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-An Indian tribe that was a client of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff has released a photograph of tribal leaders meeting with Rep. Bob Ney, who had told investigators he wasn't familiar with the tribe. DETAILS

-House Republicans intend to hold votes this summer and fall touching on abortion, guns, religion and other priority issues for social conservatives, part of an attempt to improve the party's prospects in the midterm elections. The "American Values Agenda" also includes a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage — which already has failed in the Senate — a prohibition on human cloning and possibly votes on several popular tax cuts. DETAILS

-The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld most of the Republican-boosting Texas congressional map engineered by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay but threw out part, saying some of the new boundaries failed to protect minority voting rights. DETAILS

-Sen. Barack Obama chastised fellow Democrats on Wednesday for failing to "acknowledge the power of faith in the lives of the American people," and said the party must compete for the support of evangelicals and other churchgoing Americans. DETAILS

-One of the most memorable scene in Michael Moore's controversial documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11," featured two Marine recruiters desperately trying to enlist recruits outside a shopping mall. Now one of them has died in Iraq. Marine Staff Sgt. Raymond J. Plouhar, 30, died Monday of wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, the Pentagon has announced. DETAILS

-House Republican leaders are expected to introduce a resolution today condemning The New York Times for publishing a story last week that exposed government monitoring of banking records.The resolution is expected to condemn the leak and publication of classified documents, said one Republican aide with knowledge of the impending legislation. (Another day, another campaign stunt in Washington. This feigned outrage is nothing more than pure politics. Has nothing at all to do with national security and everything to do with a very calculated attempt to dumb down the media as we go into the campaign/election cycle - you remember - just like before the Iraq invasion when to question this president was unpatriotic! These theatrics are also an attempt to portray the press as the enemy. Neither the president or vice president used the word 'disgraceful' when talking about the leak of a CIA operative during wartime - nor did Congress call for resolutions or congressional hearings or express much concern over it. If the Congress wishes to be outraged about something - here's my short list of things for them to be outraged about [and please add your own suggestions]: the minimim wage, 45 million American's who are without health insurance, domestic wiretapping without oversight, signing statements, torture at the hands of the U.S. Government, the incompetent way the Iraq war has been waged, voting irregularities, gasoline prices, banking laws which make the consumer a slave to debt. There are hundreds of issues which impact American families that they could be outraged about - but this is what they choose to spend their time and attention on. They don't care about families. They care about campaign stunts. ) DETAILS