US Senate pushes for democracy in Egypt
Washington - A resolution has been drafted in the Senate by Russ Feingold and John McCain to urge President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt to "to take all steps necessary to ensure that upcoming elections are free, fair, transparent and credible, including granting independent international and domestic electoral observers unrestricted access", and it has attracted co-sponsors from across the aisles like Senators Al Franken and Jon Kyl. The resolution also calls for the goverment to revoke the Egyptian Emergency Law and to release all detainees arrested under that law.