Political Wire wrote:
Gawker catches Rep. Christopher Lee (R-NY) trolling for dates on Craigslist, where the married lawmaker allegedly posed as divorced "lobbyist" and "fit fun classy guy" and posted photos to prove it.
After initially refusing comment, Lee's spokesman said that the congressman believed he'd been hacked.
Unfortunately, the emails "were sent more than a week before the alleged hack. The shirtless photo -- which, according to metadata contained in the picture, was taken in Washington, D.C. -- was taken with a Blackberry, the same mobile device that Lee uses, which means the hacker would have also had to access the photos on Lee's phone."
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In what might be the fastest scandal ever, Rep. Christopher Lee (R-NY) resigned his seat in Congress.
His statement: "I regret the harm that my actions have caused my family, my staff and my constituents. I deeply and sincerely apologize to them all. I have made profound mistakes and I promise to work as hard as I can to seek their forgiveness... I am announcing that I have resigned my seat in Congress effective immediately."
After initially refusing comment, Lee's spokesman said that the congressman believed he'd been hacked.
Unfortunately, the emails "were sent more than a week before the alleged hack. The shirtless photo -- which, according to metadata contained in the picture, was taken in Washington, D.C. -- was taken with a Blackberry, the same mobile device that Lee uses, which means the hacker would have also had to access the photos on Lee's phone."
[...]
In what might be the fastest scandal ever, Rep. Christopher Lee (R-NY) resigned his seat in Congress.
His statement: "I regret the harm that my actions have caused my family, my staff and my constituents. I deeply and sincerely apologize to them all. I have made profound mistakes and I promise to work as hard as I can to seek their forgiveness... I am announcing that I have resigned my seat in Congress effective immediately."
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Politico wrote:
House Republicans endured another embarrassing floor loss Wednesday, one day after a vote on the Patriot Act failed on their watch.
A bill that would retrieve money already paid to the United Nations failed Wednesday afternoon 259-169, 290 votes were needed for passage. The bill is the third to fail under House stewardship this week. The U.N. bill would have return $179 million that was paid into the U.N. tax equalization fund.
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But even with a 49-seat majority, Republicans are still blaming Democrats for their troubles. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who led his party to a historic triumph in the mid-term elections, said his control of the House is new.
A bill that would retrieve money already paid to the United Nations failed Wednesday afternoon 259-169, 290 votes were needed for passage. The bill is the third to fail under House stewardship this week. The U.N. bill would have return $179 million that was paid into the U.N. tax equalization fund.
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But even with a 49-seat majority, Republicans are still blaming Democrats for their troubles. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who led his party to a historic triumph in the mid-term elections, said his control of the House is new.
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Political Wire wrote:
With Republicans holding a significant edge in the Nebraska state legislature, the Omaha World Herald reports an effort to return the state to a winner-take-all system of awarding electoral votes is highly likely.
"The controversial process that allows Nebraska's electoral votes to be split by congressional district dates back to 1991, when Nebraska parted company with most of the rest of the nation. It has since survived several challenges by Republicans, who describe it as unfair. However, momentum for the repeal effort stepped up after 2008, when Obama won an electoral vote in the Omaha district -- the first time the state's electoral votes were split since the law was passed."
"The controversial process that allows Nebraska's electoral votes to be split by congressional district dates back to 1991, when Nebraska parted company with most of the rest of the nation. It has since survived several challenges by Republicans, who describe it as unfair. However, momentum for the repeal effort stepped up after 2008, when Obama won an electoral vote in the Omaha district -- the first time the state's electoral votes were split since the law was passed."
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