MAJOR UPDATE: Per the Washington Post:
“The House last night unanimously agreed to create a special select committee, with subpoena powers, to investigate Republican allegations that Democratic leaders had stolen a victory from the House GOP on a parliamentary vote late Thursday night.
The move capped a remarkable day that started with Republicans marching out of [...]

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You think you’re having a bad day….

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For the “Ugh” dumbassed rulings file:
“The FBI violated the Constitution when agents raided U.S. Rep. William Jefferson‚Äôs office last year and viewed legislative documents, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
The court ordered the Justice Department to return any privileged documents it seized from the Louisiana Democrat’s office on Capitol Hill. The court did not order [...]

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Finally Republicans get “Chutzpah!”. Last night during a vote on a pork laden agriculture bill, republicans revoted when Democrats tried to pull a fast one. Via K. Lopez who received a email from an Republican aide who witnessed the event:
“An outrage was committed on the House [last night].
While voting on a motion [...]

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And how…
“Valerie Wilson may be the best known former intelligence operative in recent history, but a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that she was not allowed to say how long she worked for the Central Intelligence Agency in the memoir she plans to publish this fall.
Although the fact that Ms. Wilson worked for [...]

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