Evxj Senate keeps controversial detainee policy in defense bill
WASHINGTON mdash; A  Make America Great Again  hat. A tea party T-shirt. A MoveOn.org button.Wear stanley cup  any one of those items to vote in Minnesota, and a poll worker will likely ask you to remove it or cover it up.Like a number stanley canada  of states, Minnesota bars voters from wearing political items to the polls to reduce the potential for confrontations or voter intimidation. But that could change. The Supreme Court on Feb. 28 will consider a challenge to the state s law, in a case that could affect other states, too.                                        Wen Fa, a lawyer with the Pacific Legal Foundation, the group behind the challenge to Minnesota s law, says voters wearing political apparel shouldn t have to hang up their hats, turn their T-shirts inside out or put their buttons in their bags just to c stanley taza ast a ballot.Wearing political clothing is  a passive way to express core political values,  said Fa, who said the case is  about the free speech rights of all Americans.         Minnesota sees it differently. In court papers, it says the law is a  reasonable restriction  that preserves  order and decorum in the polling place  and prevents  voter confusion and intimidation.  I think what s important to understand is the purpose of this prohibition is to protect the fundamental right to vote,  said Daniel Rogan, who is arguing the case for the state and said he doesn t know of anyone issued a fine of up to $300 allowed under the law. Lower courts have sided with the state.Beyond Minnesota, Bjvo State Department watchdog to lead review into Afghanistan withdrawal
The National Republican Congressional Committe stanley canada e raised more than $7 million in March, bringing their first quarter fundraising total to $15.4 million for the first three months of 2008, according to numbers posted Friday with the Federal Election Commission. The committee, which ended March with more than $7.1 million in cash on hand, still trails the Democratic C stanley borraccia ongressional Campaign Committee by a sizeable margin. By comparison, the DCCC ended the month wi stanley quencher th $44.3 million after raising $20 million for the quarter, according to a committee press release. Neither party has any debt, meaningHouse Republicansdid not fall back into the red after finally paying oftheir debts and obligations from the last election cycle earlier this year.      ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5          display: none;             inline-recirc-item--id-c87083d6-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d,  right-rail-recirc-item--id-c87083d6-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d         display: none;             inline-recirc-item--id-c87083d6-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5          display: block;      

Evxj Senate keeps controversial detainee policy in defense bill
WASHINGTON mdash; A  Make America Great Again  hat. A tea party T-shirt. A MoveOn.org button.Wear stanley cup  any one of those items to vote in Minnesota, and a poll worker will likely ask you to remove it or cover it up.Like a number stanley canada  of states, Minnesota bars voters from wearing political items to the polls to reduce the potential for confrontations or voter intimidation. But that could change. The Supreme Court on Feb. 28 will consider a challenge to the state s law, in a case that could affect other states, too.                                        Wen Fa, a lawyer with the Pacific Legal Foundation, the group behind the challenge to Minnesota s law, says voters wearing political apparel shouldn t have to hang up their hats, turn their T-shirts inside out or put their buttons in their bags just to c stanley taza ast a ballot.Wearing political clothing is  a passive way to express core political values,  said Fa, who said the case is  about the free speech rights of all Americans.         Minnesota sees it differently. In court papers, it says the law is a  reasonable restriction  that preserves  order and decorum in the polling place  and prevents  voter confusion and intimidation.  I think what s important to understand is the purpose of this prohibition is to protect the fundamental right to vote,  said Daniel Rogan, who is arguing the case for the state and said he doesn t know of anyone issued a fine of up to $300 allowed under the law. Lower courts have sided with the state.Beyond Minnesota, Bjvo State Department watchdog to lead review into Afghanistan withdrawal
The National Republican Congressional Committe stanley canada e raised more than $7 million in March, bringing their first quarter fundraising total to $15.4 million for the first three months of 2008, according to numbers posted Friday with the Federal Election Commission. The committee, which ended March with more than $7.1 million in cash on hand, still trails the Democratic C stanley borraccia ongressional Campaign Committee by a sizeable margin. By comparison, the DCCC ended the month wi stanley quencher th $44.3 million after raising $20 million for the quarter, according to a committee press release. Neither party has any debt, meaningHouse Republicansdid not fall back into the red after finally paying oftheir debts and obligations from the last election cycle earlier this year.      ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5          display: none;             inline-recirc-item--id-c87083d6-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d,  right-rail-recirc-item--id-c87083d6-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d         display: none;             inline-recirc-item--id-c87083d6-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5          display: block;