So what is HR 451 you ask? Well it deals with corruption. Here is how Pelosi’s site describes it: The House has passed HR 451, introduced by Democrats, which calls on the ethics committee to either empanel an investigative subcommitee or report to the House describing its reasons for not doing so within 30 days […]
About time we get another corrupt politician taken care of: An indictment charging Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., in a long-running bribery investigation is being announced Monday, federal officials said. The indictment is being handed up in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. A press conference was being organized for late Monday in Washington to discuss the […]
Today’s New York Times takes an in depth look at Monica Goodling’s involvement in the USA purge: Two years ago, Robin C. Ashton, a seasoned criminal prosecutor at the Department of Justice, learned from her boss that a promised promotion was no longer hers. “You have a Monica problem,†Ms. Ashton was told, according to […]
One of the issues about the fired U.S. attorneys is that members of Congress pushed one fired attorney about a case involving Democrats. Everyone agrees that this kind of congressional pressure is out of line and possible unethical. So why does the former chair of the House Judiciary Committee feel he doesn’t have to follow […]
Perhaps this is an example of how well the current system actually works: A Virginia district court found Virginia Tech killer Seung-Hui Cho to be “mentally ill” and an imminent danger to others,” according to a 2005 temporary detention order obtained by ABC News. Virginia Tech police say Cho was taken to a nearby psychiatric […]
Today’s New York Times has a look at a newly released report on voter fraud that is very interesting. It appears that a lot of politics may have gone into this report to change the outcome, and the final report was approved by the 2 Republicans and 1 Democrat on the commission. A federal panel […]
On Late Edition, Wolf Blitzer had Arlen Specter and Joe Lieberman discussing Nancy Pelosi’s Syria trip. Today we got Specter, a Republican, defending Pelosi’s trip, while Lieberman, the man who claims to be a Democrat, bashing Pelosi. (video just uploaded so it will take a minute) Lieberman played his usual role as mouth piece for […]
Rudy is upset that people are talking about his current wife and wants the media to back off: Several candidates for president are on a fast pace for fundraising. Democrat Hillary Clinton has set a record and Republican Rudy Giuliani isn’t far behind.But it’s what Giuliani said Monday that will likely steal the headlines. The […]
Just when you thought we were done with this guy, he’s back: Inside the Beltway has learned that former Sen. George Allen, Virginia Republican, will host a private dinner in Old Town Alexandria in the coming days to discuss whether to seek the Senate seat now held by senior Republican Sen. John W. Warner, if […]
And by terrorist #1 I mean Joe Lieberman. He is trying to hijack the Democrat’s majority by threatening to switch sides if the Democrats try to restrict funds to the war. Well the Democratic leadership in the Senate is going a step further. They are now working on legislation to re-examine the 2002 authorization to […]