Category: Misc

Well this is really fishy. It looks like Hassert and Frist slipped some legislation into the Defense Appropriations Bill AFTER the bill was alread voted on. Aravosis has all the details.

Charlie Cook is highly regarded political analysts in Washington. Yesterday he put out an article that really gives Democrats some hope: A year ago, with Republican victories in the 2004 elections still fresh and with President Bush’s job-approval ratings still above 50 percent, Democrats’ chances of capturing the House looked fairly slim. Today, however, with […]

Looks like the Democrats have recruited another veteran to serve in Congress: PENNSYLVANIA. Dems have recruited another top notch candidate to place another Congressional seat in play. Navy Admiral Joe Sestak — who retired last months after 31 years in the military — has announced his candidacy against ten-term Congressman Curt Weldon (R) in the […]

Turns out Gonzalez can authorize a wiretap for up to a year under FISA as Georgia10 points out: First, let me point out that under Section 1802, the government can wiretap a foreign power for up to one year without a warrant. Not 72 hours. An entire year. This provision is applicable when the Attorney […]

Turns out Gonzalez can authorize a wiretap for up to a year under FISA asGeorgia10 points out: First, let me point out that under Section 1802, the government can wiretap a foreign power for up to one year without a warrant. Not 72 hours. An entire year. This provision is applicable when the Attorney General […]

Tornado season is just around the corner and then we get back into hurricane season. During the off season, Washington had a great time frame to right some wrongs that were exposed during Katrina. Instead they have chosen to not cooperate with Capital Hill in investigating the failures. Now we might here even more details […]

From Newsweek: If you read enough numbers, you never know what you’ll find. Take President Bush and private Social Security accounts. Last year, even though Bush talked endlessly about the supposed joys of private accounts, he never proposed a specific plan to Congress and never put privatization costs in the budget. But this year, with […]

Raw Story has the details. The story is still developing but this is a huge step in the right direction and could signal the start of a full House inquiry.

Think Progress has all the details.

This is just down right sad: WHILE ATTORNEY GENERAL Alberto Gonzalez assures the U.S. Senate that the Bush Administration’s domestic eavesdropping program is a vital “early warning system” for terrorists, another homeland security measure strikes at a local elementary school. The kindergarten class at Lakewood’s Taft Elementary was planning a field trip to NASA Glenn […]