Murtha to be reprimanded over earmark threat?
Remember last week the little verbal sparring match that took place between Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) over earmarks last week? Here’s a refresher, via the Politico:
WaPo makes hay out of Republican ‘parliamentary procedure’, ignores Pelosi’s power grab attempt
There is a two page piece in the Washington Post today with a headline that reads House GOP Uses Procedural Tactic To Frustrate Democratic Majority. Here’s how most of the article goes:
Hope for the Senate to swing back into a Republican majority next year?
The WaPo’s “Politics” blog has a list of potentially hot 2008 Senate races which could either give Democrats a bit of a cushion in the Senate, or help Republicans regain the majority by a slim margin. Of course, if reactions to the Senate amnesty bill are any indication, Republicans could very well lose big next year in the Senate, regardless of the outcome of any of those races mentioned in the WaPo piece.