Posts Tagged ‘ike-skelton’

Congress goes where no Congress has gone before

September 15th, 2009 | 2 Comments

It’s reached an all-time low. The House of Representatives, on the heels of an impassioned and lively debate, voted Tuesday to formally admonish Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., for accusing the president of lying during a joint session of Congress a week ago. The vote was 240-179. Five lawmakers voted “present.” Here’s what they voted on: [...]

Nancy Pelosi’s derivatives lie

October 29th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Nancy Pelosi famously denied Democrats had any responsibility for the financial crisis that we are dealing with right now.  She stills sticks with that fantasy.  However, I don’t think too many people believe her.  Today the Washingtonwatch blog listed the members of Congress who voted for the 2000 Consolidated Appropriations Act which allowed trading credit [...]

Shooting the Messenger: WMD’s in Iraq

June 22nd, 2006 | 4 Comments

This document is too important to trust people to go look for it and read it. So, here it is in its entirety: Now, this memo was requested by Rick Santorum. However, the members of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence could have had access to this information at any time since it’s been de-classified. [...]