The Washington Post reports today, “The first former Guantanamo Bay detainee to be tried in federal criminal court was found guilty on a single conspiracy charge Wednesday but cleared on 284 other counts. The outcome, a surprise, seriously undermines – and could doom – the Obama administration’s plans to put other Guantanamo detainees on trial [...]

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Considering what Democrats are focusing on in their first week back after an election where Americans sent a clear message on their priorities with the economy and spending, it appears Democrats are still not getting it. The very first vote scheduled by Senate Democrats today was on a bill which Sen. Mike Enzi, the ranking [...]

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The “Big Sis”/TSA groping scandal is starting to reverberate around the country. Here’s an excerpt of a constituent email recently sent to Rep. Clay: “Touching another without explicit consent is illegal and is not a condition in my ticket contract with the airlines. If this is not addressed ASAP, I will be encouraged to work [...]

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  “Jim Clyburn is being given the latitude to make this into what he wants it to be. There were no lines drawn for trespassing.…This is not a black position, this is not like, the director of black people.”“ –Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo Hat tip:laurenburke007

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The New York Times wrote yesterday, “Senate Republicans opened the lame-duck session of Congress on Monday by signaling their commitment to the antispending posture that fueled their big gains on Election Day, underscoring the Tea Party movement’s influence on the Republican leadership. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, drove the point home as [...]

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  When Congress returns this week to begin its lame duck session, once of the key issues that needs to be tackled is preventing massive tax hikes in January. If current tax rates (set by the tax relief packages in 2001 and 2003) are not extended before the end of the year, every American will [...]

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