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Stephen Colbert, Defending Immigrant Farm Workers, Takes Show to Capitol Hill
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyComedian Stephen Colbert, a fake newsman on his evening cable television show, drew a huge crowd to a real U.S. House subcommittee hearing on immigrant farm labor Friday. Colbert didn't disappoint, lacing his testimony with one-liners and concluding with an offer "to take your questions and pose for pictures with your grandchildren." "I certainly hope my star power can bump this hearing all the way up to C-SPAN," Colbert wisecracked in a reference to the cable channel that televises congressional sessions and hearings, however dry and mundane. Click play below to watch video of the ...
Debate: States Must Decide on Felon Voting Rights
By not in system - AOL News(April 1) -- The idea that felons ought to be able to vote once they've been released from prison may have some surface appeal. After all, these are people who have done the time for their crimes. But the latest effort in Washington to automatically restore the right of convicted criminals to vote is both bad public policy and unconstitutional. The misnamed Democracy Restoration Act, sponsored by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., (whose wife is a felon) would force all states to immediately restore the voting rights of convicted felons the moment they leave prison -- even if they're on probation ...
The Capitol Hill Insults of the Week: 'I'm Getting Tired of Saving Obama's Can'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyMaybe it was Washington's cold and rainy weather. Maybe it was the Saturday work sessions (one down, one to go tomorrow). But for whatever reason, leaders in Washington have been in one foul mood all week, with the result being an unusually ugly round of bipartisan barbs flying across Capitol Hill. But rather than lament the lack of civility, the Capitolist presents you with our first-ever awards for the top insults hurled between and about lawmakers in Washington.-- The Them's Fightin' Words Award goes to Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) who delivered a Texas-sized insult for Attorney General Eric ...
Rove Subpoenaed by House Committee, Again
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe House Judiciary Committee today approved a subpoena for former Bush White House Political Director Karl Rove, commanding him to appear before the panel to answer question about his alleged role in the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys in 2005. The move marks the third time Rove has been summoned by a Congressional committee. Rove has refused to testify before Rep. John Conyers' (D-MI) committee, citing Executive privilege as a former counsel to the president. In retaliation, the committee voted contempt of Congress charges against Rove, and referred the charges to the full House.At issue is ...
Party Poopers: Dean, Pelosi, Reid, and Conyers Turn on Obama?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyCan't you just feel the warm waves Democratic love emitting from the direction of Washington DC? No? I can't see why not. After all, Barack Obama-the man acting more presidential than the actual president-is set to be sworn in. Democrats control both houses of Congress. Time to uncork the champagne and get this party started, right?Well, maybe not. From our national press corps (not to be confused with corpse) come a slew of new stories to inform you that--gasp!--the honeymoon may, repeat, may all ready over. Yes, while it is true that we only have one president at at time, that doesn't mean ...
Conyers Opposes Dr. Sanjay Gupta; Is it the Penises?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyBecause I think it's about time we had a penis-eating Surgeon General. .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;} The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Dr. Gupta's Penis Pyramid Colbert at ChristmasColbert Christmas DVD Green ScreenBill O'Reilly Interview I ...
NY Times Outs CIA Interrogator
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyOn the heels of former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's testimony before a House committee investigating the Valerie Plame affair, the New York Times published an article yesterday that named a formerly covert CIA interrogator. There is some question about whether Mrs. Plame was covered by the federal statute that makes it a crime to identify secret employees of the government, the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, at the time her name was published. The New York Times said in an editor's note appended to the article that the subject had never worked covertly as ...
McClellan to Testify in Leak Case Hearing
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyHaving conquered the media adoration circuit, the Scott McClellan book tour winds its way up to Capitol Hill next week, for an appearance before the House Judiciary Committee to testify in a hearing into the Valerie Plame leak case. Not content to let the conclusions of a Federal prosecutor or the admission of the actual leaker be the final word on the subject, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) wants the former White House Press Secretary to testify about the role of top White House Officials, including Vice-President Dick Cheney, in potentially misleading the public about ...
54 Ex-Attorneys General Support Siegelman
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyDon Siegelman, the former Alabama governor who is free from prison pending an appeal of his June 2006 bribery and conspiracy conviction, received the support of 54 former state attorneys general Friday when they filed a brief supporting his appeal of that conviction. Siegelman says Fox News pundit and former Bush brain and current McCain adviser Karl Rove pushed a politically motivated prosecution and that when the dust settles, this case will make Watergate look like child's play. Democratic Representative John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, gave Rove a week to testify ...
Rove Subpoenaed
By Liza Porteus Viana - Politics DailyHouse Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers today issued a subpoena to the man dubbed "Bush's brain" about the politicization of the Department of Justice in the Bush administration.That "brain" would be none other than former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove. Rove's lawyer sent a letter to the congressional committee yesterday saying his client wouldn't testify voluntarily. "Contrary to your letter of May 14, 2008, I do not misunderstand either the Committee's procedures or the scope of its interest in Mr. Rove; nor, in light of your reported remarks about the need for ...
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