While dawning an industrial hemp shirt, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) testified before his state’s Senate Committee Monday regarding Senate Bill 50. SB 50, as Gregory Hall from the Courier-Journal reports, was passed by the Agriculture Committee…
The Berman Sherman debate was held on October 11 at Pierce College as part of their Politics at Pierce series. The conversation turned sour when the candidates’ attempts to out-Democrat each other quickly dissolved into a near-physical altercation.
The DISCLOSE Act is expected to hit Senate floor today.
The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein has an excellent post on Wonk Blog today on “14 reasons why this is the worst Congress ever“. It includes failing to get appropriations bills.
The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed multiple complaints today against House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, alleging he violated federal law “by including material from a sealed wiretap application in the Congressional Record.”
The AP reports Sen. Patrick Leahy will make yet another appearance in a Batman movie with The Dark Knight Rises comes out this month. The Democrat from Vermont has previously appeared in 2007′s The Dark Knight opposite Heath Ledger’s Joker. The National Journal has a clip of his cameo and adds this:
Rep. Sanchez represents California’s 47th Congressional District. Here, the Congresswoman and her interns spoof the popular pop song “Call Me Maybe”.
