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"Five Republican representatives a ' Chris Smith, Frank Wolf, Joe Pitts, Trent Franks and Anh 'Joseph' Cao a ' have written a letter to Ugandan President Yoweri Mouseveni pressing him to stop pending legislation that would severely criminalize homosexuality and sometimes impose the death penalty for homosexual acts.

"Five Republican representatives - " Chris Smith, Frank Wolf, Joe Pitts, Trent Franks and Anh 'Joseph' Cao - " have written a letter to Ugandan President Yoweri Mouseveni pressing him to stop pending legislation that would severely criminalize homosexuality and sometimes impose the death penalty for homosexual acts.

Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Sexual Health / STDs ; HIV / AIDS Article Date: 24 Dec 2009 - 2:00 PST U.S. To Give $7M To Help Women Who Have Suffered Sexual Violence In DRC The U.S. will finance a $7 million program to aid women in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo who have been the targets of sexual violence, ...

The US Republican Executive Committee Members of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission has appeal to the Ugandan President, Mr Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to soft pedal on the proposed anti-homosexual law.

Five Republican House members are urging the president of Uganda to oppose a proposed law that would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans.

PHOENIX a ' While dealing with the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, seven Arizona congressional representatives handed out around $300,000 in staff bonuses in late 2008.

The votes of Arizona House members on a measure aimed at creating and saving jobs through public-works spending and grants to state and local governments.

Iran's nuclear threat to Israel was the overwhelming focus of this year's AIPAC breakfast, held Dec.

U.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell, D-Ariz., has become one of the key swing votes determining the fate of "cram-downs," which would allow federal bankruptcy judges to adjust mortgage rates, terms and principal.

December 11, 2009 BEWARE OF SKETCH ARTISTS.... A group of right-wing House members, including Reps.

Bad enough when terrorists bluff about their intent to obtain nuclear weapons to frighten the general populace - now we have Republican politicians doing the terrorists' work for them.

Dawn Hamilton and her husband had always wanted to send their children to a Christian school.

One of the more amusing contentions to be made as a fearmongery talking point on the decision to put Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial in a New York City federal court is that the courthouse will turn into a "platform" for terrorists to project their warped ideas.

Bruce Bartlett, a senior policy analyst in the Reagan Administration and columnist for Forbes.com, called out Arizona Congressman Trent Franks in a recent article about the health-care debate and why Republicans have little credibility when it comes to talking about fiscal responsibility.

A House panel refused Thursday to limit scholarships for private and parochial school students to those who show some financial need despite the fact the aid is funded with diverted state tax dollars.

Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the arrest of Gov. Rod Blagojevich. It all began with a knock on the door at the Blagojevich northwest side home.

A recent Roll Call blurb called U.S. Rep. RaAol Grijalva a "key player" on health-care reform because of his role in reviving the public insurance option.

Ex-Rep. J.D. Hayworth will take advantage of rumors that he may challenge Sen. John McCain by raising money to pay down old legal bills.

Rep. Trent Franks said Sen. Dick Durbin's idea to house Guantanamo Bay detainees in Illinois shows that the Democrats have "at least" come up with "a jobs program." Franks sarcastically praised Durbin and Illinois Gov.

Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the past week. House MEDICARE DOCTOR PAYMENTS: The House voted 243-183 on Thursday to pass a bill that would avert a 21 percent cut next year in Medicare payments to doctors.