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Pelosi Threatens Bush Lawsuit
Pelosi Threatens Bush Lawsuit
May 9, 2007 8:54 AM CDT

Pelosi Threatens Bush Lawsuit

Speaker says House could take president to court over Iraq evasion

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi says the House could sue President Bush if he tries to circumvent provisions in its new Iraq appropriations bill. Bush has suggested he'll append a signing statement to the bill, a controversial practice that could let him treat parts of the law—like timetables on progress in Iraq—...

Condi Sits Down With Syria
Condi Sits Down With Syria
May 4, 2007 5:56 AM CDT

Condi Sits Down With Syria

Rice talks with Syrian Foreign Minister about border security

(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conferred with her Syrian counterpart Thursday in an unexpected half hour sit-down that ended a two-year cold-shoulder between the Bush administration and a state it considers a sponsor of terrorism. Rice asked asked Sryia's help in restricting the flow of foreign fighters across the Syrian...

Dems, President Get Serious On Iraq Compromise

A day of pomp and American flags leads back to the drawing board

(Newser) - After a day of partisan theatrics—what the Politico notes may rank as the Capitol's most celebrated sendoff for a doomed bill—work gets serious on a compromise war spending bill that may include benchmarks but no timelines. Bush meets with congressional leaders to begin formal negotiations today, even as...

Immigration Reform Back On Bush Agenda

Even with Democrats more receptive, plan will be tough sell

(Newser) - President Bush is making another run at immigration reform, armed with the hope that the Democratic Congress will be more receptive than his own party was last year. In Arizona today Bush will reintroduce a package that sounds suspiciously like his earlier attempt: increased border security, better enforcement of immigration...

Pelosi Is Doing Bush's Job
Pelosi Is Doing Bush's Job
Apr 6, 2007 9:01 PM CDT

Pelosi Is Doing Bush's Job

Someone had to.

(Newser) - Taylor Marsh defends Pelosi's visit to Syria on the grounds that if Bush won't talk to Assad someone has to.  It turns out that all Syria wants is some R-E-S-P-E-C-T.  And Marsh makes the case that this is a good thing for America to be doing.

Pelosi Is a Felon
Pelosi Is a Felon
Apr 6, 2007 9:00 PM CDT

Pelosi Is a Felon

And We Mean It

(Newser) - Mr. Turner, a lawyer and forme assistant secretary of state in the Reagan administration says Speaker Pelosi is a felon under a 1799 law known as the Logan Act.  Citing Marbury v Madison, perhaps the most cited legal case in American legal history, he says that Pelosi breached the...

Israel Begs to Differ With Pelosi Statement

PM's office distances itself from speaker's promise of talks

(Newser) - The Israeli PM is backing off from Nancy Pelosi's suggestion yesterday that an Israeli-Syrian summit is in the offing. Pelosi told reporters that she had conveyed to  Syria's Bashar al-Assad a message that Ehud Olmert was "ready to engage in peace talks." Olmert's office quickly responded that it...

Wooing Syria Is Tougher Than Pelosi Thinks

Experts laud diplomatic offensive, warn of potential failure

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal puts Nancy Pelosi's high profile visit to Damascus in perspective in a piece outlining the vexing complexity of relations between Syria and the U.S. A number of Pentagon and State Dept. counterterrorism officials support the  congressional effort  to moderate the President's hard line on Syria,...

Pelosi Says Syria Is Ready for Peace Talks

House Speaker ends US boycott and meets with Syrian president

(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Syria is ready to resume peace talks with Israel, based on her meeting with President Bashar al-Assad, the BBC reports. Flying in the face of Bush's Syrian boycott, Pelosi and a congressional delegation are in Damascus meeting with top leaders. Bush said the visit undermined...

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