"The Most Ethical Congress In History"

The House has been roiled in the past few days by allegations that Democrats were abusing their power over the chamber. This incident will do nothing to alleviate tensions. Full Story »

Posted by Leo Romero
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Subjects: Politics
Topics: U.S. Congress
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Aug 5, 2007 - 8:10 AM PDT
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William Wittmeyer
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by William Wittmeyer - Oct. 1, 2008

The headline is misleading, This is not a story of earmarks and corruption, this is a story of failure to play by the rules. The house majority losing a vote ignores the results, then covers up the results. Were this not covered by C-SPAN and the blogs this evident abuse of power and repudiation of the rules of fair play would never has seen the light of day This is just another small story in the blogsphere that erodes the respect (if there be any) for congress and demonstrates that the MSN is incapable of covering events in Washington without having press releases in hand.

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Leo Romero
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