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June 2007
April 2007
Electronic voting has come to France - International Herald Tribune
by padawan
As Election Day approaches, opposition to electronic voting machines has swelled, in part because a small percentage of them are made by the same American company involved in a disputed congressional election in Florida last November.
January 2007
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October 2006
'Gay' activist held info about Foley
by jasontromm
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A radical activist on a mission to "out" conservative homosexual lawmakers and Capitol Hill staffers held on to information about Rep. Mark Foley's relationships with underage male pages, suggesting the story would break at the time of mid-term elections.
Blogger Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit points to a campaign by two activists who had Foley on their "target list" of 20 people and shared the information with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
()() This seems to be the smoking gun that proves the Democratic leadership knew about Foley for months and did nothing about it.
Foley shames Republicans, but would do Democrats proud
by jasontromm
The Democrats finally have their issue. Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned his seat in the House of Representatives on Friday, September 29, after news leaked that he had sexually harassed an underage male Congressional page. Foley repeatedly e-mailed and instant messaged the page, revoltingly asking him to undress, to measure his genitals with a ruler, to list details regarding frequency and method of masturbation, and to tell Foley when he was aroused. "[I'd] love to slip [your shorts] off you and [grab] the one-eyed snake," Foley messaged the teen.
GOP unworthy of governing
by jasontromm
Following the revelations about Florida Rep. Mark Foley's sexually suggestive e-mails to a 16-year-old congressional page, I have concluded Republicans are unworthy of retaining control of the federal government.
I sincerely regret this is the case.
I would much prefer that there were a real viable alternative to the Democrats, who are not only unworthy, but also unacceptable.
August 2006
ACLU Accused of Profiting at Taxpayer Expense
by jasontromm
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is guilty of "judicial blackmail," according to the American Legion, which is pushing for congressional legislation to end one of the ACLU's streams of revenue.
Judges would be stripped of the authority to award attorney fees to the ACLU and similar groups in cases involving the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment Establishment Clause, if the American Legion gets its way.
July 2006
CAGW Releases 2005 Congressional Ratings
by jasontromm
Since 1989, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) has examined Congressional roll-call votes to determine which members of Congress are voting in the interest of taxpayers. Our goal is to applaud the members who want to protect our tax dollars and cut spending. At the same time, CAGW wants to alert the taxpaying public to those who prefer big government and using public funds for pet programs and pork-barrel spending.
As a result of lobbying, ethics scandals, and increased scrutiny of pork-barrel projects that were slipped into authorization and appropriations bills, it would make sense that the 2005 Congressional Ratings would have shown significant improvement over 2004. Unfortunately for taxpayers, there was minimal progress. Congress, particularly the Senate, turned a tin ear to taxpayers and voted for more wasteful spending.
Editor's Note: All three of my representatives got "Taxpayer Hero" ratings although I'm not sure Inglis and Graham deserved it.
May 2006
After Protests, Backlash Grows
by jasontromm
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While a series of marches focused much of the nation's attention on the plight of illegal immigrants, scores of other Americans quietly seethed. Now, with the same full-throated cry expressed by those in the country illegally, they are shouting back.
Congressional leaders in Washington have gotten bricks in the mail from a group that advocates building a border fence, states in the West and South have drawn up tough anti-immigrant laws, and ordinary citizens, such as Janis McDonald of Pennsylvania, who considers herself a liberal, are not mincing words in expressing their displeasure.
April 2006
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Political Action
by aflciopolitical
2006 Endorsements U.S. Senate Herb Kohl * 2nd Congressional District Tammy Baldwin * 3rd Congressional District Ron Kind * 4th Congressional District Gwen Moore * 5th Congressional District Bryan Kennedy * 7th Congressional District Dave Obey * Governor J
NJ: CQPolitics.com - Last-Minute Filers Fail to Shake Up State’s Top Contests
by aflciopolitical
Though there were several last-minute filers before Monday’s candidate filing deadline in New Jersey, the most competitive congressional races were cemented months earlier. That is especially so for the state’s marquee race this year, the Senate conte
ACLU endorses bill limiting pregnancy center rights; even some abortion doctors question use of RU 486
by jasontromm
A new congressional effort to police advertising by crisis pregnancy centers is unnecessary, pro-life advocates said, and unconstitutional, free-speech defenders charged.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which has long promoted itself as the leading defender of freedom of speech and civil rights, is right in the middle of the controversy, promoting the new legislation to the surprise of some.
March 2006
CT: Second Congressional District Watch
by aflciopolitical
United to Reclaim the Second Congressional District (Dem)
February 2006
Congressional staff actions prompt Wikipedia investigation - Wikinews
by Kossatsch
Rumpfuschen an der Wikipedia...
January 2006
New Rules, Same Game
by jasontromm
Last week Ron Paul mailed each of his congressional colleagues a copy of a speech outlining his views on the lobbying and ethics scandals engulfing Washington. "I'm afraid many of them won’t like my conclusion: to reduce corruption in government, we must make government less powerful-- and hence less interesting to lobbyists."
Covert CIA Program Withstands New Furor
by multilinko
The effort President Bush authorized shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, to fight al Qaeda has grown into the largest CIA covert action program since the height of the Cold War, expanding in size and ambition despite a growing outcry at home and abroad over its clandestine tactics, according to former and current intelligence officials and congressional and administration sources.The broad-based effort, known within the agency by the initials GST, is compartmentalized into dozens of highly classified individual programs, details of which are known mainly to those directly involved.
December 2005
FISA vs. the Constitution
by jasontromm
Congress can't usurp the president's power to spy on America's enemies.
In the continuing saga of the surveillance "scandal," with some congressional Democrats denouncing President Bush as a lawbreaker and even suggesting that impeachment hearings may be in order, it is important to step back and put things in historical context. First of all, the Founding Fathers knew from experience that Congress could not keep secrets. In 1776, Benjamin Franklin and his four colleagues on the Committee of Secret Correspondence unanimously concluded that they could not tell the Continental Congress about covert assistance being provided by France to the American Revolution, because "we find by fatal experience that Congress consists of too many members to keep secrets."
Report implicating Clinton: Will it be hidden for good?
by jasontromm
Bipartisan congressional negotiators squelch independent counsel's findings
Though it has had scant attention from the mainstream media, a bipartisan effort to squelch an independent counsel's final report on Clinton-era abuse of the Internal Revenue Service and Justice Department has gotten the attention of Web activists and commentators, causing a growing call for the release of the document that is said to including damning evidence against the 42nd president and his administration.
22 Congressmen Hate Christmas
by jasontromm
This year's "War for Christmas" -- keeping "Christ" in the holiday has apparently been won. And, like many "wars," there has even been a Congressional resolution in support of keeping Christmas alive and well.
