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This is one of those days where Chris comes into the office, doesn't even get
his overcoat off and begins pouring out his thoughts in our EP's office...Those
are the best kind of days because you know the more fired up he is, the better
the show will be...He went through his list of winners and losers in this
filibuster compromise agreement as fast as we could write them down...You'll
have to tune in tonight for his thoughts of course...It wouldn't be right to
give it all away beforehand.
We're doing two live shows to pack in all the slicin' and dicin': 7 & 9 pm
ET...Some of you sitting around home or watching TV at work may have seen Chris
and Norah doing some anchoring of the action in the Senate...By a vote of 81-18
cloture was just invoked on further debate on the nomination of Priscilla Owen,
assuring her confirmation..
We'll lead 7 pm ET with Biden, then we'll chat with Lott and get right wing
pressure group reax from Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and
"Justice Sunday" which has been calling for the end of the filibuster from day
one...He'll go head to head with National Organization for Women (a liberal
feminist group) Kim Gandy on the special interest group fallout
Pat & Hilary will do the 7p slice and dice in the E/F block (i.e. last quarter
hour)...
In the 9 pm hour we'll lead with Senator George Allen who is really
disappointed with the deal...We'll ask him why and what price guys like McCain
might pay for bucking the leadership and the conservative grassroots...
Nan Aron, head of the leftist pressure group "Alliance for Justice" will give
your spiel on why this is a bad deal..I'm going out on a big limb here but I
suspect she ain't too happy about Priscilla Owens's impending
confirmation...We'll put her on with uber-filibuster foe C. Boyden Gray
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/23/AR2005052301640.html
Not that it's all about the filibuster fight though, Shuster produced a package
on the future of the abortion debate...SCOTUS took the up the issue of parental
notification yesterday...
We'll even throw Washington Wiseman David Gergen in for good measure..
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
It's still early in the day so things may change and we might have a surprise
or two of course...
8 American soldiers killed in Iraq attacks...3 deadly attacks on U.S. over 2
days; also Baghdad school rocked (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7897149/
President Bush and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan signed a landmark
agreement yesterday to keep American troops in that country indefinitely and
commit the United States to the long-term reconstruction of the fragile Afghan
democracy. (The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/05/24/karzai_bush_sign_us_troop_agreement?mode=PF
With a crisis over the Senate's future averted, Republican leaders pushed
Tuesday for quick confirmation of an embattled Texas judge and others blocked
by Democrats because of their conservative leanings. "It's about time,"
President Bush declared (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050524/ap_on_go_co/filibuster_fight
Priscilla Owen appeared to be the immediate winner in the congressional
compromise that cleared the way for Senate confirmation of some of President
Bush's judicial appointments. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050524/D8A9I7Q00.html
Senate saved from precipice, McCain says...Deal preserves filibuster, clears
way for some Bush nominee votes (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7962734/
Memo of Understanding on Judicial Nominations (Human Events)
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=7548
Curry: What the deal on judges means...McCain and GOP centrists deal a setback
to Frist http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7957783/
The FBI on Tuesday asked the U.S. Congress for sweeping new powers to seize
business or private records, ranging from medical information to book
purchases, to investigate terrorism without first securing approval from a
judge. (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-05-24T170855Z_01_N24313377_RTRIDST_0_USREPORT-SECURITY-PATRIOT-DC.XML
Two bills that would loosen restrictions on federal funding for stem cell
research take center stage Tuesday in the House, with disease victims pleading
for help and President Bush vowing to veto legislation he says would let
science destroy life to save life. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050524/ap_on_go_co/congress_stem_cells
The White House on Tuesday criticized as "morally troubling" legislation that
would loosen restrictions on government funding of embryonic stem cell
research, ahead of a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Reuters)
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20050524/2005-05-24T154628Z_01_N24296715_RTRIDST_0_POLITICS-CONGRESS-STEMCELLS-DC.html
President Bush, facing an uphill battle on Social Security in Congress, worked
Tuesday to persuade moderate Republicans to resist pressure from constituents
and support his ideas for changing the nation's retirement system. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050524/D8A9L02O0.html
In Egypt, Laura Bush urges equality for women...First lady wraps up
controversial 5-day Mideast tour (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7918891/
Pfc. Lynndie England on Tuesday surrendered her right to challenge the seven
charges she faces in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, moving her one step
closer to a new military trial. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050524/D8A9KKAG0.html
12 immigrants die across baking Arizona desert...Scores rescued as triple-digit
temperatures soar (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7957133/
Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus wants to put a muzzle on comedian Bill
Maher. (AP) http://www.nbc13.com/politics/4512343/detail.html
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) blast Bill Maher's "low lying fruit" comment
http://bachus.house.gov/HoR/AL06/Press+Room/Press+Releases/2005/Bill+Maher+Comment+About+Our+Troops+Is+Reprehensible.htm
Parental group says Hilton ad too hot for TV...Parents Television Council
considers asking FCC to declare spot indecent
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7964135/
Opinion/Editorial
Terry on the Nuclear Option:
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=7541
Nichols: Limbaugh vs. Moyers
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=2711
Dionne: 'Watch Those Guys'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/23/AR2005052301337.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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