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Under The Bush Administration, Openness And Accountability Have Been Replaced By Secrecy And Evasion Of Responsibility. They Abuse Their Power, Conceal Their Actions From The American People, And Refuse To Hold Officials Accountable.

Democrats Would Use Every Tool In Our Arsenal To Ensure That His [charles Pickering] Nomination Is Rejected Again This Year.

The Ama Puts The Lives And Well Being Of The American Citizens Well Below It's Own Special Interest...it Deserves To Be Ignored, Rejected, And Forgotten. No Amount Of Historical Gymnastics Can Hide The Public Record Of Ama Opposition To Virtually Every Major Health Reform In The Past 50 Years....the Ama Has Turned Into A Propaganda Organ Purveying 'medical Politics' For Deceiving The Congress, The People, And The Doctors Of America Themselves.

If A Legislator Is Safe From Competition, Or If He Represents Groups With The Same Economic And Political Beliefs, He Does Not Have To Change His Ideas Or Respond To The Needs Of The Broader Population. He Can Rest Content With A Mediocre, Absentee Performance Knowing He Will Be Returned To Office. And As He Is Returned Year After Year The Seniority System Gives Him Immense Control Over People From Other Parts Of The Country Whose Views He Need Not Heed At All.

If We Set The Precedent Of Limiting The First Amendment, In Order To Protect The Sensibilities Of Those Who Are Offended By Flag Burning, What Will We Say The Next Time Someone Is Offended By Some Other Minority View, Or By Some Other Person's Exercise Of The Freedom The Constitution Is Supposed To Protect?