The disgraced governor accused of trying to sell Barack Obama’s seat in the Senate came under growing pressure to resign today as the president-elect called on him to step aside. The call from Obama came as Rod Blagojevich turned up for work as usual, 24 hours after the FBI arrested him at his home and accused him of setting a new low in corruption for his haggling over the price of a …

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U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, W.Va-D As the tumult of the general elections continues to unfold, there are also small moments of change taking place. Small, that is, in the attention they have garnered in our local political scene. However, one such event must be given proper notice. The most senior member of the senate has announced he will relinquish his position as appropriations committee chairman on January 6, 2009. I speak of the 90-year old senator from West Virginia, Robert C. Byrd,He t

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As most of you have probably noticed, George Bush is nowhere to be seen for fundraising for the GOP candidates. He’s been thrown under the bus and of course he should have been. That’s great, you reap what you sow. Bush and friends have been the worst representatives in modern history. Fighting the Iraq war for years after it was nationally unpopular. But is he the only one that deserves this treatment? I seem to remember a strong Republican House and Senate that pushed through Bush’s agenda- an

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If there were ever a case for abortion, HR 1424 (formerly HR 3997) screams out to be aborted. Talk about the “gang rape” of the House AND the American people by the Senate. (I’m not talking about whether we need a “free market” bill or not; I’m talking about outrage at the Senate as well as Paulson and the horse he rode in on.) The House started work on ONE issue and ONE issue only: an Economic Stabilization Bill. Why? To address the GREATEST economic crisis the world, no - the univer

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional leaders locked themselves behind closed doors on Saturday with an urgent mission to reach a deal on a proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial industry amid the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Pressed to act before Asian markets open on Monday, leaders from the Senate and House of Representatives pledged to hammer out an agreement on buying distressed debt from financial institutions that are staggering under the weight of failed

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