Aug 16 2009

Too good to be true?

Hugh Hewitt points to “a very big headline” and a very big testament to the power of the people making themselves heard. As Hugh goes on to note, now we’ll see what it really means:
Obama and the Democrats seem set on some monumental piece of legislation and much larger government oversight/control of the health care [...]

Jul 20 2009

Behind Closed Doors

“Staff doesn’t speak for the committee,” a source on Capitol Hill
explained last week. “The committee speaks for the committee.”

That’s the practical meaning of Senate Rule 29, which has been
invoked regarding the Homeland Security and Government Oversight
Committee investigation into last month’s firing of AmeriCorps
inspector [...]