IT'S PETTY POLITICS...:

House Kills Move to Examine Earmark-Campaign Contribution Axis (Jonathan Allen, 2/25/09, CQ)

House Democrats killed a resolution Wednesday that called for an ethics committee inquiry into the relationship between campaign contributions and earmarks.

The resolution, drafted by Jeff Flake , R-Ariz., cited recent reports of a federal investigation into the campaign finance activities of a lobbying firm, The PMA Group, which has been a major contributor to lawmakers’ campaigns and a successful advocate for earmarked federal dollars for its clients.

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland moved to table, or kill, Flake’s resolution, and the House voted, 226-182, to do so. The move prevented a direct vote on whether to refer the matter to the ethics committee.

...but as soon as the GOP won in 1994 we stopped having a US Congress and suddenly had a Republican Congress, which is why every scandal tars just the one party. They need to implant the realization that the body that everyone hates is the Democrat Congress now.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 25, 2009 6:20 PM