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    Frist: No New Spy Legislation Needed (AP)

AP - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, standing firmly with the White
 House on the administration's eavesdropping program, said Sunday he
 doesn't think new or updated legislation is needed to govern domestic
 surveillance to foil terrorists.

    Lawmakers Call for Overhauling FEMA (AP)

AP - The Federal Emergency Management Agency should be dissolved and
 rebuilt before the upcoming hurricane season, a Democratic senator said
 Sunday.

    Dems: Public Won't Like Medicare Plan (AP)

AP - Democrats predict the public will dislike the new Medicare
 prescription drug program more as they learn details about it, but
 Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said the program will be "a huge
 plus" for Republicans politically.

    Clinton: Secrecy Sparked Shooting Reaction (AP)

AP - Former President Clinton said Sunday the Bush administration's
 "enormous penchant for secrecy" sparked the strong reaction to Vice
 President Dick Cheney's shooting mishap.

    Bush Tries His Hand at Winter Sports (AP)

AP - President Bush tried his own version of winter sports this weekend
 -- two bike rides in subfreezing temperatures -- after watching some of
 the Winter Olympics on Air Force One on Friday.

    Chertoff Defends Review of Ports Takeover (AP)

AP - Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff on Sunday defended the
 government's security review of an Arab company given permission to
 take over operations at six major U.S. ports.

    Box: Bush Spending Cut Plan Faces Critics (AP)

AP - THE PROPOSAL: Like several predecessors, President Bush wants the
 power to delete individual, or "line item," provisions he deems
 wasteful in the spending bills that Congress sends him.

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