The adjudicatory subcommittee hearing the ethics case of Rep. Charlie Rangel just announced that they have found him guilty on... View Article
Continue readingChutzpah!
We saw a dose of it yesterday in Charlie Rangel’s dramatic exit from his own ethics trial. Today we received... View Article
Continue readingRangel’s big PR move
With no bluff, but all bluster, Rep. Charlie Rangel removed himself from his own ethics trial, declaring that the process... View Article
Continue readingMore on the earmark moratorium
Apparently, the Senate voted earlier this year on whether or not to impose an earmark moratorium for 2010 and 2011.... View Article
Continue readingMcConnell endorses earmark moratorium
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, after stating his support for earmarks, has come out to back a moratorium on earmarks... View Article
Continue readingStories to start the week
1) House Democratic campaign chief Chris Van Hollen is calling for the Senate to pass a bill to bring transparency... View Article
Continue readingNew Congress provides a moment for transparency change
Each new Congress begins with its own unique face. The ascendant Newt Gingrich in 1994, the first woman Speaker of... View Article
Continue readingThe Citizens United Effect: 40 percent of outside money made possible by Supreme Court ruling
In 2002 former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld once flippantly described connections between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda terrorists by saying,... View Article
Continue readingInsanely Useful Election Tools (updated)
There are a lot of web sites out there providing information that can help voters get to the polls and... View Article
Continue readingWhat to read now
1) E.J. Dionne writes about secret money in the Washington Post, “Imagine an election in a Third World nation where... View Article
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