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05-28-2006, 08:42 PM
Wesley Pruden
The Washington Times
26 May 06
When Mark Twain called Congress "America's only native criminal class," he was probably having a little fun, but Congress insists that he knew what he was talking about.
John Q. Citizen needs a scorecard to keep up with who's under arrest, who's indicted, who expects to be indicted, who's engaged in plea bargaining, who's on trial and who's already wearing the stripes. The Senate's stubborn insistence on treating illegal aliens to another round of amnesty may be nothing more than professional courtesy.
It's difficult to see how Republican-led outrage over the search of Rep. William Jefferson's office at the Capitol is a clever ploy, unless a lot of other congressmen need time to move files from the Capitol to an anonymous storage locker, maybe one furnished with a freezer, deep in an obscure suburb.
Dennis Hastert, the speaker of the House, and Nancy Pelosi, leader of the minority Democrats, spent most of yesterday with their high dudgeon on display over the latest constitutional crisis to shake the very foundations of the republic. A congressman can't even be safe in his own hideout.
More (http://www.washtimes.com/national/pruden.htm)
The Washington Times
26 May 06
When Mark Twain called Congress "America's only native criminal class," he was probably having a little fun, but Congress insists that he knew what he was talking about.
John Q. Citizen needs a scorecard to keep up with who's under arrest, who's indicted, who expects to be indicted, who's engaged in plea bargaining, who's on trial and who's already wearing the stripes. The Senate's stubborn insistence on treating illegal aliens to another round of amnesty may be nothing more than professional courtesy.
It's difficult to see how Republican-led outrage over the search of Rep. William Jefferson's office at the Capitol is a clever ploy, unless a lot of other congressmen need time to move files from the Capitol to an anonymous storage locker, maybe one furnished with a freezer, deep in an obscure suburb.
Dennis Hastert, the speaker of the House, and Nancy Pelosi, leader of the minority Democrats, spent most of yesterday with their high dudgeon on display over the latest constitutional crisis to shake the very foundations of the republic. A congressman can't even be safe in his own hideout.
More (http://www.washtimes.com/national/pruden.htm)