http://controlcongress.com Control Congress is a multi-partisan, issue-oriented political forum that brings together the Left, Right, and everyone in between. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:14:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It look like the Cheney family hates the rule of law! HB-The backlash is growing against Liz Cheney after she demonized Department of Justice attorneys as terrorist sympathizers for their past legal work defending Gitmo detainees -- and now it's coming from within deeply conservative legal circles. On Friday, the ... http://controlcongress.com/uncategorized/conservatives-turn-against-liz-cheney-as-bad-as-mccarthy The Independent Institute By Research Analyst Anthony Gregory Former Democratic VP candidate Joe Lieberman and former GOP presidential candidate John McCain have introduced a new detention policy bill in response to the Christmas Day underwear bomber. From The Atlantic: “A close reading of the bill suggests it would allow the U.S. ... http://controlcongress.com/uncategorized/mccain-lieberman-bill-flirts-with-totalitarianism A race to the bottom! As wages go down and jobs go overseas spending will go down. Henry Ford was right when he said he wanted to pay his employees enough to buy his products! MSN....Its typical shopper appears to be tapped out. The world's largest retailer reported $112.8 ... http://controlcongress.com/economics/wal-marts-new-problem-its-customers The Independent Institute BY Senior Vice President Mary L.G. Theroux The current $350 million ad campaign for the 2010 Census, including the much-maligned $2.5 million Super Bowl spots, urges individuals to “Tell your story.” The Census Bureau is particularly eager for minorities and illegal immigrants to do so, as they are ... http://controlcongress.com/uncategorized/census-data-not-so-confidential-after-all Not a bad idea! NYT-Jolted by a sudden tightening of the rules, lobbyists and military contractors who have long relied on lucrative earmarks from Congress were scrambling Thursday to find new ways to keep the federal money flowing. “The playing field has changed dramatically,” said Michael H. Herson, a lobbyist in ... http://controlcongress.com/corruption/new-earmark-rules-have-lobbyists-scrambling HUH? NYT-The federal government has awarded more than $107 billion in contract payments, grants and other benefits over the past decade to foreign and multinational American companies while they were doing business in Iran, despite Washington’s efforts to discourage investment there, records show. That includes nearly $15 billion paid ... http://controlcongress.com/middle-east/u-s-enriches-companies-defying-its-policy-on-iran No surprise here! WP-House Appropriations defense subcommittee member James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) works hard at fundraising: Two to three times a week, he telephones contributors to ask for more. Yet, according to the account he supplied to the Office of Congressional Ethics last year, he is ... http://controlcongress.com/corruption/thin-wall-separates-lobbyist-contributions-and-earmarks HUH? HP-Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- who has gone to great lengths to hype the supposed dangers of a big government takeover of American health care -- admitted over the weekend that she used to get her treatment in Canada's single-payer system. "We used to hustle over the border for health ... http://controlcongress.com/healthcare/palin-crossed-border-for-canadian-health-care ECONOMY CRISIS Happy news! The government has come up with a 5.9 percent GDP growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2009. The recession is over. Or is it? Statistician John Williams has informed us that 69 percent of this growth, or 4.1 percentage points, is the result of inventory accumulation. That ... http://controlcongress.com/economics/is-the-recovery-real How will this fly with with a high unemplyment rate? LATIMES-The basis of a bill would include a path toward citizenship for the 10.8 million people living in the U.S. illegally. Citizenship would not be granted lightly, the White House said. Undocumented workers would need to register, pay taxes and pay ... http://controlcongress.com/immigration/obama-looking-to-give-new-life-to-immigration-reform