In response to allegations of unethical conduct among U.S. senators - including the possible exchange of votes for campaign contributions - The National Center for Public Policy Research has joined other organizations in asking the U.S. Department of Justice's Public ...
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After more than 20 years in Washington, I shouldn't be naive, but there is an aspect to the "leaked" Judiciary memos controversy that I just don't get. Specifically: why are government documents of this type not automatically open to the ...
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New York Times has an editorial, Computer Hackers in the Senate, today on the Judiciary Committee travesty. The editorial is a travesty, too. Reading it, you can't tell that the leaked memos revealed wrongdoing. You can't even tell that there ...
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Very nice Robert Novak column today posted on townhall.com on the Judiciary Committee scandal. Novak draws on his long-time Washington experience when he sees comparisons between this case and that of the Pentagon Papers 30 years ago. He also reveals ...
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Departure Statement of Manuel A. Miranda Today I announce my departure as Counsel to the Senate Majority Leader, Dr. Bill Frist. I have departed so as not to distract the Leader from pursuing a needed legislative agenda for the American ...
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Our David Almasi takes on the judiciary committee controversy, calling the charges against staffers of Senator Pat Leahy "grave" and complaining, as many conservatives are, that Senators Hatch and Frist are letting the real ethical issues be "spun away." Speaking ...
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Mychal Massie, a member of the black conservative group Project 21, expresses regrets in this editorial that Senators Hatch and Frist aren't standing behind their man ...
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Project 21's Kimberley Jane Wilson takes a look at the other Jackson, Michael, in a timely essay we've just posted online. Memorable for me are the stories she tells in the fourth paragraph ...
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Over the years I've taken to collecting old books and articles (old being 20-30 years ago), when the low-budget versions of today's environmental movement predicted global cooling. Today, on Rush Limbaugh's website, he has posted a text file and pdf ...
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The Left Says: "[President Bush's] decision [in his State of the union address] to re-endorse the Social Security overhaul plan from his last campaign was terrifying. Mr. Bush has long advocated that younger workers be allowed to set aside part ...
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