies from exporting and operating there, and denying America vitally needed Venezuelan oil.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Venezuela, Terrorism, Colombia, US Politics, US News, Connie Mack, Republican, US House of Representatives

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Sunday Times

US house set to denounce Goldstone report

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday was expected to condemn a UN report as unfairly accusing Israel of committing war crimes in its 22-day war against Palestinian militants in Gaza.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Republican, US House of Representatives

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Grassroots Journal

Judge Goldstone Refutes Allegations in Congressional Resolution

On Tuesday, November 3, a bipartisan resolution cosponsored by Reps. Howard Berman and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in the House will be likely voted on that condemns the Goldstone report released in September by the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict .

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Related Topix: US Politics, Howard Berman, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, World News, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Brian Baird

Florida Trend

Politicians Still Cashing in on Free Trips

From left: Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ander Crenshaw, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Ginny Brown-Waite and Cliff Stearns [Illustrations: Rob Zammarchi] In 2007, after a scandal involving Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff revealed how lobbyists were using lavish trips to curry favor and buy face time with lawmakers, Congress enacted stricter rules governing ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ginny Brown-Waite, Ander Crenshaw, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Cliff Stearns, Tom Feeney

Sun Nov 01, 2009

NowPublic

Congress to weigh in on U.N.'s Gaza report

House resolution calls the findings 'irredeemably biased' Source: washingtonpost.com The House of Representatives next Tuesday will likely pass a nonbinding resolution condemning the controversial UN Goldstone Report on alleged Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip that has become a major complication in Secretary Hillary Clinton's diplomacy in the ...

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Related Topix: World News, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, US Politics, Howard Berman, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican

Sat Oct 31, 2009

The American

Hondurans, Not Zelaya, Will Decide Their Future

A new proposal by the interim government represents a triumph for the Honduran people and their constitution.

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Related Topix: Manuel Zelaya, US Politics, US News, Eliot Engel, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Richard Lugar, US Senate

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Seattle Indymedia Center

U.S. lawmakers: Block Goldstone report

Top Democratic and Republican foreign affairs leaders in the U.S. Congress are calling on the Obama administration to quash the Goldstone report.

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Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, US News, Howard Berman, Democrat

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Voice of America

House Committee Approves Expanded Iran Sanctions

A key congressional committee has approved legislation to expand sanctions against Iran because of its nuclear ambitions.

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Related Topix: Iran, World News, Middle East, US Politics, Howard Berman, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Mike Pence

Talk Radio News Service

House Republican Says U.S. Involvement In Honduran Politics Is Harmful

Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said Wednesday that U.S. intervention in the Honduran elections is punishing American commercial and economic interests in the region.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Manuel Zelaya

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