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“The agreement reached today prescribes standards that are both aggressive and attainable”

Congressional Democrats reached a compromise late Friday to boost automobile fuel economy by 40 percent, clearing the way for a House vote probably next week on an energy bill that Democratic leaders would like to send to President Bush before Christmas.

The agreement came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reached an accord with Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., a longtime protector of the auto industry that dominates his home state, to ease the impact of the new fuel economy requirements.

‘A compromise has been reached on automobile fuel efficiency standards,’ Dingell announced in a statement. Read more

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Former White House aide Karl Rove said yesterday it was Congress, not President Bush, who wanted to rush a vote on the looming war in Iraq in the fall of 2002, a version of events disputed by leading congressional Democrats and even some former Rove colleagues.

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — When it comes to endorsing a candidate for president, Joe Reed is a pragmatist first, and he is betting on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as the Democrat to beat.

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Reuters – Democrats in the U.S. House of
Representatives agreed on Friday on a bill to raise automotive
fuel efficiency standards by 40 percent by 2020 but set
separate rules for cars and light trucks as a concession to
Detroit automakers.

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AP – A Chad rebel group on Friday declared a “state of war” against French and other foreign armies, an apparent warning to a European force that will soon deploy to protect refugees fleeing violence in neighboring Darfur.

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“The fact remains that the war in Iraq cannot be won militarily, and that we must begin an orderly redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq as soon as practicable”

He was against the surge, before he was for it, before he was against it. Let’s go in chronological order. via Joust The Facts

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AP – A group that supports the flying of the Confederate flag called two Republican presidential candidates “scalawags and carpetbaggers” Friday for their criticism of the divisive banner during this week’s GOP debate.

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AP – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton used an appearance at one of the nation’s largest evangelical churches Thursday to sketch a broad agenda to take on disease around the globe, calling it “the right thing to do.”

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Bloomberg – Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) — Democratic presidential candidate
Bill Richardson said he was “depressed'' and “disgusted'' to
see Republican candidates “trying to outdo each other on
demonizing immigrants'' during this week's debate.

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Bloomberg – Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) — Democratic presidential candidate
Bill Richardson said he was “depressed'' and “disgusted'' to
see Republican candidates “trying to outdo each other on
demonizing immigrants'' during this week's debate.

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“I hereby rule that those claims are not legally valid to excuse current and former White House employees from appearing, testifying and producing documents related to this investigation”

A Senate chairman acknowledged explicitly on Thursday that President Bush was not involved in the firings of U.S. attorneys last winter and therefore ruled illegal the president’s executive privilege claims … via Cbs3.com

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We’re at the Fall Meeting, where presidential candidates, along with Governor Dean, will be speaking today. We’re webcasting the speeches live, and you can watch them right here.

Don’t miss Governor Dean!

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