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| | | | June 12, 2014 | | Viral Letter Ex-Rep. Ben Jones, the 'Dukes of Hazzard' star who once got his 'butt kicked' by the majority leader, wrote an open letter calling on all voters to turn out against him—and it worked. 'Great Leader' Was the majority leader a martyr for his party, felled by the revolution he led? That's what his House colleagues are saying in the wake of the Virginian's stunning primary defeat. Tahrir to Tblisi The administration is proposing to remove language from next year's budget that would safeguard American foreign aid from repressive foreign leaders. RED-HANDED Two of Steve Stockman's staffers gave $7,500 to his campaign, in violation of federal campaign-finance regulations. The Office of Congressional Ethics reports there's good reason to believe he was covering it up. Human Rights The ACLU and four other immigrants rights groups issued a complaint, Tuesday, detailing reports of what they call systemic abuse against unaccompanied immigrant children by Customs and Border Protection Officials and called on the Department of Homeland Security to put a stop to it. | |
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