Monday 3/18/2002
Capitol Hill Report
with Mike Schwartz
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President Bush called it "unfortunate for democracy and unfortunate for America." By three party-line votes, Judge Charles Pickering, the president's nominee for the 5th Circuit Court, was defeated in the Democratically-controlled judiciary comittee last Thursday. Were the Democrats playing partisan politics or was it a legitimate defeat? We'll give you the inside scoop on that, plus bring you up to speed on what's facing Congress this week. Listen in!

• In the Senate:
  • Charles Pickering was defeated in the Judiciary Comittee
  • Support the ban on human clonin
  • In the House of Representatives:
    • The Born Alive Infant Protection Act, a simple bill that instructs the medical community that all children born a
    
    
    
    

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