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Rolling Stone: General Deployed Psy-Ops Against US Senators

The U.S. Army ordered a "psychological operations" team to manipulate visiting U.S. senators into pushing for more funding and troops for the war in Afghanistan, according to a report in Rolling Stone magazine. Three-star U.S. general Lt. Gen. William Caldwell is accused of deploying propaganda techniques, which the...

Senate Passes Bill to Boost Food Safety

WASHINGTON (Nov. 30) -- The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to make food safer in the wake of deadly E. coli and salmonella outbreaks, potentially giving the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities and force companies to recall tainted food. The $1.4 billion bill, which would...

The Majority of US Senators Are Millionaires

(Oct. 28) -- Just in case you thought money doesn't equal power ... More than half of the U.S. senators are millionaires and four more fall just 100 grand short of the million-dollar mark, according to a recent Roll Call analysis. The survey, based on a review of Senate financial disclosure forms filed in 2010, also...

Sharron Angle Said She Would Have Voted 'No' to Katrina Relief

(Aug. 31) -- Democrats have unearthed a recording of Sharron Angle, now the Republican candidate for Senate in Nevada, saying she would not have voted for federal relief for Hurricane Katrina -- a measure that received unanimous support in the Senate. In a 2005 interview with conservative KLAV radio, Angle said, "I would...

Kagan Supporters Optimistic on Confirmation

(June 30) -- The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan aren't over yet, but it's hard to escape the impression that, however they'll vote, the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have little else to consider. And there was considerable optimism among Kagan supporters that she'll be...