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It is truly a sign of American decline that Evan Bayh could ever get elected to anything.
Archive for the ‘Corruption in Washington’ Category
November 5th, 2010
October 13th, 2010
Category: Corruption in Washington
The skilled flacks of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – no doubt the best that foreign money can buy – have largely succeeded in obfuscating the issue about the relationship between the Chamber’s $75 million smear campaign against Democrats and the Chamber’s overseas contributors. The Chamber says it gets only $100,000 per year in dues [...]
September 12th, 2010
Category: Corruption in Washington
John Boehner passed out checks from tobacco companies to fellow Republican House members on the floor of the House as they voted down a bill that would have ended tobacco subsidies.
March 16th, 2010
If Congress is going to be on the take, then small donors should have the right to play the game.
February 6th, 2010
Category: Corruption in Washington, Watching Conservatives
We have a label. Now we need to make it a cause celebre.
January 21st, 2010
Category: Corruption in Washington
The Supreme Court says corporations can spend as much as they like to influence elections. That makes the political process wide-open not just to corruption but to influence by foreign governments.
December 2nd, 2009
The Obama Administration could fight for a bill to help people in danger of getting kicked out of their houses, but the banks don’t like it. Guess who Obama is listening to?
November 16th, 2009
If it’s good enough for B of A and Chase, then it is good enough for the Treasury Department. No questions asked.
November 14th, 2009
Category: Corruption in Washington, Uncategorized
A lobbyist for Roche wrote large passages in statements of a bunch of Congressmen on the health care bill. And the Congressmen, including Joe “You Lie!” Wilson, were too lazy even to change the language so that it might look like they were thinking for themselves.
October 12th, 2009
Category: Corruption in Washington, Democrats in Congress
Putting John Lewis in charge of Ways and Means until the ethics investigation of Charlie Rangel concludes can solve many problems at once.