Just in time for the next election cycle: The Senate Ethics Committee has begun issuing subpoenas to those caught up in the sex and lobbying scandal surrounding Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and his former aides, Doug and Cindy Hampton. Several people close to the scandal said they received document subpoenas on Thursday from the committee […]
The practice of leaving the Senate to become a lobbyist is all to common: “It used to be that lawmakers were coy about any ideas they had about heading for K Street, waiting until their terms ended before announcing they were beginning a more lucrative career,” Politico’s Kenneth Vogel opines. Not anymore. Florida Sen. Mel […]
For wanting to be leaders, these idiots sure do have short term memory loss: The House Republican campaign chairman, at odds with Speaker Dennis Hastert over when Hastert learned about ex-Rep. Mark Foley’s come-ons to teenage male pages, was questioned Tuesday by an ethics panel. Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., would not comment afterward on his […]
Keeping with talking about Delay (after all he is so much fun to talk about), here is an interesting little piece of news fromPolitical Money Line: Rep. Tom DeLay filed a report with the Clerk of the House of Representatives indicating he received free travel valued at $13,998.55 from Fox News Sunday for “officially connected […]