The House Intelligence Committee chairman Sunday said President Bush’s
secret eavesdropping program on Americans is useless because al-Qaida
undoubtedly has changed its means of communication to avoid
Washington’s monitoring.
Republican and Democratic senators want Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald to investigate Vice President
Dick Cheney and others in the CIA leak probe to determine if they authorized an aide
to give secret information to reporters.
Vice President Dick Cheney, a darling of the National Rifle Association and a strong advocate of guns and hunting, shot
and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas.
President Bush’s marks on overall job approval and for handling the economy are mired near their lowest levels despite a spike in consumer confidence over the past month, an AP-Ipsos poll found.
Bush’s job approval is now at 40 percent and his approval on handling the economy at 39 percent. Those numbers haven’t budged over the last month even with the public’s confidence in the economy growing and the president delivering an upbeat State of the Union address.
President Bush came under fire from angry Republicans Friday for his failed policies on Irag, health care, immigration and other hot-button issues in a closed meeting meant to rally party shell-shocked members for this year’s congressional elections.
Some went so far as to call Bush an "embarrassment" to the party and the nation and grumbled that the party would stand a better chance in the November mid-term elections if he were not President, although none went so far as to suggest he be impeached…at least not yet.
President Bush’s marks on overall job approval and for handling the
economy are mired near their lowest levels despite a spike in consumer
confidence over the past month, an AP-Ipsos poll found.
President Bush came under fire from angry
Republicans Friday for his failed policies on Irag, health care,
immigration and other hot-button issues in a closed meeting meant to
rally shell-shocked party members for this year’s congressional
elections.
The budget proposed by President Bush adds
to middle-class burdens while providing greater benefits for the
wealthy and oil companies, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., said Saturday.