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Crash Pad Congressmen: Lawmakers Sleeping in Offices May Be Breaking Rules, Watchdogs Say
By Tom Diemer
Who was that weird guy wandering around in his bathrobe in the halls of the Rayburn House Office Building the other night? Oops, never mind, it's a congressman. With a growing number of House members saving money by sleeping in their Capitol Hill offices, a watchdog group has asked the Office of ...
Obama, Gingrich and 'Winning the Future': Petty Larceny or Fair Game?
By Jill Lawrence
The phrase that President Barack Obama used 10 times in his State of the Union address, and at least five more times during a visit to Wisconsin on Wednesday, is also the title of a 2005 book by Newt Gingrich. Wherever they are on the political spectrum, it seems great minds agree that America must ...
Three House Members Cleared in Wall Street Fundraising Ethics Case
By Tom Diemer
Three lawmakers have been cleared in a fund-raising complaint that sought to link their votes on the Wall Street reform bill to political contributions. The House ethics committee said the activities of Reps. John Campbell (R-Calif.) Tom Price (R-Ga.) and Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) "raised no appearance ...
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal Depicted in Nazi Uniform by Spanish-Language Newspaper
By Tom Diemer
Here we go again with the Nazi stuff. A Spanish-language newspaper in Atlanta, El Nuevo, has published a doctored photo of new governor Nathan Deal in a brown Nazi uniform complete with a fake Hitler mustache. El Nuevo Georgia said its complaint with the Republican governor has to do with strong ...
Doritos, Pepsi Max and Religion: An Unholy Mix in Super Bowl Ad Contest
By Jeffrey WeissThe NFL playoffs are still underway. But I can already tell you that neither Michael Vick nor any quarterback named Manning will play in Super Bowl XLV. And neither will a particular chips-and-soda ad. The veteran quarterbacks got beat by better teams. The ad, however, was sacked by a rookie ...
Berlusconi: Will Sex Offender Investigation Finally Do Him In?
By Delia Lloyd
LONDON -- He's always been the politician with the proverbial nine lives, surviving scandal after scandal around his personal and business affairs. But as Silvio Berlusconi faces an investigation into a new wave of criminal charges, many wonder whether the jig is finally up for the Italian prime ...
Ex-Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards Freed After Eight Years Behind Bars
By Politics Daily Staff
Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, now 83 and wearing a white ball cap and sweatshirt, walked out of Oakdale Federal Penitentiary Thursday after serving eight years on a corruption conviction. Edwards reported to a halfway house, but will eventually be permitted to serve the remainder of his ...
Tucson Shooting: A Call for 'National Political Civility Month'
By Jeffrey Weiss
Maybe the biggest frustration for most people after an inexplicable event like the Arizona massacre is finding something to do other than condemn and mourn. I have an idea. I've always considered Black History Month to be unfortunate, in a way. Given how inextricably the history of blacks is ...
The Arizona Massacre Was Insane -- Our Reaction Should Be Measured
By Jeffrey Weiss
Every infection is not an epidemic. And an act of crazed violence should not necessarily be treated as if it required a retooling of American society. We will learn more about the terrible events in Arizona that left U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 11 others wounded and Arizona's Chief U.S. ...
'Death Panels' and a Real Civilogue: Readers Discuss End-of-Life Planning
By Jeffrey Weiss
An Obama administration official who refused to be quoted by name gave this explanation last week for axing a new Medicare provision paying for voluntary annual end-of-life planning consultations between doctors and patients and their families: "We realize that this should have been included in the ...
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