Congress 
Politico: A fumble on the Farm Bill(0)
Washington, D.C. (politico.com): The House moved quickly to override President Bush’s veto of the Farm Bill Wednesday - so quickly that lawmakers may have to do it again.
One hundred Republicans joined 216 Democrats on the 316-108 vote, which came just hours after the White House had returned the $307 billion, five-year measure.
The action reflected growing [...]
Oil Execs before the US Senate
Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): I reported yesterday on the US major oil executives testifying before the US Senate. CSPAN now has a link to view the testimony in full:
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=205477-1&showVid=true
Enjoy!
House votes to override President’s Veto on Farm Bill
Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday night voted to override President George W. Bush’s veto of the $289 billion farm bill that expands public nutrition programs for poor Americans but does not cut subsidies for wealthy farmers as much as Bush demanded.
Noting that food prices are forecast to rise by five [...]
Dick Morris: GOP Senate Massacre of ‘08
Washington, D.C. (realclearpolitics.com): While Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hangs in there, locked in a tough race with Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the Republican undercard is facing obliteration in the 2008 general elections for the Senate. Polling suggests that a massacre may be in the offing — and one that’s possibly even greater than the worst [...]
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- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington calls for Fosella Probe
- Politico: Vito and his ‘girlfriend’ - congressional wives knew
- Mississippi 01 Rebuked GOP, Not Conservatism
- Politico: No Changes at the NRCC - Yet
- Childers Defeats Davis in Mississippi
- Perhaps Sen. Norm Coleman has a shot after all
- Taxpayers paying for House member cars, gas, and parking?
- The President holds firm on Iraq funding bill
- I’m good enough, I’m smart enough … and doggone it, I owe a boatload of taxes!
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