Conor Kenny's News Articles

Congresspedia Documents the Iraq War Votes (and the $87 billion "Flip-Flop")

by Conor Kenny — October 31, 2006 - 4:42pm
  • Topics: Iraq, U.S. Congress, Rhetoric

    • As part of our efforts to cut to the facts of issues in Congress, Congresspedia has gone back through the major votes on the Iraq War and summarized what was at stake in each. In this election season, we were reminded of the brouhaha over the 2004 remark by Sen.

    The Ethics Committee investigation of Hastert and the Foley Scandal: Recent History Does not Inspire Confidence

    by Conor Kenny — October 30, 2006 - 5:03pm

    As our regular readers undoubtedly know, the House Ethics Committee is in the process of investigating the response of the Republican House leadership to early warning signs in the Mark Foley page scandal.

    Citizens Needed

    by Conor Kenny — October 26, 2006 - 6:40pm
  • Topics: Iraq, U.S. Congress, Democracy, U.S. Government, War / Peace

    • We need some of the citizens out there who are reading Congresspedia everyday to help out with a new article we're putting together on the congressional votes related to the Iraq War.

    Make that eleven members of Congress under investigation

    by Conor Kenny — October 25, 2006 - 5:17pm
  • Topics: U.S. Congress, U.S. Government

    • When writing about members of Congress that are under investigation you always run the risk of being quickly out of date, at least with this Congress. Case in point: on Monday we told you about the nine current and three former members of Congress that are under investigation. Today we learned that the total now runs at eleven current members under investigation.

    Congresspedia's "Congress in the News" updates, Sept. 6-13, 2006

    by Conor Kenny — October 24, 2006 - 6:50am
  • Topics: Congresspedia News Updates, U.S. Congress, Democracy, U.S. Government
  • Former House leaders, including Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), announced they will file an amicus brief arguing that the FBI search of Rep. William Jefferson’s (D-La.) office was unconstitutional.

    • Why people think members of Congress are crooked: Nine of them are being investigated

    by Conor Kenny — October 23, 2006 - 9:10am
  • Topics: U.S. Congress, Democracy, U.S. Government

    • Fully 50 percent of Americans think that most members of Congress are corrupt and 36 percent think their own member of Congress is corrupt, according to a poll released Thursday by CNN. A quick stroll over to my personal favorite part of the Congresspedia wiki, the Members of Congress under investigation page, shows why: at least a dozen current and former members of Congress are under investigation for everything from covering up the Mark Foley page scandal to laundering campaign contributions to bribery. And don't take comfort in the fact that three of those dozen are no longer in Congress: each was forced to resign in just the last year in the wake of investigations or guilty pleas related to actions they took while they were still in Congress.

    Each of these current and former members of Congress has detailed explanations of the allegations against them on their Congresspedia profile pages, but the mind-boggling litany of allegations begs for a quick rundown:

    Straight from the source: "Ask a lobbyist"

    by Conor Kenny — October 18, 2006 - 2:33pm
  • Topics: U.S. Congress, Lobbying

    • Wonkette, for those of you who don't read it, is a proudly low-brow and juvenile blog that focuses on the more salacious escapades of our representatives in Washington. For those of us who have to deal with the over-starched, self-important Washington crowd (Congresspedia headquarters is just off the K street lobbying corridor), it often provides a dose of needed levity.

    Bush Signs Detainee Bill

    by Conor Kenny — October 18, 2006 - 7:35am
  • Topics: Terrorism, U.S. Congress, Democracy, Social Justice, U.S. Government, War / Peace

    • The much-debated Military Commissions Act of 2006 is now the law of the land.

    President Bush signed the bill yesterday which effectively strips detainees labeled as suspected terrorists by the president of rights traditionally guaranteed in American courts. Under the bill, suspects will have only a limited ability to view evidence used against them, and also be denied habeas corpus protection.

    Taking a Page (Well, Two) From History

    by Conor Kenny — October 13, 2006 - 12:00pm

    As you may have heard by now, former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) is not the first member of Congress to be involved in a congressional page scandal.

    Twenty-three years ago, the House Ethics Committee concluded that Reps.

    Remember Those Term-Limit Pledges?

    by Conor Kenny — October 10, 2006 - 5:15am
  • Topics: U.S. Congress, Democracy, U.S. Government

    • It's hard to believe that twelve years have passed since the Newt Gingrich-led Republican Revolution of 1994.

    In that year, GOP candidates launched a successful effort to take control of both the House and Senate, something they had not been able to accomplish in the previous forty-two years.

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