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June 1, 2007 - by Donny Shaw

“The Senate and House Intelligence Committees are asking former attorney general John Ashcroft to testify about a March 2004 hospital-room confrontation during which he refused to sign off on a continuation of President Bush’s warrantless eavesdropping program, according to congressional and administration sources.” – Newsweek

A new study from the Washington Post shows that, during the five months that the 110th Congress has been in session, House Democrats have displayed an unprecedented amount of voting unity.

Despite the above-mentioned unity, Democrats have had a tough time enacting changes, the AP reports.

Here’s the Politico’s Sunday talk show tip sheet.

Good news: The Office of Management and Budget (the OMB) will be creating a publicly-available database of all earmarks in the 2008 budget. They sent out a memo yesterday outlining the information they will need from federal agencies. – via OMB Watch.

What’s McConnell Hiding? – The Sunlight Foundation has launched a new campaign aimed at revealing which Republican senator is responsible for anonymously blocking S.223, a bill that would increase transparency by requiring senators to file their campaign finance reforms electronically.

And in other secret-senate-hold news, it appears that Jon Kyl (R, AZ) was responsible for blocking the Open Government Act. Learn more from the AP, Mark Tapscott, Rob Bluey, and The Hill Blog.

“Congress next week is expected to send to President Bush Senate-approved legislation (S 5) that would allow federal funding for research using stem cells derived from human embryos originally created for fertility treatments and willingly donated by patients.” – Kaiser Network. Learn more about the bill here.

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