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TheWeekInCongress (April 7-13, 2007)

With the House out of session this week, there was less news than usual to report from Capitol Hill. The Senate, however, did consider a number of important issues such as stem cell research and funding for federal intelligence agencies. For a thorough analysis of this action, we again turn to Robert McElroy’s TheWeekInCongress. His site is a great resource for citizens wishing to keep track of what their members are up to in Washington, and we urge you to check it out. Follow the headlines below to the Congresspedia articles covering the respective issues, which in turn link to and heavily rely on McElroy's analyses.

AP Photographer Marks One Year in U.S. Prison Camp

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

For one year, Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein has been "held at a prison camp in Iraq by U.S. military officials who have neither formally charged him with a crime nor made public any evidence of wrongdoing," AP reports.

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Main Source: 
Associated Press, April 11, 2007
Topics: 
Iraq
Journalism
Defend the Press
Human Rights
International
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New Participatory Project: Getting the Colbert Report into Congresspedia

Submitted by Conor Kenny on

A few weeks ago we asked you, dear readers and citizen editors, to pitch in and help with our first "wikiproject" - a short, participatory effort to update and expand a part of the SourceWatch/Congresspedia wiki. Lots of people chipped in and we accomplished our goal: getting contact information for all the freshman members of Congress, including the addresses and phone numbers for each of their district offices.

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Main Source: 
The Colbert Report on Congresspedia
Topics: 
Citizen Journalism
Pundits
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House Reps. Brady and Fattah in Tight Race for Philly Mayor

While Congress has been out of session this past week, Democratic House Reps. Bob Brady (Pa.) and Chaka Fattah (Pa.) have been busy campaigning in the hopes of becoming Philadelphia’s next mayor. The primary will take place on May 15 and — given the city’s heavily Democratic lean (no Republican has been elected mayor since 1948) — is expected to effectively determine the outcome of the general election.

Consulting Firm OK's Its Own Conflicts of Interest

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"The National Institutes of Health has temporarily suspended" the consulting firm Sciences International, which "had been reviewing the health dangers of chemicals for the government while also working for the chemical industry," reports Marla Cone. The evaluation of the firm's work is ongoing, and its $5 million government contract, "which runs through June 2008," remains in force.

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Main Source: 
Los Angeles Times, April 4, 2007
Topics: 
Corporations
Ethics
Health
Science
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Women

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