Senate Democrats and moderate Republicans on the war supp: Miserable failures
Read it and weep, Nutroots.
Democrats and the “Fairness Doctrine”
Because they no longer have a monopoly on both the MSM and the opinion media, some Congressional Democrats are crying ‘foul’ and indicating they’d support a return to the Fairness Doctrine. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) has played an active role in trying to bring it back. Now, according to two members of the House Democrat Caucus, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer are on board. Via the American Spectator (emphasis added):
Rep. William “Fridge” Jefferson fights to keep feds out of his Congressional office
After being caught on tape accepting a bribe, and having that $90,000 bribe stuffed in his home freezer in DC, Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) is fighting for the ‘rights’ of Congress to be able to hide and protect incriminating evidence in their Washington, DC offices. Via CNN’s Political Ticker:
Lobbying reform ‘loses steam’ in the House
The gettin’s gettin’ too good to get rid of. Via AP: