Letters Log.Byline: The Register-Guard Letters received in past week: 158 Letters published: 65 What's on readers' minds: We received 14 letters urging Sen. Gordon Smith to filibuster filibuster, term used to designate obstructionist tactics in legislative assemblies. It has particular reference to the U.S. Senate, where the tradition of unlimited debate is very strong. It was not until 1917 that the Senate provided for cloture (i.e. the energy bill pending in Congress; most of these appear to have been the products of a letter-writing campaign. Twelve letters addressed various aspects of the Bush administration's policy in Iraq, including the cost of reconstruction operations and whether the president and his advisers are correct in claiming that progress is being made. Ten letters responded to M. Reza Behnam's Oct. 19 Commentary article comparing Palestinians to Native Americans. Other popular topics included whether Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła deserved the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. , whether liberals or conservatives are more civil in their arguments, and cuts in the Oregon Health Plan The Oregon Health Plan is the Oregon state healthcare program for low income residents of Oregon. Eligibility Basic eligibility requires that the applicant be a resident of Oregon, as a citizen or otherwise. . |
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