Later this week, Mr.Obama will be able to point to another legislative accomplishment when he signs sweeping financial-system regulatory reform legislation he has battled for since coming to office.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

At St.Charles High School in St.Louis, delivering his 52nd speech on health care since taking office early last year, the president again took aim at Republican calls to scrap the current legislative effort, and those he said favor giving the insurance industry even more power than it has now.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

"The attorney general must explain the Justice Department's actions to the public so that we can make sure this kind of press intimidation does not happen again, " said Laura Murphy, the director of ACLU's Washington legislative office.

WSJ: Gov't probe obtains wide swath of AP phone records

"This nomination is too important to proceed without the Senate first knowing what happened during Brennan's tenures at the CIA and the White House, and whether all of his conduct was within the law, " Laura W. Murphy, director of the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office, said in a statement.

CNN: Obama taps Brennan as CIA director

C. legislative office of the American Civil Liberties Union, says that free speech advocates worry that the cyberharassment laws are too vague and far-reaching because, at least in theory, they can be used to cover speech that is merely offensive or uncomfortable, if the target claims they feel emotional distress as a result of the communication.

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