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post from Eschaton on 27 September 2007 10:44:00 PM. © Eschaton

Haven't watched it yet, but My Name is Earl makes a Scooter Libby funny.

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Chickenhawk Squawk

post from Eschaton on 27 September 2007 10:42:00 PM. © Eschaton

Members of Congress go after Rusty.

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Willard Mitt Is Full Of...

post from The Liberal Doomsayer on 27 September 2007 10:40:00 PM. © The Liberal Doomsayer

I'd say he's got another "penumbra of angst" on his hands with this one (h/t Eschaton).

video details and more

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Edwards Challenges Clinton To Take Public
Financing

post from MyDD on 27 September 2007 10:26:16 PM. © MyDD

In her several talk show appearances on Sunday, Hillary Clinton was asked over and over about fugitive bundler Norman Hsu and each time she diffused the issue by saying that they've put measures in place to make sure something like that doesn't happen[...]

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Muck the Fets

post from Eschaton on 27 September 2007 10:26:00 PM. © Eschaton

Ha ha.

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Senate Committee sends on von Spakovsky
Nomination For Full Vote

post from Crooks and Liars on 27 September 2007 10:25:42 PM. © Crooks and Liars

The hits just keep coming…another BushDog/LieberDem, Ben Nelson of Florida is to be thanked for this. TPM:(T)he Senate Rules Committee met this morning about the nomination of Hans von Spakovsky to the Federal Elections Commission.This morning’s result: faced with the defection of a Democrat on the committee, later revealed to be Sen. Ben Nelson [...]

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Iraq: The Power of the Purse

post from TalkLeft on 27 September 2007 10:22:00 PM. © TalkLeft

Link.

Senator Chris Dodd: I happen to believe very strongly that this policy of ours, military involvement in Iraq, is counterproductive. We're less safe, less secure, more vulnerable and more isolated today as a result of the policy. So I believe that we ought to begin that process of redeployment here.
. . . Congress has an obligation here. It's not enough that we just draft timetables. The Constitution gives the Congress of the United States a unique power, and that is the power of the purse. As long as we continue drafting these lengthy resolutions and amendments here, talking about timelines and dates, we're not getting to the fundamental power that exists in the Congress.
And that is to terminate the funding of this effort here, give us a new direction. As everyone who's looked at this issue over the last two or three years have concluded, there is no military solution here, and we need to do far more to protect our interests not only in that region, but throughout the world. We're not doing it with this policy.

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Joe Wilson and Hillary's Vote on Kyl-Lieberman

post from The Washington Note on 27 September 2007 10:06:00 PM. © The Washington Note

Joe Wilson is off in Nevada campaigning for Hillary Clinton. Joe and I think similarly on many national security issues -- and we have like-minded disdain for what Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush, John Bolton and others have done to America's...

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Time for a History Lesson

I'm begrudgingly watching the All American Presidential Forum with (some of) the Republican[...]

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Revealed: Sen. Jim Bunning Put Secret Hold On
Presidential Records Amendment

Last week, ThinkProgress noted that an anonymous senator had placed a hold on a bill that would restore public access to Presidential records, which President Bush had sealed indefinitely with an executive order in 2001.

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) was originally suspected of being the senator behind the secret hold until a member of his staff contacted ThinkProgress to “state for the record that” Sen. Coburn “is not holding this bill related to presidential records“:

The office of Sen. Tom Coburn would like to state for the record that he is not holding this bill related to presidential records. It is true that he placed a hold on the bill following its passage through the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in June, but has since worked out his minor concern with the office of Sen. Joseph Lieberman at which time he lifted his hold.

With Coburn out of the running, the mystery of who was attempting to block public access to Presidential records continued. But now, the Sunlight Foundation has revealed that the senatorial hand behind the secret hold is Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY):

Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) now has an objection to moving forward with HR 1255, the Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007. The bill would overturn an outrageous Executive Order that would keep presidential records hidden from public view indefinitely. […]
Now, whether or not he has had the hold all along, Senator Bunning has been forced to take responsibility for the objection. That makes us happy.

Tell Bunning to let the bill come to a vote here or call his office at 202-224-4343.

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