(2005-11-30) — Virginia Gov. Mark Warner yesterday granted clemency to convicted murderer Robin Lovitt, commuting his death sentence to life in prison and so delaying the 1,000th execution since the U.S. Supreme Court restored the death penalty in 1976.

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(2005-11-29) — Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, today offered some rare advice to Republicans about how to deal with what she calls the GOP’s “culture of corruption,” just a day after Rep. Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham, R-CA, resigned after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges.

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(2005-11-23) — Rep. William Delahunt, D-MA, announced today that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez would add to a previous agreement to ship low-priced oil to the poor in Massachussetts, by including a substantial quantity of cut-rate cocaine as well.

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(2005-11-22) — Top Democrats in Congress today joined Al Jazeera in calling on President George Bush to layout a timeline for the withdrawal of Vice President Dick Cheney from the executive branch of government.

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(2005-11-22) — Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore today announced he would immediately hire the 30,000 autoworkers that General Motors cuts as it closes several manufacturing plants.

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(2005-11-19) — Triumphant after the success of last night’s 403-03 House vote against pulling troops from Iraq, acting Majority Leader Roy Blunt, R-MO, said he would immediately “call the Democrats’ bluff” again by forcing a vote on articles of impeachment against President George Bush.

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(2005-11-18) — Rep. John ‘Jack’ Murtha, D-PA, today responded to news of deadly bomb attacks on two Iraqi mosques by callling for an immediate withdrawal of Muslims from Iraq.

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