The New Establishment
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402032.html
How Evangelicals Became Part of Washington's Fabric
By Hanna Rosin
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A19
To the Bush haters of America, the young Monica Goodling is a footnote
of this wretched era, one of the many Washington types that they'll be
happy to get rid of come January 2009: Venal Vice President, Ex-
Lobbyists Turned Regulators and, in Goodling's case, Young
Evangelicals in High Places.
Until she appeared before the House Judiciary Committee this week to
testify about her role in the Justice Department firing scandal,
Goodling had been mocked on the Internet and on late-night TV as a
certain type: one of a "bunch of hayseeds" staffing the
administration, as HBO comedian Bill Maher called her.
One Short Amendment
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402035.html
The Amnesty Compromise Needs a Caveat
By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A19
As the most attractive land for would-be immigrants, America has the
equivalent of the first 100 picks in the NBA draft. Yet through lax
border control and sheer inertia, it allows those slots to be filled
by (with apologies to Bill Buckley) the first 100 names in the San
Salvador phone book.
The immigration compromise being debated in Congress does improve our
criteria for selecting legal immigrants. Unfortunately, its
inadequacies in dealing with illegal immigration -- specifically, in
ensuring that 10 years from now we will not have a new cohort of 12
million demanding amnesty -- completely swamp the good done on legal
immigration.
The Monica They See
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402153.html
By Eugene Robinson
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A19
Still think the U.S. attorneys scandal is just partisan froth whipped
up by disingenuous Democrats? Still think Alberto Gonzales is in any
way, shape or form qualified to serve as attorney general? Still think
the name Monica brings to mind a stain (so to speak) on the Democratic
Party but suggests nothing about Republican malfeasance and hubris?
Then you must be a Republican member of the House of Representatives.
Everyone else who was listening Wednesday had to be flabbergasted as
Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee -- apparently
having been struck deaf and blind -- lobbed softball after softball at
witness Monica Goodling. This was after Goodling had already 'fessed
up to applying a political litmus test for career Justice employees. I
repeat: career employees, not political appointees. Only loyal
Republicans should bother to apply.
Letting Fear Rule
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402154.html
Nativism Is a Recipe for Long-Term GOP Losses
By Michael Gerson
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A19
In 1882, Congress passed and President Chester Arthur signed the
Chinese Exclusion Act. Today we don't name laws as bluntly as we used
to. But anti-immigrant sentiments are very much alive, this time
expressed in opposition to the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of
2007.
For a certain kind of conservative, any attempt to grant a legal
status to illegal immigrants is as welcome as salsa on their apple
pie. One conservative commentator claims that the law is "going to
erase America" -- an ambition even beyond Ted Kennedy's considerable
powers. Another laments that "white America is in flight" -- and
presumably not just to Jackson Hole or Nantucket for the summer.
See You in September
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402155.html
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A19
"Let's grow up, conservatives!"
Barry M. Goldwater's declaration at the 1960 Republican National
Convention was designed to quell a rebellion against Richard M. Nixon,
whom conservatives saw as selling out to liberals on various platform
planks. Goldwater's next line was uncannily prophetic: "If we want to
take this party back, and I think we can someday, let's get to work."
Forty-seven years later, the conservatives whose cause Goldwater
championed still dominate the Republican Party.
Cleaning Up Congress
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402118.html
The House gives lobbying reform a boost, but the battle is far from
over.
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A18
IT WASN'T EASY, it wasn't pretty and the battle isn't over, but the
House managed yesterday to pass a credible ethics bill that would
require lobbyists to disclose the bundles of campaign checks they
round up for lawmakers. The lopsided 382 to 37 vote belied the
ferocious behind-the-scenes opposition to the bundling provision. Few
lawmakers were willing to cast a public vote to oppose letting their
constituents know what the lawmakers themselves are already keenly
aware of: just how much they are indebted to which lobbyists. In
private, however, many Democrats fought to prevent the vote. It was
only the steadfastness of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Caucus
Chairman Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) and Reps. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and
Martin T. Meehan (D-Mass.) that brought the measure to the floor.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) served a
key role in offsetting the opposition of some members of the
Congressional Black Caucus.
Pakistan's Peril
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402121.html
In trouble, Gen. Musharraf shuns the moderate parties that could save
him.
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A18
AFTER NEARLY eight years in power, Pakistani strongman Gen. Pervez
Musharraf appears to be weakening. Mass demonstrations broke out
against him this month in Punjab, the country's political heartland;
tens of thousands at a time are turning out to cheer a Supreme Court
judge who tried to investigate human rights abuses and then rejected
the general's demand that he resign. Extremist groups, including the
Taliban, are steadily strengthening, especially in areas near the
Afghan border. Support for the government in the U.S. Congress, which
has signed off on more than $10 billion in aid since 2001, is steadily
fading amid persistent reports that the Pakistani army is failing to
stop, and may even be supporting, Taliban operations against U.S.
troops in Afghanistan.
Congress Passes Deadline-Free War Funding Bill
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402570.html
Measure Includes Benchmarks for Iraqis
By Shailagh Murray
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A01
Congress sent President Bush a new Iraq funding bill yesterday that
lacked troop withdrawal deadlines demanded by liberal Democrats, but
party leaders vowed it was only a temporary setback in their efforts
to bring home American troops.
War opponents dismissed the bill as a capitulation to Bush and said
they would seek to hold supporters in both parties accountable. But
backers said the bill's provisions -- including benchmarks for
progress that the Iraqi government must meet to continue receiving
reconstruction aid -- represented an assertion of congressional
authority over the war that was unthinkable a few months ago.
Books Paint Critical Portraits of Clinton
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402479_pf.html
2 Biographies Detail Marital Strife and Driving Ambition
By Peter Baker and John Solomon
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, May 25, 2007; A01
Two new books on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York offer fresh
and often critical portraits of the Democratic presidential candidate
that depict a tortured relationship with her husband and her past and
challenge the image she has presented on the campaign trail.
The Hillary Clinton who emerges from the pages of the books comes
across as a complicated, sometimes compromised figure who tolerated
Bill Clinton's brazen infidelity, pursued her policy and political
goals with methodical drive, and occasionally skirted along the edge
of the truth along the way. The books portray her as alternately
brilliant and controlling, ambitious and victimized.
Ethics Legislation Easily Passes House
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052400266.html
By Elizabeth Williamson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A01
Prodded by Democratic leaders and by freshmen elected partly on
promises to clean up Washington, the House approved new ethics
legislation yesterday that would penalize lawmakers who receive a wide
range of favors from special interests, and would require lobbyists to
disclose the campaign contributions they collect and deliver to
lawmakers.
Party leaders and new lawmakers worked until the day before the vote
to sway some longtime members who had balked at the proposals. It took
weeks of persuasion by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other key
lawmakers to convince recalcitrant Democrats -- among them some
members of the speaker's inner circle.
Worker Visas Intensify Debate on Immigration
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402605_pf.html
Skilled Foreigners Embraced, Envied
By Pamela Constable
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 25, 2007; A01
In a sleek, spartan office overlooking Tysons Corner, three young men
in shirt sleeves hunch over computer screens. Paul Murphy is designing
a site for golf tournaments. Pranay Gujjeti is creating an image-
editing program. Darren Gibney is producing a commercial for fire
alarms.
These foreign-born software engineers -- from Northern Ireland, India
and Ireland -- are legal immigrants, spending several years in the
United States on special work visas. They say they thrive on the
exposure to America's cutting-edge technology and competitive culture.
Their boss at Virtual Atlantic Inc., Austin Farshi, says they bring an
eager attitude and exceptional talent.
In the Rose Garden, It Was All Al-Qaeda
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402147_pf.html
By Dana Milbank
Friday, May 25, 2007; A02
Is there no safe haven for President Bush?
It happened midway through his news conference in the Rose Garden
yesterday morning, in between his 10th and 11th mentions of al-Qaeda:
A bird flew over the president and deposited a wet, white dropping on
the upper left sleeve of his jacket. Bush wiped the mess off with his
bare hand.
There was no evidence that Osama bin Laden was responsible for this
particular attack, and -- who knows? -- maybe the terrorist leader
believes the superstition that bird poop is good luck. But just about
everything else that came up during the hour-long news conference was
traced to bin Laden's terrorist network.
Institute Urges Extensive Smoking Deterrents
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052400996.html
By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A03
In the 43 years since the U.S. surgeon general warned of the dangers
of cigarette smoking, the percentage of Americans who light up has
been cut in half, tobacco companies have paid billions of dollars in
legal settlements and smoking has come to be widely reviled as a nasty
habit.
But that is not enough -- not when there are 440,000 deaths a year
from tobacco use and $89 billion annually in smoking-related health
costs, the influential Institute of Medicine said yesterday in a
report that called for several new measures to further drive down
tobacco use. The institute is a branch of the National Academies, a
scientific organization chartered by Congress to advise the government
on scientific and technical issues.
Army and Air Force Deny Formal Links To Christian Event
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402164.html
By Alan Cooperman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A03
After complaints by a government watchdog group, the Air Force and the
Army partially distanced themselves yesterday from a three-day
evangelical Christian event this weekend at a Georgia theme park.
The Memorial Day weekend "Salute to the Troops" celebration at Stone
Mountain Park is sponsored by Task Force Patriot USA, a private group
that says its purpose is "sharing the fullness of life in Jesus Christ
with all U.S. military, military veterans and families," and whose Web
site says "Christ is our Commander-in-Chief."
After Victory on Hill, President Shifts Tone on Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402256.html
By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A04
President Bush faced reporters for his first full-scale, solo news
conference in three months savoring what may be a last victory in his
battle with Congress over the course of the war in Iraq.
Hours later, the House and Senate would deliver to the White House
$100 billion in war funding, shorn of the timelines intended to end
the U.S. mission by early next year.
Politics At Work In Inquiry, Bush Says
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402616.html
Senate Plans June Vote on Gonzales
By Dan Eggen and Paul Kane
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A04
President Bush said yesterday that he would address any wrongdoing
that emerges from investigations into the firings of nine U.S.
attorneys last year, but he complained that Congress's inquiry is
being strung out for political gain.
"This investigation is taking a long time, kind of being drug out, I
suspect . . . for political reasons," Bush said during a Rose Garden
news conference. "In other words, as I mentioned the other day, it's
just grand political theater."
Edwards's Rejection of 'War on Terror' Draws GOP Retorts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402067.html
By Politics
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A05
A day after former senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) derided the term "war
on terror" as nothing more than a "bumper sticker" that should be
replaced with a comprehensive plan to fight terrorism, Republican
presidential candidates slammed him.
"The Democrats -- or at least some of them -- are in denial," former
New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said in a visit to New Hampshire,
according to the New York Daily News. "In case you missed it -- and I
guess this Democratic candidate doesn't remember it -- bin Laden
declared war on us.
Clinton Reenters the Health-Care Fray
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402196.html
With Nod to 'Wonky' 1993 Effort, She Challenges Rivals for Primacy on
Issue
By Anne E. Kornblut
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A07
Fourteen years after the health-care policy debacle that she oversaw
as first lady, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton -- deliberate and mindful
of the political minefield she wandered into in that previous foray --
yesterday began an effort to reclaim the issue for her presidential
campaign.
Delivering what was billed as a major address on lowering the costs of
health care, the Democratic senator from New York introduced a seven-
point plan designed to reduce premiums, eliminate inefficiencies in
the medical bureaucracy and prevent diseases.
Oversight Chairman Wants GSA Chief to Testify Again
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402112.html
By Scott Higham and Robert O'Harrow Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A08
The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
yesterday asked General Services Administration chief Lurita Alexis
Doan to testify about allegations that she made "misleading and false"
statements to an independent investigative agency.
Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) invited Doan to testify before his
committee June 7 about statements that she made to the U.S. Office of
Special Counsel, which interviewed her during an inquiry into whether
she had violated the federal Hatch Act. The act restricts executive
branch employees from using their positions for political purposes.
Fallujah Bombing Targets Mourners of Tribal Figure
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402327.html
Dozens Killed; Al-Qaeda in Iraq Suspected
By John Ward Anderson
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A12
BAGHDAD, May 24 -- A lethal suicide car bombing Thursday in the
restive city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, was meant to undermine and
intimidate tribal leaders who have aligned against the Sunni insurgent
group al-Qaeda in Iraq, local officials said.
At least 34 people were killed and 66 wounded when a car packed with
explosives plowed into a funeral procession for Allawi al-Issawi,
assassinated a day earlier, who was a member of the Albu Issa tribe.
He had been active in promoting the Anbar Salvation Council, as the
tribal alliance is known, friends said.
Sadr Back in Iraq, U.S. Generals Say
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402344_pf.html
By Thomas E. Ricks and Sudarsan Raghavan
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, May 25, 2007; A12
BAGHDAD, May 24 -- Moqtada al-Sadr, the influential Shiite cleric and
militia leader who went into hiding before the launch of a U.S.-Iraqi
security offensive in February, is in the southern city of Kufa,
senior U.S. military commanders said Thursday.
Sadr, who has long opposed the U.S. occupation and is ratcheting up
pressure for a withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, has returned
from neighboring Iran, perhaps as recently as this week, they said.
U.S. Urges New Sanctions as Iran Stands Firm on Nuclear Policy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052400776.html
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A14
President Bush said yesterday that the administration will press the
United Nations to adopt new, expanded sanctions against Iran, as
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran would "never retreat
even one step" from its nuclear enrichment program.
The separate comments followed an International Atomic Energy Agency
assessment that Iran has accelerated its enrichment program in
defiance of two U.N. Security Council resolutions demanding its
suspension. The IAEA report, delivered to the U.N. Security Council on
Wednesday, said Tehran's refusal to provide verification information
had lessened the agency's ability to monitor Iranian nuclear
capabilities.
CIA Received Recent Detainee From Turkey, Al-Qaeda Says
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402417.html
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A14
Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, the most recent al-Qaeda operative to be
captured and held in the secret CIA rendition program before being
sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in April, was captured in Turkey late
last year and turned over to U.S. intelligence by that government, a
senior al-Qaeda figure said in an Arabic-language interview broadcast
yesterday in the Middle East.
U.S. intelligence and White House officials said that information on
Hadi was classified and that they could not confirm the account. When
news of his capture was announced last month, officials said only that
he had been in custody in a third country since December.
Lebanon Violence Is Viewed As Omen
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402260_pf.html
By Ellen Knickmeyer
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, May 25, 2007; A15
BEIRUT -- For 38-year-old businesswoman Susan Hakim, the concussive
slap and roar of the bomb exploding beneath her windows in Beirut's
luxury shopping district came with the predictability of an item
scrawled in her datebook.
In the timeline of past and prospective political violence that many
Lebanese carry around in their heads, this month had already looked
like a bad one.
Court Rules for Islanders Evicted in U.S. Base Deal
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402265.html
By Mary Jordan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A15
LONDON, May 24 -- Families forced to leave the Chagos Islands, a
British territory in the Indian Ocean, to make way for a U.S. military
base at Diego Garcia during the Cold War have won a key legal victory
in their long struggle to return.
The Court of Appeal in London ruled in favor of the islanders
Wednesday and criticized the British government for "abuse of power."
All 2,000 or so inhabitants were evicted from the archipelago in the
1960s and 1970s and have never been allowed back.
A Carbon-Neutral House?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402146.html
Plan Would Offset Emissions By End of Current Congress
By Lyndsey Layton
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A17
A plan by the House to become carbon-neutral by the end of this
Congress calls for dropping coal from the fuel mix burned at the
Capitol Power Plant to heat and cool House buildings.
"Carbon-neutral," the environmental buzzword of the climate change
generation, means measuring the amount of carbon dioxide generated by
a home or business in the course of daily operations and finding ways
-- through conservation, recycling or use of renewable energy -- to
offset it.
Making History, Reluctantly
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402069.html
In a Hill Anomaly, Pelosi Shepherds Iraq Bill She Opposes
By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 25, 2007; Page A17
In public, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had done nothing to
suppress her frustration as she assented to funding the Iraq war
without a deadline to end it. But behind closed doors Wednesday night,
she was all business.
With its members gathered in her office, she told the House's
"Progressive Caucus" that she would vote against the war funding bill,
but that she also had no choice but to facilitate its passage. Funds
were running out for the troops, and she had promised to protect them.
The Memorial Day break loomed, and without the money President Bush
would have a week to hammer her party for taking a vacation while the
Pentagon scrambled to keep its soldiers fed.
Ignoring the Warnings, Again?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/opinion/25fri1.html
The handling of Avandia, a top-selling diabetes drug, by the
manufacturer and the Food and Drug Administration bears disturbing
resemblances to the Vioxx debacle.
Get Moving on Traffic Relief
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/opinion/25fri2.html
Now that Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to give congestion pricing a
try in New York City, state leaders, starting with Gov. Eliot Spitzer,
should get on board.
Closer to Reform
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/opinion/25fri3.html
House Democrats did the right thing by mandating disclosure of the
lobbying industry's power to purchase Capitol influence with richly
bundled campaign donations to pliable lawmakers.
Lighting the Way
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/opinion/25fri4.html
To bring artificial light to an isolated village or refugee camp could
require building an enormous hydroelectric dam, followed by laying
hundreds of miles of cable. Or it could take the donation of a $10
solar flashlight.
Where the Road to Renaming Does Not Run Smooth
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/world/africa/25durban.html?ref=world
By MICHAEL WINES
The renaming of Durban's landmarks has become a political brouhaha of
the first order, and an object lesson in the pitfalls of building
South African democracy.
Congress Passes War Funds Bill, Ending Impasse
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/washington/25cong.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all
By CARL HULSE
The measure does not set a date to withdraw troops but sets benchmarks
for the Iraqi government to meet.
China's Leaders Confront Their Own Manic Market
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/business/worldbusiness/25yuan.html?pagewanted=all
By KEITH BRADSHER
China's bigger challenges lie in how to rein in the soaring stock
market and whom to pick as the next governor of the central bank.
Chinese Officials Extol Benefits of U.S. Relations
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/business/worldbusiness/25trade.html?ref=asia
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
Chinese leaders appeared to make little headway in quelling
Congressional anger over China's economic practices.
Spain Voting Seen as Test for Premier and His Rival
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/world/europe/25spain.html?ref=europe
By VICTORIA BURNETT
In many ways, the election on Sunday to elect local and regional
officials is a dry run for the general election next year.
Openness Sought in British Terror Trials
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/world/europe/25britain.html?ref=europe
By JANE PERLEZ and ELAINE SCIOLINO
The head of British counterterrorism at Scotland Yard said that
limitations on news reporting contributed to broad public skepticism
and suspicion.
Ukraine Fires Prosecutor
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/world/europe/25ukraine.html?ref=europe
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The prosecutor, Svyatoslav M. Piskun, seemed to defy the order.
U.S. Opens a Sheltered Path to Asylum for Some Iraqis
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/washington/25asylum.html?ref=middleeast&pagewanted=all
By JAMES GLANZ and THOM SHANKER
An obscure program grants speedy asylum to a small number of Iraqis
who face retribution because of their ties to Americans.
Iraqi Tribal Leader Is Killed, and Mourners Are Attacked
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/world/middleeast/25iraq.html?ref=middleeast
By JOHN F. BURNS
A suicide bomber drove into a crowd gathering for a funeral procession
in the volatile city of Falluja, killing at least 27 people and
wounding dozens of others.
Iraqi Shiite Cleric Reportedly Ends a Sojourn in Iran
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/washington/25military.html?ref=middleeast
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Moktada al-Sadr has quietly returned to Iraq after four months in
Iran, according to U.S. intelligence reports.
Immigration Bill Provisions Gain Wide Support in Poll
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/us/25poll.html?ref=us&pagewanted=all
By JULIA PRESTON and MARJORIE CONNELLY
Americans want to allow illegal immigrants to gain legal status and to
create a guest worker program, a Times/CBS News poll found.
Congress Passes Increase in the Minimum Wage
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/washington/25wage.html?ref=us
By STEPHEN LABATON
The measure will raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, the first
increase in the wage rate in a decade.
In Market, Hopes for Health and Urban Renewal
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/us/25market.html?ref=us
By ERIK ECKHOLM
The fight against obesity has become a major rationale for efforts to
bring supermarkets to what have been called the food deserts of poor
urban areas.
House Votes to Lift Veil Over Lobbyists' Donations
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/washington/25lobby.html?ref=us&pagewanted=all
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
The House voted to drag into public view the role lobbyists play in
soliciting and collecting political contributions.
Trump & Co. Hits Chicago to Drum Up Apartment Sales
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/us/25trump.html?ref=us
By MONICA DAVEY
There are signs that Donald J. Trump's sense of luxury in his new
Chicago hotel and condo project may be more than some locals are
willing to pay for.
2008: Times/CBS News Poll Results
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/2008-timescbs-news-poll-results/
The latest survey ranks some candidates on their favorable/unfavorable
ratings.
McCain Gives Obama 'Flak'
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/mccain-gives-obama-flak/
The oldest presidential candidate isn't cutting the youngest any slack
over the latter's no vote on the Iraq funding supplemental.
Immigration Poll Interviews
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/immigration-poll-interviews/
Americans offer their views on immigrants and policy.
The Clinton-Obama Two-Step
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/the-clinton-obama-two-step/
The two senators' votes on the Iraq war spending bill were closely
watched last night.
Gore Sees No Reason to Run
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/gore-sees-no-reason-to-run/
At times provocative, at other times surprising - yet still not a
candidate for president - former Vice President Al Gore spoke and took
questions on the state of American politics and his new book, "The
Assault on Reason," at Manhattan's 92nd St. Y last night.
McCain on Clinton, Obama War Votes
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/mccain-on-clinton-obama-war-votes/
This didn't take long. Senator John McCain of Arizona just took a
break from his week of skirmishing with fellow Republican Mitt Romney
to issue a statement denouncing two of the leading Democratic
candidates, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, for
their votes against the Iraq war funding bill.
2008: Supplemental Cases
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/2008-supplemental-cases/
By Sarah Wheaton
Congressional passage of a war spending bill, which does not set a
withdrawal timeline but requires the Iraqi government to meet a series
of benchmarks to continue receiving aid, is drawing a forceful
reaction, especially on the Democratic side.
Clinton Revisits Health Care and Affordability
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/us/politics/25dems.html?ref=politics
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who endured a major political setback
as first lady when she tried to promote universal health care, revived
that crusade but in a more measured way.
Poll Shows View of Iraq War Is Most Negative Since Start
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/washington/25view.html?ref=washington
By DALIA SUSSMAN
Americans now view the war in Iraq more negatively than at any time
since the invasion more than four years ago, according to the latest
Times/CBS News poll.
Bush Reaffirms His Support for Gonzales
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/washington/25attorneys.html?ref=washington
By DAVID JOHNSTON and ERIC LIPTON
President Bush said that he would correct any problems uncovered in
the investigations of last year's dismissals of federal prosecutors,
but also said nothing had undermined his support for Attorney General
Alberto R. Gonzales.
Facebook Expands Into MySpace's Territory
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/technology/25social.html?ref=business&pagewanted=all
By BRAD STONE
The Internet's second-largest social network is getting in MySpace's
face with an ambitious strategy for expansion.
At Cannes This Year, the Bankers May Outnumber the Movie Stars
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/business/media/25hedge.html?ref=business
By LIZA KLAUSSMANN
Wall Street banks, private equity firms and hedge funds are
increasingly trying to arrange and finance entertainment deals.
U.S. Growth Expected to Cool, Falling Below Pace in Europe
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/business/worldbusiness/25oecd.html?ref=worldbusiness
By CARTER DOUGHERTY
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said a
slowdown in the U.S. housing market will limit economic expansion.
There's an Allegory in Those Hills
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/arts/television/25bury.html?ref=arts
By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN
HBO's take on the grievous history of American Indians seems, apart
from its cinematic glamour, provincial, amateurish - like high school
stuff.
Exploring the Nature of the Unnatural
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/arts/design/25myth.html?ref=arts&pagewanted=all
By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
The remarkable show at the American Museum of Natural History allows
us to glean something about how humanity struggles to make sense of
the natural world.
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