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March 31, 2008
March 31, 2008Six months after the authorities violently suppressed demonstrations in Myanmar, at least 40 protesters, including seven monks, have been given prison sentences, according to new research by Amnesty International. Full release
Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on the resignation of Alphonso Jackson as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): "The resignation of HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson comes at a time when millions of American families are facing the prospect of losing their homes. Full release
Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced a proposal by the Bush Administration to overhaul regulation of the financial markets: "Congressional Democrats will continue to work to provide additional assistance to millions of families at risk of losing their homes, bring much-needed relief to consumers feeling the impact of the economic downturn, and ensure meaningful regulation of the financial system." Full release
The following editorial from New York Post is being issued by the Republican National Committee: "We can't go back to some of the, you know, confiscatory rates that existed in the past that have distorted sound economics," Obama admitted while discussing his intention to take the capital-gains tax substantially north of its current 15-percent rate. Full release
This morning, John McCain launches his effort to reinvent himself for the general election with a week of speeches. After running as a so-called "maverick" and "outsider" in his failed 2000 campaign, John McCain cast aside his principles and morphed into a Bush Republican for this year's primaries. Now, after embracing the President's budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy, abandoning his own immigration reform plan to cozy up to the right wing of his party, and turning his back on the campaign finance and lobbying reforms he once championed, McCain is trying to reinvent himself yet again. Full release
John McCain's campaign has said that McCain is "the American president Americans have been waiting for." But the truth is McCain's shifting positions and political opportunism have hurt him with voters, who see him as out of touch on issues like health care, the economy, and the war in Iraq. [FOXNews.com, 3/29/08] Full release
Jeffrey Sandman, spokesperson for the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative, will be available to update media and comment on the hearing, "Proposed UIGEA Regulations: Burden without Benefit?" in the House Committee on Financial Service's Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. The hearing will explore the burden on U.S. financial institutions to comply with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA). Although the law was intended to deter illegal Internet gambling activity, millions of Americans continue to gamble online with off-shore operators. House Committee on Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced a bill last year to regulate Internet gambling, which would require operators to put in place effective safeguards to combat compulsive and underage gambling and ensure the integrity of financial transactions. Full release.
The American Islamic Congress (AIC) is holding a Capitol Hill forum at noon on Tuesday, April 1, on stopping women trafficking in the Muslim world. The panel, co-sponsored by Congress' Religious Freedom and Anti-Terrorism caucuses, features three leading Middle East experts and anti-trafficking advocates. The event is the latest in AIC's monthly forum on Muslim affairs, designed to inform Congressional leaders, Capitol Hill staffers, and the policy community. Lunch is provided. Full release
The following was issued by the Republican National Committee and written by Kenneth P. Vogel from The Politico: During his first run for elected office, Barack Obama played a greater role than his aides now acknowledge in crafting liberal stands on gun control, the death penalty and abortion -- positions that appear at odds with the more moderate image he's projected during his presidential campaign. Full release
The Hill newspaper's website, thehill.com, is today introducing The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, a first-of-its-kind addition to the political blogosphere. Full release.