Lawmakers’ Profits Are Scrutinized: House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) made a $2 million profit last year on the sale of land 5 1/2 miles from a highway project that he helped to finance with targeted federal funds.
A Republican House member from California, meanwhile, received nearly double what he paid for a four-acre parcel near [...]

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The Carpetbagger Report: “It hasn’t generated a great deal of attention, but congressional Dems are keeping Republicans on the defensive over a minimum-wage increase. At this point, the GOP leadership looks a little flustered.Last week, the House Appropriations Committee approved a $2.10-an-hour increase to the minimum wage, despite the demands of Republican leaders, when the [...]

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I’ll just let Eugene Robinson say it for me…
Stay the Course? What Course?: “Today’s generation of jihadists was forged in Afghanistan fighting the Soviet occupation. How long will the next generation, being forged in Iraq fighting the American occupation, be with us?Iraq is just one theater in Bush’s ‘war.’ Elsewhere, Afghanistan is once again ablaze [...]

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You know my wife hates to be around when I listen to our President. She just can’t stand me screaming liar at the TV screen over and over and over and over….you get the idea. But I have to admit Jim Hightower has a real way with words…
Jim Hightower THE ARTFUL DODGER STRIKES AGAIN: “OK, [...]

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