Even after Scooter got his “get out of jail free” card from Bush, the case continues to get more interesting. Scott McClellan is set to have his memoirs hit the shelves in April and it includes juicy information like this: “I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in […]
When our Congress lets someone act like a king long enough, then they start thinking they are one: The Bush administration is losing patience with Gordon Brown over Iran, with senior American diplomats frustrated by his reluctance to declare bluntly that the Islamic state must never be allowed nuclear weapons. Hey Bush – perhaps they […]
From the administration that HATES everything America stands for: A top intelligence official says it is time people in the United States changed their definition of privacy. Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, a deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguards people’s private communications […]
Now it appears the Pelosi and Reid aren’t even going to try and fight for ending the Iraq War: Democratic leaders in Congress are quietly preparing to give President Bush essentially everything he wants to keep the Iraq war going for at least another six months without forcing any change in course. Swept into power […]
And the latest asshole leaving Congress – Pete Domenici: Veteran Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) is expected to announce tomorrow that he will retire from the Senate in 2008, according to several informed sources, a decision that further complicates an already difficult playing field for Republicans next November. Domenici has struggled with health problems over the […]
Or perhaps the White House isn’t planning that: After smothering efforts by war critics in Congress to drastically cut U.S. troop levels in Iraq, President Bush plans to ask lawmakers next week to approve another massive spending measure — totaling nearly $200 billion — to fund the war through next year, Pentagon officials said. If […]
I guess not: cloture vote in the Senate just moments ago on whether or not D.C. residents will get congressional representation ended up with 57 Ayes and 42 Nos, meaning Democrats and moderate Republicans weren’t able to find the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster organized by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. The citizens […]
I added a new feature to the site today. It is in the far right sidebar and it allows you to search for your representative, as well as media outlets in your area and view current issues in Congress. The widget is powered by Congress.org and will hopefully provide an easier means of finding out […]
There was a lot of attention give to General Petraeus saying he didn’t know if Iraq was making us safer. For those that missed it, here it the clip from yesterday’s Senate hearing: This was a very damming answer and could be detrimental to the warring morale of our troops. For their commander to say […]
All this man does is lie to the Congress, the American people and the World. It won’t stop until he is out of office either: A previously undisclosed exchange of letters shows that President Bush was told in advance by his top Iraq envoy in May 2003 of a plan to “dissolve Saddam’s military and […]