2003 news & events

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Friday Brief December 19 , 2003

  • Senate Fails to Pass Good
    “Tort Reform”
  • Polls show Americans Strongly
    Support Bush

Friday Brief December 5 , 2003

  • Bush Lifts Steel Tariff  
  • End of Call-in Registration
  • Dean Gains Lead in Democratic
    Presidential Nomination

PRESS RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 11, 2003

August 14, 2003

  • Pipes The Extremist is Bad for America
    & Bad for Peace
  • Ashcroft’s Tour to Salvage His Patriot Act
  • California Recall
August 8, 2003
  • USTR Informs Congress of Intent to Initiate
    Free Trade Talks with Bahrain
  • Schwarzenegger Enters Race for Governor
  • Poll Shows Support for Gays Declining
    after Supreme Court Ruling

August 1 , 2003

  • President Bush Asserts Opposition to Same
    Sex “Marriage”
  • Patriot Act Challenged by ACLU
  • Ongoing Disagreement toward Judicial Nominees

July 25, 2003

  • Pipes Nomination Hindered in the Senate
  • Civil Liberties, National Security,
    and the USA Patriot Act
  • Medicare Reform Exceeds the President’s Limit
  • Mail Fraud Targets Islamic Free Market Institute

July 24, 2003

  • Letter to Prsident George W.
    Bush regarding the nomination of Daniel Pipes
    to the United States Institute for Peace

Friday Brief July 18, 2003

  • Despite Republican Opposition,
    Sex-Research Receives Funding
  • D.C. School Vouchers Move
    Closer to Implementation
  • Another Judge nomination Faces
    Delay in Voting

Friday Brief July 11, 2003

  • Islamic Institute's Chairman
    Participates in a Homeland Security Panel
  • Education Reforms Gaining Momentum
  • Employment Rates Show Unanticipated Drop
  • Initiative to Fight Child Exploitation

Friday Brief July 4, 2003

  • Bush Declines to Support Ban on Gay Marriages
  • President Requests for More Funding for
    School Choice
  • II's Greetings for a Happy 4th of July
  • Supreme Court Rule on Affirmative Action
  • Polls Show Public Support for
    Private Medicare Options
  • Bush Nomination Awaits Senate Approval
  • N.J. Judge Unseals Transcript In
    Controversial Terror Case
    - Lawyer Says Unraveled Charges Show
    Peril of Secret Evidenc

June 26, 2003

  • Justice Sandra Day O’Connor honored
    at Karamah Reception

June 11, 2003

  • Wall Street Journal highlights growing success,
    influence of Islamic Free Market Institute
    White House, Karl Rove denounces anti-Muslim bigotry

May 28, 2003

  • ISLAMIC INSTITUTE CHAIRMAN MEETS
    WITH FBI DIRECTOR MUELLE

Friday Brief June 20, 2003 -

  • "Death Tax" Bill Passes the House
  • President Bush Declares a Ban on Racial Profiling
  • Congress to Address Medicare
  • Sen. Hatch Seeks to Crackdown
  • Online Copyright Violators

PRESS RELEASE June 11, 2003
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Wall Street Journal highlights growing success, influence of Islamic Free Market Institute -
White House, Karl Rove denounces anti-Muslim bigotry.

Friday Brief June 6, 2003 -

  • President Bush Ends World
  • Tour with Visiting Troops in Qatar
  • Ban on "Partial Birth" Abortion Soon to Become a Law
  • Tax Cut Set to Put Money Back in Americans' Wallets

Friday Brief May 30, 2003 -

  • President Bush signed into law a $350 Billion Tax-and-Spending Cut Bill
  • Steps toward Free Trade Agreement Negotiations between U.S. and Bahrain Begins
  • Resolution Condemning Hate Crimes against Arabs, Muslims and Sikhs Passes

PRESS RELEASE May 28, 2003 - ISLAMIC INSTITUTE CHAIRMAN MEETS WITH FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER

FRIDAY BRIEF May 23, 2003 - House Passes Tax Cut Plan - USA PATRIOT Act and War on Terrorism - Bush's World Tour to discuss the World Economy and the Future of Iraq

FRIDAY BRIEF May 9, 2003 A Senate Resolution Condemning Hate Crimes Against Muslims - Evangelical Christians Discuss Christian-Muslim Relations - A Tax-Cut Bill Agreement Reached by Republican Senators

FRIDAY BRIEF May 2, 2003 - President Bush Unveils Road Map for Peace in the Middle East - Senate Confirms Sutton - President Bush Signs Child Protection Bill

April 11, 2003

  • Islamic Institute Calls for Pipes to Apologize
    or Decline Nomination

PRESS RELEASE April 11, 2003 Islamic Institute Calls for Pipes to Apologize or Decline Nomination

FRIDAY BRIEF March 21, 2003 - War in Iraq Begins - Oil Exploration in the - Alaskan Wildlife Refuge Defeated - House Passes Stringent Bankruptcy Bill

FRIDAY BRIEF March 13, 2003 - Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act - Alliance for Marriage Calls on Congress to Pass Marriage Friendly Welfare Reform - Senate Examines Bill to Ban Partial Birth Abortion - Senate Drags Feet on Estrada Nomination

FRIDAY BRIEF March 7, 2003 - Passes Bill to Ban Human Cloning - President Bush Releases New Medicare Plan - Republicans Fail to Invoke Cloture on Estrada Nomination

FRIDAY BRIEF Feb.28, 2003 - New Son of Patriot Act Gains Steam in Congress - Man Found Guilty for driving Truck into Mosque - Support for Estrada vote gaining ground - Zogby Poll reports that John Kerry leads the Democratic Candidates

FRIDAY BRIEF Feb.21, 2003 - Congress Funds INS Program - Estrada Battle Continues - 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidates Increase

FRIDAY BRIEF Feb.14, 2003 - President Bush Proposes 11.7 Billion for Drug Control and Prevention Programs - Senate Deadlock on Estrada Confirmation Continues - Judiciary Committee Approves Cloning Ban

FRIDAY BRIEF Feb. 7, 2003 - A Message on the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster - Morocco Enters Into Free Trade Talks - Democrats Plan to Filibuster Estrada Nomination - New Jersey Lawmakers Propose Law on Human Cloning - Five New Countries Given Deadline for Special Registration Program - EID AL-ADHA

Friday Brief 1/31/2003 - Biased Panel on Islam a Sham - The INS "Special Registration Program:" - A False Solution to a Real Problem - Cloning Debate Returns to Congress - Republicans Push President Bush's Judicial Nominations through Confirmations

Friday Brief 1/9/2003 - BUSH DETAILS ECONOMIC PLAN - DASCHLE WILL NOT SEEK PRESIDENCY IN 2004 - FEDERAL JOB BENEFITS EXTENDED