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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!WASHINGTON (Feb. 2) – It isn't every day that the nation's top military leaders testify to Congress in favor of allowing gays to serve openly in the ranks. And so, like countless other celebrities who have made their way up Capitol Hill for a cause, the eponymous host of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" was on hand Tuesday for what she called "great theater," Washington style. Amid retired generals, ousted gay soldiers and the Army linguist Dan Choi, who outed himself on her show, Maddow sat with the other media recording for posterity the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. ...
Members of the House of Representatives took time away from the swine flu pandemic to tackle their top issue of the day- college football's Bowl Championship Series. The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection brought the commissioners of the ACC and Mountain West Conference, as well as the CEO of the Alamo Bowl and athletic director from Boise State University, to Capitol Hill to discuss whether it is "a false and deceptive practice" to call any college football team "national champions" without a fair and equitable playoff system in place. The bi-partisan preference ...
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