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April 5, 2008

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 5, 2008 · Comments (7)

Today's winner is Republican Congressman Rep. Patrick McHenry. He gets the award for the following. A North Carolina congressman has apologized for calling a contract employee in Baghdad a "two-bit security guard." Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., used that term when talking about a visit to Iraq where he was denied... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.5/5 (13 votes cast)

March 28, 2008

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 28, 2008 · Comments (4)

Today's winner is Congressman Albert Wynn. He gets the award for the following. WASHINGTON - Maryland Congressman Albert Wynn says he's leaving Congress before his term ends to take a job at a Washington law firm. The Democrat was defeated in a primary election last month. He said in a... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.5/5 (8 votes cast)

February 15, 2008

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 15, 2008 · Comments (11)

Today's winner is Congressman Henry Waxman. He gets the award for the following. A day after a dramatic, nationally televised hearing that pitted Roger Clemens against his former personal trainer and Democrats against Republicans, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said Thursday that he regretted... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (7 votes cast)

January 30, 2008

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: January 30, 2008 · Comments (12)

Today's winner is Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite. She gets the award for the following. U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Brooksville, was complaining about parts of an economic-stimulus package when she referred to residents of Puerto Rico and Guam as "foreign citizens." ". . . The bill sends hundreds of millions of dollars... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.8/5 (15 votes cast)

January 17, 2008

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: January 17, 2008 · Comments (8)

Today's winner is Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur. She gets the award for the following. U.S. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur came to a House committee hearing on Thursday prepared to ask U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson tough questions about his involvement in the subprime mortgage crisis. Unfortunately, she was questioning the chairman of... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (15 votes cast)

October 22, 2007

"Crooks and Liars" update: poll results

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 22, 2007 · Comments (5)

Jay Tea's post below on the laughable attempt by the leftist blog Crooks and Liars to spin Rep. Pete Stark's outrageous comments on the House floor needs an update. Jay notes they are deleting all comments critical of their efforts, but they made the mistake of hosting their online poll... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.1/5 (11 votes cast)

October 5, 2007

One strange man, one strange vote

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 5, 2007 · Comments (8)

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HR 203, a Resolution Condemning the persecution of labor rights advocates in Iran. The dictatorial regime of the mad mullahs has been arresting labor leaders without legal charge or trial, so the resolution was a no-brainer and passed 418-1, with 12 not... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (15 votes cast)

September 18, 2007

Whew! No new House seats

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 18, 2007 · Comments (18)

The House will stay at 435 as legislation to add seats falls short in the Senate, the Associated Press reports: A bill that would have given District of Columbia residents their first-ever member of Congress died in the Senate on Tuesday, dashing hopes of finally gaining full voting rights after... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (11 votes cast)

September 17, 2007

Rangel plots major tax hike

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 17, 2007 · Comments (23)

The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) was designed to stop high-income earners from paying no income taxes but, because it was never indexed to inflation, it affects more and more upper-middle class earners every year. The regular congressional response has been passing one-year-at-a-time "patches" to the law, limiting the number of... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (23 votes cast)

August 31, 2007

"Slimed in the Green Zone"

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 31, 2007 · Comments (46)

No, it's not a "B" horror flick from the '50s - it's what Democratic members of Congress are saying about their recent trip to Iraq, as reported by Jonathan Weisman for the Washington Post : The sheets of paper seemed to be everywhere the lawmakers went in the Green Zone,... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (21 votes cast)

July 13, 2007

223 April Fools

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 13, 2007 · Comments (31)

How fitting that the House surrender bill sets an April 1 withdrawal date. The vote was 223-201. Republicans voting in favor of the measure were Duncan, Emerson, Gilchrest and Jones (NC). I saw Walter Jones speak at the Conservative Leadership Conference I attended in April and the part of his... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (19 votes cast)

May 25, 2007

Culture of Corruption

Posted by Alexander K. McClure · Published: May 25, 2007 · Comments (50)

Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats won in 2006 as much on the issue of corruption as on the situation in Iraq. She constantly berated Republicans for a so-called "culture of corruption" and pledged to bring ethics back to the Capitol. Today, she appointed Congressman Bob Brady to head up... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (26 votes cast)

May 18, 2007

Murtha Brazenly Violates Ethics Rules Once Again

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: May 18, 2007 · Comments (54)

Democrat Jack Murtha violated ethics rules on the floor of the House, right out in the open. This is what happened: According to the draft resolution, Murtha shouted at Rogers on the House floor Thursday for offering a motion last week to expose $23 million Murtha requested in an intelligence... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (29 votes cast)

April 26, 2007

"Language of surrender is inappropriate..."

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 26, 2007 · Comments (25)

Representative Geoff Davis of Kentucky's "one-minute" speech: Thanks to Ankle Biting Pundits for the pointer.... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (14 votes cast)

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