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- April 21, 2005: House Energy Bill Provision Would Divert Offshore Oil and Gas Royalties to Louisiana Coastal Restoration 2005-04-21
- June 28, 2005: Senate Energy Bill Provision Would Divert Offshore Oil and Gas Royalties to Louisiana Coastal Restoration 2005-06-28
- October 4, 2005: Congressional Republicans Strongly Backing Renewal of 1965 Voting Rights Act 2005-10-04
- April 17, 2006: US Federal Agencies Not Improving the Sharing of Counterterrorism Information 2006-04-17
- June 29, 2006: 10,000 EPA Scientists Condemn Closures of Research Libraries in Letter 2006-06-29
- April 26, 2007: Congress Passes Appropriations Bill Requiring Troop Withdrawal 2007-04-26
- March 19, 2009: House of Representatives Approves 90 Percent Tax on AIG Bonuses; Bill Killed by Obama and Senate 2009-03-19
- September 29, 2009: Expert: American Indians, African-Americans, Hispanics in Throes of ‘Great Depression’ 2009-09-29
- January 21, 2010: New York Times: ‘Citizens United’ Rule ‘Disastrous,’ Takes US ‘Back to the Robber-Baron Era of the 19th Century’ 2010-01-21
- January 21, 2010: President Criticizes ‘Citizens United’ Decision 2010-01-21
- January 27-29, 2010: Obama Criticizes ‘Citizens United’ Ruling in State of the Union Address, Supreme Court Justice Mouths ‘Not True’ in Retort 2010-01-27
- March 25, 2010: Tea Party Leaders Condemn Slurs, Harassment, Threats; Deny Involvement 2010-03-25
- July 26, 2010: Trade and Lobbying Organization Blasts Democrats’ Attempt to Force Public Identification of Political Donors 2010-07-26
- November 23, 2010: Congressional Democrats Ponder Idea of Constitutional Amendment to Overturn ‘Citizens United’ Decision 2010-11-23
- January 28, 2011: Democrats Considering Challenging Tax-Exempt ‘Nonprofit’ Political Organizations’ Tax Status; if Successful, Organizations Would Be Forced to Disclose Donors 2011-01-28
- May 20, 2011: Economists, Financial Leaders Warn that Congressional Republicans Receiving Bad Advice Regarding US Credit Defaults 2011-05-20
- July 11-12, 2011: Obama: If Nation Defaults on Debt, Social Security, Soldiers’ Checks May Not Be Mailed 2011-07-11
- July 14, 2011: Some Republican Lawmakers Refuse to Believe that a US Credit Default Would Damage Economy 2011-07-14
- August 5-6, 2011: Economist Blasts Standard & Poor’s Downgrade of US Credit, Blames Congressional Republicans 2011-08-05
- August 5, 2011: Standard & Poor’s Reduces US Credit Rating 2011-08-05
- August 11, 2011: Credit Firm Says Willingness of Some US Lawmakers to Send US into Default Triggered Credit Downgrade 2011-08-11
- August 12, 2011: Financial Leaders, Economists Lambast Republicans’ Economic Policies 2011-08-12
- September 14, 2011: Lawmaker Rushes to Introduce Two-Page ‘American Jobs Act’ before Obama, Democrats Can Submit 155-Page Bill with Identical Title; Bill Would Eliminate All Corporate Taxes 2011-09-14
- December 31, 2011 and After: Some States and Municipalities Oppose Indefinite Detention Law 2011-12-31
- January 13, 2012: Journalists and Activists Sue to Block Indefinite Detention Law 2012-01-13
- May 16, 2012: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Indefinite Detention Law 2012-05-16
- May 25, 2012: Obama Administration Asks Judge to Reconsider Order Blocking Indefinite Detention 2012-05-25
- June 15, 2012: Senate Republican Accuses Obama Administration of Using Government to ‘Silence’ Free Speech of Opponents 2012-06-15
- February-March 2001: Politicians Warned about Terrorism Funding in US
- February 2005: CIA Director Goss Warns Iraq War Is Creating New Terrorists
- Late July 1995: Congress Holds Hearings on Waco Debacle
- August 2003: FBI and CIA Forced to Reopen Investigation into Saudi Link to 9/11
- Between 1998 and 2000: US Intelligence Reportedly Doesn’t Want Informant Who Could Pinpoint Bin Laden’s Location
- 1975: Voting Rights Act Extended
- 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act Forbids Chinese from Becoming Citizens; First Legislation to Label Specific Ethnicity as ‘Undesirable’ Immigrants
- 1882: Edmunds Act Disenfranchises Citizens Convicted of Polygamy
- 1888: Congress Grants Citizenship to Native Americans Only if They Give Up Tribal Affiliation
- 1911: Republicans Force Amendments Extending Campaign Reform Legislation to Primary Elections
- 1935: Campaign Finance Law Bans Contributions from Public Utilities
- 1970: Congress Renews Voting Rights Act
- Late 1990s-Early 2001: FBI Investigation Discovers Turkish Nationals Attempting to Bribe Members of Congress
- 1994: Congressional Republicans Block Campaign Finance Reform Bills
- 2000 - 2005: Many PACs Reform as ‘527 Groups’, and Later as ‘Nonprofit’ Organizations
- August 1985-October 1990: White House Defies Congress and Allows Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program to Progress
- 1996-1997: Ptech Begins to Get US Government Contracts
- Spring 2001: CIA Director Tenet Warns Congress an Attempted Terrorist Attack against US Interests Is Likely within a Year
- May-August 1973: US Steps Up Bombing of Cambodia
- Late 1998: ’Downing Plan’ to Overthrow Hussein Government Rejected by General Zinni
- Mid-February 2003-March 2003: US Puts Pressure on UN Security Council Members States over Iraq
- Early November 2001: USA Today: Decision to Invade Iraq Made at This Time