The New York Times reported that the NSA improperly wiretapped a member of Congress who was "part of a Congressional delegation to the Middle East in 2005 or 2006." Greg Sargent wants to know who it was. Don’t we all. To the Googling stations! My first guess was Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who visited the West Bank in January 2006. But why stop there? In March 2005, a so-called CODEL travelled to Iraq, Jordan, Israel Lebanon and Egypt. On the trip were Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Darrel Issa (R- Calif.), George Miller (D-Calif.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), James McGovern (D- Mass.), and Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.). This Phone Is Tapped
The purpose of the deceptively named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), re-introduced on March 10 by Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., and Sens. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and Tom Harkin, D-Iowa (H.R.1409, S.560), is to give union organizers free reign to pressure workers at nonunion worksites to sign cards indicating a desire to join. Economist's Advice to Obama Carries a Union Label
This is not an unreasonable summation, given that the bill's ulterior motive is to boost union membership. The Employee Free Choice Act, spearheaded by Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif Legal Scholar Argues Card Check/Arbitration Proposal Is Unconstitutional
"Nitwit Pelosi has called raids by ICE, which is following laws established by Congress, "un-American." -- Pelosi asked an audience at St. Anthony's Church in San Francisco last Saturday [March 14, 2009], "Who in this country would not want to change a policy of kicking in doors in the middle of the night and sending a parent away from their families?" Pelosi's Latest 'Rat Antics
2004- Two PACs associated with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) were fined $21,000 as a result of an NLPC FEC Complaint. Ethics complaints against several