If we are to believe the latest press releases from Capitol Hill, the leaders of Congress aren’t a bloated, self-serving clique fattened on largesse from lobbyists, but a lean, idealistic and indefatigable band of reformers.
The Speaker of the House and his ambitious colleagues can now think of nothing as important as proposals to restrict Read More
If we are to believe the latest press releases from Capitol Hill, the leaders of Congress aren’t a bloated, self-serving clique fattened on largesse from lobbyists, but a lean, idealistic and indefatigable band of reformers.
The Speaker of the House and his ambitious colleagues can now think of nothing as important as proposals to restrict Read More
CNN is reporting that ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff is pleading guilty to corruption charges. Now the question becomes who goes down with him.
Here’s Melanie Sloan, a former federal prosecutor who runs a liberal watchdog group, in Bloomberg News:
“I believe he has to be giving up members of Congress…Otherwise, Abramoff is as high Read More
For a crude bully who used to bray about lining up Democrats and anti-war protesters to be “shot,” Randy (Duke) Cunningham cried like a little baby the other day when he finally admitted taking millions in bribes from defense contractors.
Forced to resign his office immediately as part of his plea bargain with federal Read More
For a crude bully who used to bray about lining up Democrats and anti-war protesters to be “shot,” Randy (Duke) Cunningham cried like a little baby the other day when he finally admitted taking millions in bribes from defense contractors.
Forced to resign his office immediately as part of his plea bargain with federal prosecutors, Read More
Back when Republicans still behaved like Republicans and conservatives actually believed in conservatism, those worthies aspired to bring us what they considered to be “good government.” Among other things, that meant appointing officials qualified to execute their positions, maintaining fiscal responsibility and insisting on public integrity. The reality frequently failed to fulfill those aspirations, of Read More
“Never stay for the second act,” Web log pioneer Matt Drudge said. Mr. Drudge, in a festive red-banded fedora and a white shirt with the top two buttons undone, was speaking to a group that included Tucker Carlson and ABC news producer Chris Vlasto in the light drizzle outside a stately Wyoming Avenue mansion in Read More
As the rhetoric of the radical right turns shrill and even violent, the stunning moral emptiness of its leadership can no longer be ignored. Pious politicians and political preachers may hope to divert attention from their disgrace by threatening judges or denouncing the media. But what has emerged from the scandals surrounding House Majority Leader Read More
The deepening reds and blues of America’s political map are making it harder and harder to be a Republican member of Congress from New York.
Republicans widened their majority in the House of Representatives by 11 seats between 2000 and 2004, but New York is heading in the other direction, with the Democrats picking up Read More
Two months ago, the Republican members of the House of Representatives voted to repeal the rule that requires any of their leaders indicted for a criminal offense to relinquish his or her leadership post. That remarkable event occurred behind closed doors, without a recorded vote. Only a few members were willing to discuss their strange Read More
