US House
Gee, I wonder why?
Politics – Senators found unwilling to share tax info
Most U.S. senators are unwilling to share the kind of personal tax information they demand to confirm Cabinet appointees, a survey indicated.
Even as such senators as Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, grilled Obama administration appointees on lapses in paying their taxes, they were among 55 [...]
Quick Hits
Emptying out my drafts folder:
Top 9 Good Habits For A Deep Recession – These are good habits when there’s no recession.
From the Pew Research Center, The Religious Makeup of Congress – a nice graphical representation of the religious beliefs of the Congress compared with the American public as a whole.
By the director of new media [...]
Get a spine
GOP Senators Uneasy With Ejecting Stevens from Caucus
Many of Stevens’ Republican colleagues fretted Monday that DeMint’s motion is premature, given that the outcome of Stevens’ re-election bid remains uncertain.
Vote the bum out already.
Perhaps we need a Blackberry control law
Are members [of Congress] BlackBerry addicts?
We have to do something. There’s just too much influence on Congress from these things.
We could limit usage of the devices. It would require registration, no doubt.
And then we could have each caller register as a lobbyist before the representative or senator takes their call.
I’m sure you have other ideas.
Lobbyists and term limits
Jim Burkee, a Republican candidate for Wisconsin’s fifth congressional district, writes at his MequonNOW blog, Responsibility Now, and raises some questions that need consideration,
Thus was born the K Street Project – Tom DeLay’s decade-long effort make Republicans the primary beneficiaries of lobbyist cash (Washington’s K Street is home to many of its most powerful [...]
Putting The Hastert Seat Loss in Context
From the Washington Post’s political blog, The Fix
The fact that voters in an exurban district that went for Bush by double digits in 2000 and 2004 opted for the Democratic national message is telling. It suggests that the national political landscape is decidedly tilted in Democrats’ favor — that the uneven playing field of [...]
They can hope all they want …
GOP Hopes Voter Anger Cuts Both Way (from Breitbart.com)
Republican strategists hope a volatile electorate will save the party from congressional losses in 2008 that appear possible due to a string of setbacks.
Democrats hold clear edges in raising money, limiting retirements and deflecting public anger.
In the latest sign, the party’s House campaign committee said Wednesday [...]
Another Republican in Congress to Retire
From AP via Breitbart
Rep. David Hobson, a nine-term Republican from Ohio, announced plans to retire Sunday, the 12th member of his party to do so since the beginning of the year.
“I wanted to go out on top,” said Hobson, who said his health is good. He would have faced token opposition at best had he [...]
