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Obama's $1 million earmark

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: March 13, 2008 · Comments (7)

Barack Obama finally released his list of earmarks, and one that jumps out is the 2006 request for $1 million for a new building at the University of Chicago Hospital, reports Dan Riehl (visit link for details and sources). It sure is a small world, isn't it? You are NOT... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Jack Kevorkian to run for Congress

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 13, 2008 · Comments (1)

He plans to run as a candidate with no party affilition. Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, who spent eight years in prison for second-degree murder, says he's running for Congress. Kevorkian, who will be 80 years old in May, picked up petitions from the Oakland County Clerk's Office on Tuesday... [Full Story]

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2nd ever Muslim elected to Congress

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 12, 2008 · Comments (1)

Will Dennis Prager's head do a 360 if and when Carson gets sworn in on a Quran? From AP- INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Democrat Andre Carson won't have much time to bask in his special election victory. In just eight weeks, he faces another vote for the same congressional seat. Carson,... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Republican Congressman Rick Renzi indicted in Arizona land deal

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 22, 2008 · Comments (4)

The Federal charges against Renzi and a business associate include extortion. WASHINGTON - Republican Rep. Rick Renzi was charged Friday with extortion, wire fraud, money laundering and other crimes in an Arizona land swap that authorities say helped him collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in payoffs. A 26-page federal... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Rep. John Shadegg won't seek re-election

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 12, 2008

He has represented the Arizona 3rd Congressional District since 1995. From the Arizona Republic- Saying he never intended to be a professional politician, Rep. John Shadegg announced Monday that he will not seek re-election to an eighth term in Congress. Just weeks ago, Shadegg spoke confidently about his ability to... [Full Story]

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Oregon 5th Congresswoman Darlene Hooley announces her retirement

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 8, 2008

This marginal district could be a possible pickup for the GOP in November. From CQ Politics- Democratic officials have an urgent candidate recruiting job on their hands in Oregon's 5th District. That's because Thursday's surprise announcement by Democratic Rep. Darlene Hooley -- that she will retire rather than seek a... [Full Story]

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Do you really want to know what I think Congressman Robert Wexler

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: January 29, 2008 · Comments (3)

I don't live in the Florida 19th Congressional District but I got a email from Robert Wexler today. Here it comes- Dear WILLIAM, I have been a member of Congress for 12 years, representing Palm Beach and Broward Counties in Congress and speaking on behalf of Floridians and progressives throughout... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Richard Baker to leave Congress February 6th

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: January 15, 2008 · Comments (1)

The Republican, who respresented the LA 6th district for 22 years is just following the money. WASHINGTON - The dean of Louisiana's congressional delegation, Rep. Richard Baker, has decided to step down from Congress after 22 years to take a lucrative job in the private sector representing investors he has... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Congress finally passes Alternative Minimum tax legislation

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 20, 2007 · Comments (7)

This is only a temporary fix for 2007. From AP- More than 20 million taxpayers will escape the alternative minimum tax this year, thanks to a stopgap measure Congress approved Wednesday. But lawmakers waited so late in the year to vote that many early filers could have to wait until... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (2 votes cast)

Rep. Alcee Hastings thinks Christmas resolution a plot

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 17, 2007 · Comments (8)

Apparently the congressman hasn't noticed how commercial Christmas has become. From the Palm Beach Post- U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, was one of only nine House members last week to vote against a resolution "recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith." A Hastings statement said the resolution was... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.7/5 (7 votes cast)

Congresswoman Mary Bono marries Congressman Connie Mack IV

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 16, 2007

The new couple had their nuptials yesterday. ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Mary Bono, who was married to late singer-turned-politician Sonny Bono and replaced him in Congress after his death, has married U.S. Rep. Connie Mack. Bono's sister, Katherine Whitaker, told The Associated Press the couple were married Saturday in a private... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (1 votes cast)

Congresswoman Julia Carson dead at 69

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 15, 2007 · Comments (1)

She served in Congress a little over 10 years. Today she passed away from lung cancer. RIP. Note- The Indiana 7th, which Carson represented, is comfortably Democratic. While a Republican is certain to run in a special election, their chances of winning are next to nil. INDIANAPOLIS - Rep. Julia... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (2 votes cast)

How to pass a stem cell research bill? Congressman Robert Wexler says indict VP Cheney

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 10, 2007 · Comments (6)

First I have to admit Wexler was my congressman for 6 years. The district I then resided in hadn't seen a serious Republican candidate for the seat since 1988 and still hasn't till till today. From the Palm Beach Post- What do higher fuel-efficiency standards, expanded children's health care and... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.4/5 (5 votes cast)

NJ Senator Lautenberg blames airport near misses on Bush Administration

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 7, 2007

There have been at least three close calls at US airports in the last six months. From AP- WASHINGTON - There is "a high risk of a catastrophic runway collision occurring in the United States" because of faltering federal leadership, malfunctioning technology and overworked air traffic controllers, congressional investigators concluded... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Maria Cantwell aide arrested in sex sting, fired

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 4, 2007 · Comments (3)

James Michael McHaney was charged in court last Saturday. A member of U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell's staff has been charged in federal court after a sting operation in which he allegedly solicited sex from what he thought was a 13-year-old boy. James Michael McHaney, 28, was charged Saturday in U.S.... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Former Congressman Henry Hyde dead at 83

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: November 29, 2007

Hyde will most likely be remembered for his abortion stance and his work on Bill Clinton's impreachment. Controversial stands, but Hyde was called by the Almanac of American Politics 'one of the most intellectually honest members of Congress.' You could agree or disagree with Hyde, but either way he was... [Full Story]

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Cong. Alcee Hastings doesn't think much of Harry Reid's political skills

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: November 27, 2007 · Comments (2)

From the Palm Beach Post- Hastings told a Democratic Professionals Council lunch in West Palm Beach last week he's frustrated when bills passed by the Democrat-controlled House stall in the Democrat-controlled Senate, where filibustering and the narrow partisan split give Republicans more clout. "I like Harry Reid, but Mitch McConnell... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Moran the moron

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 16, 2007 · Comments (3)

In word and deed, few elected officials have demonstrated the mental deterioration of Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.). Over the years, he has continually acted and spoken irrationally. More of the same from Extreme Mortman: Today's Washington Post chronicles Rep. Jim Moran's (D-VA) latest pilgrimage to the anti-Semitic side of town:... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.1/5 (7 votes cast)

Rudy rips Hillary on Iraq

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 13, 2007 · Comments (1)

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani isn't letting Senator Hillary Clinton off on her questioning of General David Petraeus, report Teddy Davis, Jan Simmonds, Jennifer Parker, and Sunlen Miller for ABC News: Giuliani accused Clinton of "playing into" a MoveOn.org ad that ran in the New York Times Monday that... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Grand jury subpoenas Doolittle aides

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 5, 2007 · Comments (3)

Two top congressional aides have been called in the investigation of Abramoff-related scandals, reports Susan Crabtree for The Hill: A grand jury has subpoenaed Rep. John Doolittle's (R-Calif.) chief of staff and deputy chief of staff to testify about evidence uncovered in an FBI probe into his and his wife's... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

CNN: Craig to resign

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 31, 2007 · Comments (2)

Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig, immersed in a sex scandal, will soon resign, CNN is reporting: Several well-placed GOP sources in Washington and Idaho have told CNN that embattled Republican Sen. Larry Craig is likely to resign soon, possibly as early as Friday. GOP sources with knowledge of the situation... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Purge, Comrade?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 22, 2007 · Comments (7)

Prominent leftist bloggers Matt Stoller and Chris Bowers are compiling dossiers on Democratic members of Congress they consider insufficiently "progressive," as Joe Tobacco notes at Cadillac Tight: We want to put a stop to the embrace of conservative values among House Democrats, and make sure that when Democrats are elected,... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (8 votes cast)

FBI investigates Ted Stevens

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 16, 2007 · Comments (1)

Alaska's Republican Senator Ted Stevens has become known as the Senate's "King of Pork" for such outrageous earmarks as the "bridge to nowhere" that benefited only 50 people at a cost of over $200 million in taxpayer funds. Now, he may have to trade in his crown for prison garb,... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (6 votes cast)

Ohio Rep. Pryce to step down

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 15, 2007

UPDATE 16 Aug 3:10 p.m.: It's now official. Deborah Pryce, Republican who has represented Ohio's 15th District for seven terms, will not seek reelection in 2008, reports John McCarthy of the Associated Press: Seven-term Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce, who last year faced the toughest race of her congressional career, won't... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.5/5 (6 votes cast)

Senatorial embarrassment

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 18, 2007 · Comments (2)

As I write, the Senate is still in all-night session in "debate" over the Democratic plan to surrender and run from Iraq. It will accomplish nothing, except perhaps feed some red meat to the hard anti-war left, unhappy with the slow progress towards defeat. When Republicans held the majority and... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (3 votes cast)

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