Considering all the media has been able to talk about is the fact that there was a choice to be made for the House Majority Leader, it is apparent the Democrats are doing a great job. Even today on This Week, the talk with new Majority Leader Steny Hoyer was about the vote. It is […]
Denny Hoyer has been elected the new Majority Leader of the House Democrats
Harry Reid – Majority Leader Robert Byrd – President Pro Tempore Dick Durbin – Asst. Majority Leader Barbara Boxer – Chief Deputy Whip Bill Nelson, Thomas Carper and Russ Feingold – Deputy Whips House results should be later on today.
Think Progress is compiling a very nice timeline of the Foley incident. I want to bring to attention a certain date range so you can see if you notice what is missing: 2005 — Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) sends inappropriate emails to another former Congressional page. [CREW] SEPTEMBER 2005 — Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA), who […]
Last night I reported about the discrepencies in the story between Hastert and Boehner. Hastert said he was never told of Foley and Boehner said he told Hastert. Now it looks like the story has taken another turn (big ht to Josh Marshall) From the Washington Post The resignation rocked the Capitol, and especially Foley’s GOP […]
According to this report, you were made aware of Foley’s actions and it is apparent you did nothing. Why did you not take action? As majority leader, you should have addressed this situation. Perhaps a better situation for your party would have been vigilance and removed Foley from all positions of power pending an investigation. […]
Well imagine this. The Republicans are holding the lower class citizens hostage yet again: Republican leaders are willing to allow the first minimum wage increase in a decade but only if it’s coupled with a cut in future inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates, congressional aides said Friday. A package GOP leaders planned to bring to […]
So what has the Abramoff scandal taught the leadership in Congress? According to this – nothing: Representative John A. Boehner won the job of House majority leader amid a post-Abramoff clamor for an overhaul of lobbying and ethics rules. But nearly six months later, the changes are still tied up in Congress. And far from […]
This really shows the fantasy land that Republicans choose to live in: Senator Bill Frist (R-TN) appeared on CNN’s American Morning to explain why the Senate is spending time on issues like flag burning while polls indicate that the American people are more concerned about Iraq and the economy. CNN host Miles O’Brien asked Frist […]
So the stock market is back to the 2005 levels, inflation is rising, people are losing jobs, people who have jobs have an insecure feeling about their income, the national debt is at record levels, we got army bases who might get the power shut off for failure to pay bills, etc., etc., etc. So […]