Congressman John Murtha remains the king of pork, bringing over 150 million dollars to his Congressional District in Pennsylvania.
A Federal Appeals Court has ruled that the FBI went too far in their search of Congressman William Jefferson's office. I would hope that our top law enforcement agency would get it right the first time around in a case of this importance.
An Arkansas couple, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar became the parents of their seventeenth child this week. The kids range in age from 19 to 2 and Mr. Duggar said they would love to have more. I don't know about you but 17 seems like an awful lot, and I like kids.
Democrat Senator Diane Feinstein exhibited something rarely seen in Washington these days, courage - and voted with 9 Republican Senators to send the nomination of Leslie Southwick to the full Senate for a vote. Good for Senator Feinstein.
Bridge collapses in Minneapolis killing at least 7. That is a scary thought to be driving down a main multi-lane road and end up in the Mississippi River.
Congress plays politics at the Attorney General level. Is it too much to ask the Congress to just legislate and not play politics with high ranking officials?
Trent Lott has never been one of my favorite politicians. This story in The Hill just makes me think that Mitch McConnell had better be very careful with this guy.
Well, this story makes it pretty clear that the monkeys do run the zoo. Wonder if it's like this in DC?
Ten Minute Misconduct has an excellent post on Fred Thompson and his run for the White House. Check it out.
Make sure you read Hugh Hewitt's interview with New York Times Pulitzer Prize winner John Burns on how the surge is working.
Chief Justice John Roberts received a telephone call from President Bush, and assured the President that he was fine.
Patrick Ruffini has an important article today about the spending trends for in house staff of the Democrat and Republicans. It is a disturbing analysis, and one that we all need to look at. According to Patrick about 36% of the Democrats' Web budgets are dedicated to staff, while less than 8% of the Republican Budgets are. Read the entire article at Patrick Ruffini's site.
Chief Justice Roberts evidently suffered a seizure, which caused him to fall approximately five to ten feet onto a dock. He was said to be alert and aware, but will remain in the hospital overnight. The Chief Justice had suffered a similar seizure about 13 years ago.
Politico is reporting that the IRS and FBI are raiding Senator Ted Stevens' Alaska home. This is not good news, but again, I remind everyone of the presumption of innocence that forms the core of our legal system.
Interesting blog in the Tennessean asking the question. Senator Frist has been busy fundraising for Republican state lawmakers. The election isn't until 2010, so hopefully that will be enough time to convince him.
An ATM machine at a truck stop in Louisiana gave out $20 bills instead of $5's. How honest would you have been? Hopefully almost everyone did the right thing and turned the extra money in. Especially in view of the fact that the ATM machine keeps records of when the money was taken and by whom.
Check out the great article at Ten Minute Misconduct about fans honoring the world's worst poet.
Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney is suing the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for libel. Someone needs to have a talk with her.
A recent article in the Politico shows how far behind the Republican party really is. According to the article, in the first six months of this year, The Dems federal candidates and the party's three national committees raised $381 million, compared to the Republican's $291 million. And the statistics only get worse. The Republican Party has a lot of work to do if they hope to close the gap by 2008.
The Politico has a story by Mike Allen that suggests that Fred Thompson's campaign may be over before it begins. I would simply say, not so fast, everyone. The gist of the story is that Thompson will report around 3 Million dollars in fundraising, far short of what the experts expected. But keep in mind that the period in question is only from June 4 to June 30, not a very long period of time at all. Plus, he still hasn't officially announced. I agree that he needs to move pretty soon, but it's way too early to count him out.
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