Congress sucks...

[Henry Hawk]

Senator's husband cashes in on crisis

On the day the new Congress convened this year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to route $25 billion in taxpayer money to a government agency that had just awarded her husband's real estate firm a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms....Senate ethics rules state that members must avoid conflicts of interest as well as "even the appearance of a conflict of interest." Some ethics analysts question whether Mrs. Feinstein ran afoul of the latter provision, creating the appearance that she was rewarding the agency that had just hired her husband's firm.

[Ma and Pa]

That loud sucking sound you hear is no longer made by jobs leaving the country, it's the noise made by our opportunistic legislators OF BOTH PARTIES, nourishing themselves at the public teat.   

[me]

That loud sucking sound you hear is no longer made by jobs leaving the country, it's the noise made by our opportunistic legislators OF BOTH PARTIES, nourishing themselves at the public teat.   

I thought it was the sound of the money being sucked out of our pockets and bank accounts.

[Henry Hawk]

That loud sucking sound you hear is no longer made by jobs leaving the country, it's the noise made by our opportunistic legislators OF BOTH PARTIES, nourishing themselves at the public teat.   

[Henry Hawk]

Murtha's Defense Earmarks Draw Questions

CBS News has learned that this month, Murtha is steering new earmarks toward 10 companies that recently donated to his campaign.

[Gardengirl]

Kick them all OUT and I am NOT kidding! Feinstein's hubby has profited from deals with China the whole time she's been in congress. She ought to be investigated.

[Henry Hawk]

Remote Murtha airport lands big bucks from Washington

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Located outside a small Pennsylvania city, John Murtha airport may not see many passengers. But it's seen plenty of arrivals of tax dollars from Washington, most recently economic stimulus funds.

The airport offers three commercial flights. In between the arrivals and departures, airport officials admit there are few faces around the facility.

"When the flights are coming in, there are people. Other than that, it's empty," said Scott Voelker, manager of the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport.

But one face is everywhere. Rep. John Murtha, the airport's namesake, is hard to miss.

Considered one of "the kings of pork" on Capitol Hill by taxpayer watchdog groups, the 19th-term Pennsylvania Democrat has piloted almost $200 million from Washington to Murtha airport. Much of the funding has come in the form of legislative earmarks that are attached to bills before Congress.

[Henry Hawk]

Pelosi: I didn't know about waterboarding

can you say........"Liar?"...

[Exterminator]

You call this thread Congress sucks but you are concentrating only on democrats as though no republicans have their hands in the cookie jar.  It's you who sucks.

[Henry Hawk]

You call this thread Congress sucks but you are concentrating only on democrats as though no republicans have their hands in the cookie jar.  It's you who sucks.

I don't like ANY of them...but, since this is a predominantly lib forum....I feel it is my patriotic duty to point out the LEFT's dirty trash....and I will throw in the right, when and if I see them....it has been very easy as of late, to find the lefties that are peices of turd...

hey don't like it, start your own "suck" thread...

[Exterminator]

This just became my "suck" thread.

YOU SUCK!

[me]

This just became my "suck" thread.

YOU SUCK!

Your attitude certainly does. 

[Henry Hawk]

This just became my "suck" thread.

YOU SUCK!

NO...YOU SUCK!

[Exterminator]

Your attitude certainly does. 

What have I told you about getting into grown people's conversations?

[Exterminator]

NO...YOU SUCK!

No, you do and you like getting tea-bagged.