Nadler

Friday Talking Points [133] -- The Silly Season Begins

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

August in Washington means the beginning of the official "silly season" of politics. This is because Congress takes the whole month off, and politica...

Lawmakers Weigh Patriot Act Extension

L.A. Times | David G. Savage | Posted 05.25.2011

Reporting from Washington - The Patriot Act -- a favorite tool in the George W. Bush administration's fight against terrorism -- may be renamed later...

Ryan Grim

Nadler: Impeach Torture Memo Author

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Rep. Jerry Nadler, a senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, called Monday for the impeachment of federal judge Jay Bybee, one of the princi...

Nadler Grills The Torture Team With An Eye To Prosecute

Lou Dubose | Posted 05.25.2011

Lou Dubose

The Bush Administration shielded itself from anti-torture laws, but prohibitions on torture aren't so easily circumvented-- they live on the books here and overseas and without statutes of limitation.

Gap In GOP Candidates' Healthcare Plans Would Hit Cancer Patients

LA Times | Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | Posted 05.25.2011

When Rudolph W. Giuliani was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the spring of 2000, one thing he did not have to worry about was a lack of medical insu...