According to the latest available public opinion poll, Republican David Vitter is 18 points ahead of conservative Democrat Charlie Melancon in the Louisiana Senate race, and with Melancon’s fundraising at half of Vitter’s he doesn’t seem liable to catch up. So why, according to the latest reports by the FEC, is the American College of [...]
Senator Mary landrieu is not merely holding Jack Lew’s nomination hostage. She is holding the American economy hostage as well, and it’s all for the sake of big oil.
If a member of Congress from New Jersey can respond quickly to a new offshore drilling accident off Louisiana’s shores, why are Louisiana’s representatives in Washington D.C. so slow to respond?
With the Gulf oil spill, Joseph Cao is using a classic Republican tool of distraction: Whenever you want to change the subject, tell Americans that terrorist evildoers are out to get them.
Republican Joseph Cao, a new member of the House of Representatives whose New Orleans district is now threatened by the consequences of BP’s sloppy response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, provided us with an example last week of the new embrace of government solutions by many in the congressional GOP.
Charlie Melancon accepted one thousand dollars from a lobbyist working for the American Petroleum Institute who has campaigned against clean water regulations. Now, that money looks as dirty as the Gulf of Mexico. Will he return it?
When Senator Mary Landrieu spoke of the benefits of offshore oil drilling, perhaps she was referring to the $357,050 in donations that she has taken from the oil and gas industry.
Among theitems at the center of Charles Boustany’s legislative agenda is expanded offshore drilling for oil. Is it a coincidence, then that the professional group that’s the 2nd largest contributor to Boustany’s 2010 re-election campaign is the fossil fuel industry?
If Representative Steve Scalise really opposes government spending, then why did he craft 24 separate spending earmarks and slip them into appropriations bills in the House of Representatives?
Look at the facts of Charles Melancon’s campaign finance, and you’ll see that his campaign for Senate is starting from the top down, in corporate board rooms, lobbyist luncheons, and PAC workshops.
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