Senate Democrats may actually seat Roland Burris, but they don't have a final deal yet. They're waiting on litigation to be decided upon. Burris might not be as clean and innocent as he's been portrayed, either; he's had a few fundraisers for Blago and might have been engaged in pay-for-pay.
House Democrats passed the new rules package that effectively shuts out Republican influence.
Yesterday I told you that CNN's celebrity doctor Sanjay Gupta is a possible pick for Surgeon General. Given that the job is just to be the nation's health nag, he's certainly qualified. In fact, considering that he's a celebrity journalist, he's especially qualified in the Obama administration. I like the input of one of Michelle Malkin's commenters: why do we have a Surgeon General at all?
The federal budget deficit will reach $1.2 trillion this year, before any "stimulus" package. Nancy Pelosi wants everybody to just ignore the cost of this "stimulus" plan.
Speaking of the "stimulus" package, The Messiah says that there will be no earmarks in the stimulus package. He also wants it to be used to cover unemployment benefits.
You wealth envy types will like this: the combined wealth of millionaires in the United States has dropped by 30%. As soon as you're done celebrating, read this column by Dr. Walter E. Williams, in which he tells you the difference between rich people and politicians. Then hear from a politician, Sen. Tom Coburn, criticize his own kind by calling them power addicts.
It has cost the Treasury Department $26.55 million to spend the $350 million TARP fund.
"Crazy Aunt" Cynthia McKinney told her story about what happened on her aid-the-Islamic-terrorists mission to a newspaper in Cyprus. We find out today, though, that even if they had arrived in Gaza, Hamas would have taken the aid supplies and sold them to buy more weapons. On the anti-Semitic side (beyond McKinney), a protestor in Fort Lauderdale, Florida told the Jews to "go back to the oven."
Republicans are launching a preemptive strike against the Fairness Doctrine.
Obama's new Presidential ride was released yesterday, and it's far from green.
Mississippi ranks highest in the country in teen pregnancy rates. Georgia is 10th.
Georgia Congressman Tom Price might be leading the opposition to the Democrats' health care plans.
The Georgia Senate's Rules Committee Chairman is cosponsoring the Sunday alcohol sales bill. Here's the text.
It turns out that having some "junk in the trunk" is good for your health.
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