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By David Sessions - Politics DailyRolling around the capital in a dark-green trolley Wednesday morning, a troupe of actors dressed as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross visited three D.C. fund-raising hotspots to protest special interests and crusade for the Fair Elections Now Act, a bill that would establish a public funding system for House and Senate elections and limit outside sources of cash for congressional campaigns. "We cast off the yoke of British tyranny, and today we are called on again to cast off the yoke of British Petroleum," an actor playing Thomas Jefferson said outside the ...
Conservatives Fire Final Salvo Against Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan
By David Sessions - Politics DailyConservative activists gathered on the steps of the Supreme Court and Capitol Hill Thursday to issue their final criticisms against Elena Kagan, whose confirmation hearings begin in the Senate on Monday. Representatives of various conservative action groups assailed Kagan as a "stealth nominee" whose thin judicial record and participation in the Clinton administration suggests that she would be a justice who will rewrite the law to serve Democratic interests. By the time the nine speakers finished their remarks, they had painted a picture of Kagan as a wily political operative who has kept ...
'Legends of Flight' Celebrate in Washington Despite Crash-Landing at Start
By David Sessions - Politics DailyIt was set to be a triumphant arrival for the Imax 3-D film "Legends of Flight," which opens Wednesday at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. To celebrate the world premiere in Washington on Tuesday, seven Stearman biplanes -- wooden aircraft used to train pilots during World War II -- would descend into Reagan National Airport bearing journalists and film critics to see the movie on the National Mall. It was 10:05 a.m., and I was mingling with the bleary-eyed travelers waiting for their flights in a handful of rocking chairs in front of windows overlooking DCA's main runway. "What's that?" ...
Greenpeace Stages Dramatic Protest at U.S. Chamber of Commerce
By David Sessions - Politics DailyGreenpeace sent four green-and-white squad cars labeled "Climate Crime Unit" to the Washington headquarters of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Thursday morning, disrupting a field trip for local schoolchildren and provoking a response by D.C. police. Several demonstrators were arrested, but not before they had scaled the Chamber building on H Street, draping it in yellow "crime scene" tape and barking through bullhorns as if participating in a hostage negotiation. "We're asking the Chamber of Commerce to release our climate policy," said Molly Dorozenski, a Greenpeace official. "This is the ...
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