Miguel Ángel Pichetto recused judge Marinelli, who had been publicly questioned by, President Cristina Fernandez for him to step aside from the case on the composition of the Congressional Committee

Republican State Senator Roy Ashburn is well known for his “opposition” to the Act that approved gay marriages in California and led anti-gay demonstrations.

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Former president and now senator Carlos Menem announced that finally his vote will be against kirchnerism. “It’s the best for the country,” also he said he was “snubbed” by the opposition.

National senator Luis Juez made statements to a Buenos Aires radio station and stated that “Cristina Kirchner is a lousy president” and that “History may conclude that the former mandatory Maria Estela Martinez de Peron, Isabelita, did a better role under the circumstances. “

With the arrogance that distinguishes him, Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez, answered former president Eduardo Duhalde, who had stated that he would beat Nestor Kirchner in the upcoming 2011 primaries.

Milagros Sala’s fame sprang up as the leader of the group that attacked Senator Morales. She runs a “parallel State” in Jujuy, with the subsidies sent by the National Government. She’s feared and respected by the opposition.

The controversy over the misprint in the Media Law won’t be debated in the Senate because the opposition failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed to determine the validity of the changes on the law.

Former President Fernando de la Rua will be processed for the payment of bribes in the Senate to pass the labour reform law in 2000. The decision was ratified by Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas.

Gerardo Morales, president of the UCR and national Senator, was attacked today in Jujuy, his own province, by a group of activists of a social organization, who stormed the Council of Economic Sciences and hurled eggs and staplers, and even armchairs.

The head of the UCR, Gerardo Morales, will be during the morning at federal court in Comodoro Py to to request the presiding judge to investigate whether Dora Sanchez’s vote in favor of the new Media Law is not a case of bribery.

Following the constitutional flaws spotted in the media law enacted yesterday morning by the Senate, and passed in record time by Cristina Kirchner, representatives of the opposition parties warned of the billionaire cost the spate of lawsuits – that the measure would unleash – will mean for the exchequer.

A group of 40 people protested against National Senator Maria Rosa Sanchez, who recently made headlines for surprisingly swaying in favour of the media bill promoted by the government, after years of voting in favour of the UCR, at her home in Mercedes, Corrientes.

Maria Dora Sanchez, senator of the cobist bloc Federal Consensus, announced today that she won’t join the radical party in the vote of the Media Bill encouraged by the Government.

The Senate passed a bill on the tax reform this afternon, which was partially approved by the Lower House. The law establishes the creation of a charge for loading and unloading at ports in that jurisdiction, an inheritance tax and adjustments in Rural and Urban Real Estate.

In a letter delivered after his death, late senator Edward Kennedy called for 2009 to be the year of long-awaited US health care reform.

A Massachusetts Democrat, Kennedy died late Tuesday night at home in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod. A malignant brain tumor was diagnosed in May 2008 and doctors operated on it the following month.

Former president Eduardo Duhalde gave a speech tonight where he was harsh towards Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s government with respect to the nationalization of football and the agriculture sector conflict.

Carlos’ Lole ‘Reutemann, PJ dissenting senator, announced that he will not attend tomorrow’s meeting called by Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo. Reutemann was meant to go with Senator Roxana Latorre, but both legislators believed their sector was already represented by other senators.

Fabián Ríos, Corrientes senator, confirmed that next Wednesday, at 11:00 am the law project sent by the goverment will be evaluated.

Armando Espinola a few days before being appointed ambassador to Chile, is compromised by some pictures in which the official, with the naked torso and a woman who tries to get her hand below the belt into his pants.