On December 30th, C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb wrote a letter requesting for Congress to allow the network to cover the final phases of the Health Care Reform debate. Response to the request, which…The following is a copy of that letter…
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With a vote of 345 to 75, House Republicans on Thursday took one more step toward eliminating all federal funding for ACORN. The ‘Defund ACORN Act’ will prohibit any and all “federal contract grant, cooperative agreement or any other form of agreement (including a memorandum of understanding” from being awarded to or entered into between any part of the Federal Government and ACORN. Additionally it will prohibit any federal fund from being provided to the group “…in any other form…”
Unable to bring the Act to the floor of the House as its own separate bill, the ‘Defund ACORN ACT’ was attached to…President Obama is expected to…
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On Thursday an obviously frustrated Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (CA-D), accused the CIA of misleading Congress concerning the use of water-boarding and other ‘Enhanced Interrogation Techniciques’ on terrorist suspects. “…Yes I am saying the CIA was misleading the Congress…”…However, despite the Speaker’s accusations, evidence that the Speaker was advised continues to mount. In December…”The briefer was specifically asked if the methods were tough enough.”…CIA documentation reportedly reveals…because ‘…she had not been personally briefed about it – only her aide had been told…’ the Speaker did not officially object…If the Speaker’s case was not already hard enough for the Democratic Leadership to defend…
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On April 23rd Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), stated “We were not, I repeat, we were not told that Water Boarding or any other of these enhanced interrogation methods were used.”…On May 12th Representative Steny Hoyer (Md-D), the House Majority Leader, publically agreed that Congressional investigations concerning “Enhanced Interrogation Methods” should include an investigation as to what the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (CA-D), did or did not know…Hoyer stated “I think the Republicans are simply trying to distract the American public with who knew what…”…Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel (Ky-R) stated “If this is an inquiry we must have, everybody who was involved in it…Senator John McCain…Senate Hearings begin…Meanwhile the Speaker…
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…since 1990, Congress has automatically received a cost of living pay adjustment unless they specifically voted against it. This year the average member of Congress received a raise of $4,700…Senator David Vitter (R) has sponsored a bill that would stop the automatic pay raises…Steny Hoyer (D – MD), “I’m not for it, so I’m not going to commit to bringing it to the floor.”…Nancy Pelosi…pushing her salary to $223,500…
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