Congressional Oversight and Delegation

Valerie Plame hearing:




Walter Reed hearing:



Federal Register

Executive orders

Its getting interesting! (first few minutes good stuff, last 2/3, comments by James Carville)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZeGbbOxiaM&eurl=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video_log/

Hannity, Obama, Wright, and the Black Value System

Wanna know about the Black Work Ethic? Black Theology? the Black Liberation Movement?

Classy.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aNTGRL0OJWQ

HRC is not quite the straight talk express...

A Mailing to Constituents

The GOP: In Trouble?

An article about Reynold's decision not to run again, and what that suggests about the state of the Republican party more generally (retirements, ethics, finances, etc):
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9144.html

Congress and the Bureaucracy: Organization, Appointment, and Removal

Congress "organizes" the executive:

• The "organization" of DHS.
• The "organization" of the intelligence community.

Confirmation hearings:

• John Kerry has some questions for Sam Fox, nominee for Ambassador to Belgium, and donor to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Why do you think Bush pulled the nomination?
• Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse uses Mukasey's confirmation hearing to make a point about waterboarding:

The removal power came dramatically into view when a controversy arose over the firing of US Attorneys: