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To: American Spirit who wrote (970)	1/15/2006 7:31:19 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 1449

Eminem and Ex-Wife Remarry in Michigan Jan 14, 9:24 PM (ET) (AP) Guests arrive for the wedding of Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, and his ex-wife... Full Image ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) - Superstar rapper Eminem remarried his ex-wife Saturday, a month after he announced they were getting back together, his publicist said. "I can confirm that they were married this evening," said Dennis Dennehy, a spokesman for Eminem's label, Interscope Records. News helicopters hovered overhead and paparazzi congregated outside Meadow Brook Hall as the rapper born Marshall Bruce Mathers III and Kim Mathers arrived by limousine and were whisked inside the 110-room mansion built for auto baron John Dodge's widow 80 years ago. Kim Mathers, 30, applied for a marriage license last week, and Detroit television station WXYZ showed an invitation to "join them as they exchange vows and the celebration of their new life together." Eminem and Kim Mathers reconciled in late 2004, and he announced in December that the two would get back together. Both grew up in suburbs along Eight Mile Road, Detroit's northern border.

To: American Spirit who wrote (970)	1/26/2006 6:07:39 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 1449

Two More Democrats to Support Alito for High Court (Update1) Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Two Democratic senators representing states carried by President George W. Bush said they will vote to confirm U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. Alito picked up the support of Tim Johnson of South Dakota, who was re-elected in 2002 by 524 votes, and Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Nebraska's Ben Nelson, who also represents a so-called Republican-leaning red state that Bush carried in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, is the only Democrat to have previously announced support for Alito. Byrd's announcement came just days after West Virginia businessman John Raese announced plans to challenge the veteran senator in the November election. Byrd and Nelson both face re- election. So does another Democrat from a state Bush won, North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad, who has not yet announced how he will vote. ``I refuse simply to toe the party line when it comes to Supreme Court justices,'' Byrd said in a floor speech. ``I hail from a conservative state. And, like a majority of my constituents, I prefer conservative judges.'' Today, three other red-state Democrats, Senators Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Tom Harkin of Iowa, said they will oppose Alito. They cited concerns about his support for expanded presidential power and what they regard as his hostility to lawsuits alleging discrimination. Democratic Opposition More than half the 22 Democrats who supported the confirmation of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in September have now announced they will oppose Alito. Lawmakers in both parties predict Alito will receive fewer than a half-dozen Democratic votes. CSPAN, the network that televises congressional proceedings on U.S. cable TV outlets, said Alito had support from 54 senators while 31 had declared their opposition. Lincoln said she voted for Roberts because she was convinced ``he cared more about the rule of law than he did about ideology or political parties'' and that she doesn't have that same confidence in Alito. Four other senators who supported Roberts, Democrats Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, Carl Levin of Michigan and Tom Carper of Delaware, as well as Jim Jeffords of Vermont, an independent, also said today they will oppose Alito. While Johnson said he wouldn't have nominated Alito because of ``concerns across a broad range of issues,'' he doesn't ``believe that simple political ideology ought to be a deciding factor so long as the nominee's views are not significantly outside the mainstream of American legal thinking.'' Many Democrats have said Alito has taken extreme positions. Abortion Rights Democrats opposing Alito cite 1985 memos in which he said the Constitution doesn't protect abortion rights. They also say he would be too deferential to Bush's claims of expanded wartime power. Byrd disagreed. ``Judge Alito told me that he respected the separation of powers and would not rule in support of a power- hungry president,'' the senator said. ``He struck me as a man of his word.'' Two other red-state Democrats, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Mark Pryor of Arkansas, haven't announced how they will vote. Maine Senator Susan Collins, one of three New England Republicans who support abortion rights, said she would support Alito. Maine's other senator, Olympia Snowe, and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island haven't announced their positions. Snowe and Chafee both face re-election this year. Johnson, like Nelson, Landrieu, Pryor and Conrad, said he opposes using a filibuster, a parliamentary maneuver that allows unlimited debate, to block a Senate vote on Alito. With those five, Republicans have the votes to stop any filibuster. Some Democrats argued at their party's weekly caucus yesterday that even a failed filibuster attempt might generate more opposition to Alito by drawing public attention to the debate. Republicans control the Senate by a 55-45 margin and need 60 votes to end a filibuster. Extended Debate Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden, a Roberts supporter who opposes Alito, said he expects ``some version of an extended debate'' on the nomination. Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin told reporters that he ``can count votes'' and concluded that a filibuster of Alito ``would not be likely to succeed.'' In 2002, Johnson narrowly defeated Republican Representative John Thune to win Senate re-election. Two years later, Thune won election to the Senate by defeating Democratic leader Thomas Daschle by 2 percentage points. Conrad doesn't face the same political dilemma as Johnson. He won re-election in 2000 with 62 percent of the vote and his prospects for victory this year received a boost when North Dakota's Republican governor, John Hoeven, declined to enter the Senate race. To contact the reporter on this story: James Rowley in Washington at jarowley@bloomberg.net. Last Updated: January 26, 2006 16:33 EST

To: American Spirit who wrote (970)	1/26/2006 6:08:51 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 1449

Kerry will try Alito filibuster White House confident it has support to bring vote Thursday, January 26, 2006; Posted: 5:46 p.m. EST (22:46 GMT) Sen. John Kerry is trying to gather support to block Judge Samuel Alito's nomination. Kerry, in Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum, was marshaling support in phone calls during the day, he told CNN. Kerry said he told a group of Democratic senators Wednesday, and urged that they join him. Kerry said he has the support of fellow Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy. Some senior Democrats told CNN they are worried that the move could backfire. Republicans would need 60 votes to overturn a filibuster -- a procedural move that extends Senate debate indefinitely, effectively blocking a vote. Senior White House officials said the move would make the Democrats look bad, and that Republicans believe they have enough votes to overcome any filibuster attempt. Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican, scheduled a vote to end debate on the nomination -- called a cloture vote -- Monday at 4:30 p.m. If that vote is successful, the final vote would be Tuesday morning. Nearly all 55 Republican senators have said they will vote for Alito. Only three Democrats -- Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia and Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota -- have said they will vote for the nominee. Earlier Thursday, Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana said she would oppose a filibuster. "Because we have such a full plate of pressing issues before Congress, a filibuster at this time would be, in my view, very counterproductive," said Landrieu, who is pushing the Senate to focus on the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Party line vote On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to send Alito's nomination to the full Senate. In supporting Alito, the 10 committee Republicans praised his qualifications and long judicial career. Democrats have been mostly united in opposition to Alito. The panel's eight Democrats opposed him, saying he would be too deferential to presidential authority and would restrict abortion rights. Republicans and the White House are pushing to have that vote before President Bush gives his State of the Union speech January 31, Senate sources have said. In the floor debate of Alito's nomination, Democrats have been highly critical of the nomination, saying he would threaten civil liberties and fail to act as a check on executive power. "If an originalist analysis was applied to the Fourteenth Amendment, women would not be provided equal protection under the Constitution, interracial marriages could be outlawed, schools could still be segregated and the principle of one man, one vote would not govern the way we elect our representatives," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the Judiciary Committee's ranking Democrat, had supported Chief Justice John Roberts' nomination last fall. But this time, he said, "I am concerned that if we confirm this nominee it will further erode the checks and balances" between the branches of government. CNN's Ed Henry and Dana Bash contributed to this report.

To: American Spirit who wrote (970)	1/30/2006 2:31:25 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 1449

DEAN UNDER FIRE FROM PARTY DEMS; NEARLY ALL CASH SPENT Mon Jan 30 2006 10:52:31 ET Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill are privately bristling over Howard Dean’s management of the Democratic National Committee and have made those sentiments clear after new fundraising numbers showed he has spent nearly all the committee’s cash and has little left to support their efforts to gain seats this cycle, ROLL CALL reports. Congressional leaders were furious last week when they learned the DNC has just $5.5 million in the bank, compared to the Republican National Committee’s $34 million. Senate and House Minority Leaders Harry Reid (Nev.) and Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), along with the Senate and House campaign committee chairmen Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), have made their concerns -- directly or indirectly -- known to Dean, claims the paper. Emanuel was particularly upset last week upon seeing the latest DNC numbers. “A lot of people are scratching their heads as to what’s going on,” said one senior Democratic aide. Another Democratic source familiar with the party fundraising apparatus said there is “obvious displeasure” among the leaders. Developing... drudgereport.com