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July 28th in American History

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:48:29 PM

July 28, 1868

14th Amendment adopted

Following its ratification by the necessary three-quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment, guaranteeing to African Americans citizenship and all its privileges, is officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=5214

July 28, 1945

U.S. Senate approves United Nations charter

In a ringing declaration indicating that America's pre-World War II isolation was truly at an end, the U.S. Senate approves the charter establishing the United Nations. In the years to come, the United Nations would be the scene of some of the most memorable Cold War confrontations between the United States and the Soviet Union.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2742

1998 - Monica Lewinsky received blanket immunity from prosecution to testify before a grand jury about her relationship with U.S. President Clinton.

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Fox News Dominates CNN and MSNBC in July

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 6:35:33 PM

July Ratings: Fox News Beats MSNBC & CNN Combined in Total Day and Prime

Fox News Channel continued its cable news dominance in July not only beating CNN and MSNBC combined, but showing the most growth in the younger demo. In A25-54 viewers, FNC is up 48% in total day, and up 70% in primetime, compared to July '08.

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No House Vote on Health Care Before Recess

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 6:30:16 PM

No House floor vote before recess

By GLENN THRUSH | 7/28/09 5:39 PM
Dem leaders tell their GOP counterparts that there will be no health vote in the House before recess.
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Conyers Doesn't See the Point in Reading Long Bills

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:42:37 PM
Conyers Sees No Point in Members Reading 1,000-Page Health Care Bill--Unless They Have 2 Lawyers to Interpret It for Them
Monday, July 27, 2009
By Nicholas Ballasy, Video Reporter
(CNSNews.com) - During his speech at a National Press Club luncheon, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.), questioned the point of lawmakers reading the health care bill.
 
“I love these members, they get up and say, ‘Read the bill,’” said Conyers.
 
“What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51610

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Senate Judiciary Committee Has Voted on Sotomayor

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:49:34 AM
Sotomayor was just approved by committee by a vote of 13-6. All Democrats voted for Sotomayor, while every Republican except Senator Graham voted no.
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Vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee Today on Sotomayor

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:07:46 AM

Panel to vote on Sotomayor, confirmation likely



By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writer Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Associated Press Writer – Tue Jul 28, 3:05 am ET

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor appears headed to quick confirmation as the first Hispanic justice in spite of opposition from a growing chorus of conservative Republican senators who say she would bring liberal bias to the high court.

A Senate Judiciary Committee vote Tuesday was expected to advance Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court nominee, to the full Senate, where she's all but guaranteed to be confirmed in a bipartisan vote next week.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090728/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sotomayor_senate_6


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Actually Senator Voinovich the Problem is You Not Senators Coburn and DeMint and I'm Counting Down the Days Until Your Term Concludes

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:03:55 AM
-The GOP’s biggest problem? “We got too many Jim DeMints (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburns (R-Ok.). It’s the southerners. They get on TV and go 'errrr, errrrr.' People hear them and say, ‘These people, they’re southerners. The party’s being taken over by southerners. What they hell they got to do with Ohio?’ ”

http://blog.dispatch.com/dailybriefing/2009/07/look_out_gov_the_exgov_is_comi.shtml
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It Seems Like it is Getting Hotter Doesn't It?

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 8:31:16 AM

Chicago Sees Coldest July In 66 Years

Average Temperature Only 68.9 Degrees

CHICAGO (CBS) ?Have you left your air conditioner in the closet this summer, and worn long pants more often than shorts? If so, you may not be surprised to find out that Chicago is seeing its coldest July in more than 65 years.

The National Weather Service says 2009 has seen the coldest July since the official recording station was moved away from the lakefront in 1942. The average temperature this month in Chicago has been a mere 68.9 degrees.

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/chicago.coldest.july.2.1103959.html
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Anytime a Gang of Senators are Involved, the American People Get Screwed

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 8:30:00 AM

AP sources: Senators near bipartisan health deal




By DAVID ESPO and ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writers David Espo And Erica Werner, Associated Press Writers – 33 mins ago

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators is closing in on a health care compromise that omits key Democratic priorities but seeks to hold down costs, as lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol labor to deliver sweeping health legislation to President Barack Obama.

After weeks of secretive talks, three Democrats and three Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee were edging closer to a compromise that excludes a requirement many congressional Democrats seek for large businesses to offer coverage to their workers. Nor would there be a provision for a government insurance option, despite Obama's support for such a plan, officials said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090728/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul


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Everybody Knew This was Coming

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:34:51 AM

  • Wall St. Pay Limits Sought

    Proposal by Rep. Barney Frank seeks unprecedented power in how private financial executives are rewarded

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House Democrats are Censoring Republicans Who Use the Phrase Government-Run Health Care to their Constituents

Posted by Defend America on Monday, July 27, 2009 10:49:13 PM
House Democrats Censure Republican's Use of Term 'Government-Run' Health Care in Constituent Communications
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) made public last week an e-mail from the Franking Commission -- a bipartisan panel that oversees messages from lawmakers -- asking Carter to change the phrase “government run” health care to "public option." The term was part of an audio message recorded by Carter’s staff for a town hall event on health care. The Franking Commission, which is authorized by law to oversee mail and other communications between members of Congress and their constituents that is paid for with federal funds, sent an e-mail to Carter's staff requesting that the wording in the message be changed.
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July 27th in American History

Posted by Defend America on Monday, July 27, 2009 10:47:33 PM

1789 - The Department of Foreign Affairs was established by the U.S. Congress. The agency was later known as the Department of State.


1804 - The 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. With the amendment Electors were directed to vote for a President and for a Vice-President rather than for two choices for President.

1944 - U.S. troops completed the liberation of Guam.


July 27, 1974

House begins impeachment of Nixon

On this day in 1974, the House Judiciary Committee recommends that America's 37th president, Richard M. Nixon, be impeached and removed from office. The impeachment proceedings resulted from a series of political scandals involving the Nixon administration that came to be collectively known as Watergate.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=59458

1995 - The Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC, by U.S. President Clinton and South Korean President Kim Young-sam.

1996 - At the Atlanta Olympics a pipe bomb exploded at the public Centennial Olympic Park. One person was killed and more than 100 were injured.
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Hoyer Says Friday Vote on Health Care Poses Too Many Hurdles

Posted by Defend America on Monday, July 27, 2009 10:43:03 PM
Hoyer: Too many hurdles to meet Friday health vote deadline
By Mike Soraghan

There is no way for the House to meet its Friday deadline for a vote on healthcare, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Monday night. Read more
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Wow That's Fiscal Responsibility

Posted by Defend America on Monday, July 27, 2009 8:04:16 PM
Cabinet offers $243M in budget cuts
By Walter Alarkon | Posted: 07/27/09 06:51 PM [ET]
Cabinet members said they could cut their budgets by almost $243 million over the next two years in the name of fiscal responsibility.
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Dodd and Conrad Told About their Sweetened Deals

Posted by Defend America on Monday, July 27, 2009 7:07:18 PM
AP IMPACT: Dodd, Conrad told deals were sweetened
Jul 27 04:46 PM US/Eastern
By LARRY MARGASAK
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite their denials, influential Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad and Chris Dodd were told from the start they were getting VIP mortgage discounts from one of the nation's largest lenders, the official who handled their loans has told Congress in secret testimony.

Both senators have said that at the time the mortgages were being written they didn't know they were getting unique deals from Countrywide Financial Corp., the company that went on to lose billions of dollars on home loans to credit-strapped borrowers. Dodd still maintains he got no preferential treatment.

"You don't say 'no' to the VIP," Feinberg told Republican investigators for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, according to a transcript obtained by The Associated Press.

Dodd got two Countrywide mortgages in 2003, refinancing his home in Connecticut and another residence in Washington. Conrad's two Countrywide mortgages in 2004 were for a beach house in Delaware and an eight-unit apartment building in Bismarck in his home state of North Dakota.

Robert Feinberg, who worked in the Countrywide's VIP section, told congressional investigators last month that the two senators were made aware that "who you know is basically how you're coming in here."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99N143G3&show_article=1


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