LBAT - I have decided to add this to my Blog for the Heavy Politics News Users like me....

LOOKING BACK AT TODAY.
By an overwhelming 90-6 margin, the Senate voted to strip from the war supplemental the $80 million to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/20/1938313.aspx

FD: That will keep GITMO open for awhile longer... no one wants these prisoners.

In a surprisingly candid statement, FBI Director Robert Mueller said he's concerned about bringing Gitmo detainees into the United States. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/20/1938150.aspx

FD: Putting suspected, angery Muslum Terroists into our U.S. Prisons with our convicted, angery Muslum gangs, does not seem like a good idea to me.


Despite the pushback from Congress, Attorney General Eric Holder said he believes the administration will achieve its goal of closing down the Guantanamo Bay detention facility by next January. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/20/1938732.aspx
Just Answerin': Earlier today, First Read asked this question: "So is living near a prison with CONVICTED rapists or murderers safer than living next to a prison with SUSPECTED terrorists? Discuss." Well, we received some answers from Republicans. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/20/1937992.aspx

In advance of Dick Cheney's big speech on national security tomorrow, Colin Powell fired back at the former vice president and conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for their recent comments criticizing him for endorsing Obama last fall. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/20/1938395.aspx

A Republican National Committee official told First Read that RNC members are working to soften this afternoon's widely-panned resolution calling to rename the Democratic Party the "Democrat-Socialist Party." http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/20/1937973.aspx

FD- Note that the NAZI Party in Germany before WWII had the same name....


By a bipartisan 367-61 vote, the House passed the Credit Cardholder's Bill of Rights Act of 2009. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/20/1938548.aspx

FD: And what about the GUN rider on this bill?
Loaded and concealed weapons will be allowed inside U.S. national parks if the current version of a credit card reform measure gets to President Obama's desk.
Gun rights advocates in the House and Senate have added a concealed-carry provision to a bill imposing new consumer-friendly rules on credit card companies, The New York Times reported Wednesday.


In the never-ending recount in Minnesota, the National Republican Senatorial Committee said it's committing $750,000 to help Norm Coleman pay for his legal bills. Also, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, asked Minnesota GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty to urge Coleman to concede.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/20/1938050.aspx

FD: GOP is trying to prevent a Democrat Majority in the Senate at all costs....

Meanwhile, Al Franken addressed (via satellite) the Building Trades Union's 2009 Legislative Conference, declaring: "I do know that Minnesota had a fair election and a careful recount and I know that I won." http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/20/1938644.aspx


In his quest to become the first African-American governor of Alabama, Democratic Rep. Artur Davis leads two potential rivals for the Democratic nomination, as well as one Republican rival in the general election, according to a new Anzalone-Liszt Research poll commissioned by the Davis campaign. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/20/1938535.aspx


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