Recent Votes

• Sotomayor: A liberal record - but not entirely

  Source: MSNBC

  With more than 16 years as a federal judge, Sonia Sotomayor cannot easily be pigeonholed, with a range of rulings not always in the liberal vein.

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• Cheney Intervened in CIA Inspector General's Torture Probe

  Source: t r u t h o u t

  Former CIA Inspector General, John Helgerson, was summoned to meet with Vice President DICK Cheney beginning shortly after he had begun to investigate interrogation procedures that he ultimately concluded had violated some provisions of the International Convention Against Tortur …

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• Obama Admin to Give Benefits to Same-Sex Partners of Diplomats While Continuing to Discharge Gay Service Men and Women

  Source: The New York Times

  The State Department will offer equal benefits and protections to same-sex partners of American diplomats, according to an internal memorandum Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sent last week to an association of gay and lesbian Foreign Service officers.

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• Dead Soldiers Honored, Live Vets Dishonored

  While Americans slap themselves on the back for honoring America's war dead, politicians are continuing their efforts to dishonor America's living veterans.

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• RNC Ad Compares Pelosi to Pussy Galore: Time For Women to Exit the GOP?

  Source: campaignsilo.firedoglake.com

  Yeah, I know. The GOP stereotype of a bunch of sniggering frat boys pointing their fingers and screaming "boobies" is rarely unfair.

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