Maloney’s record places her high above Gillibrand’s short record in the House. Gillibrand’s record in the Senate is no better. She has taken little meaningful legislative action, and has earned a net score on our Senate legislative scorecard of just 8 points out of a possible 100.

Amendment 1157 creates a loophole in the Freedom of Information Act. With this loophole, the Secretary of Defense is granted the power to conceal photographs of any torture of prisoners of the U.S. military – whether those photographs were taken in the past, or will be taken in the future.

President Barack Obama is openly violating the law in order to cover up torture. Will Democratic senators like Whitehouse, Leahy and Feingold do anything about it, or will they continue to solely focus on the Bush presidency, which is conveniently finished?

The revelations about Pelosi’s early and ongoing involvement in the Bush Administration’s torture plans create a test of the integrity of the Democrats in the House of Representatives.

The secrecy that Cliff Stearns defends amounts to nothing more than a conspiracy to commit serious crimes that didn’t help the American people one jot. That’s not what I’d call intelligence.

Number of members of the House of Representatives signing on in support of H. Res. 329, a symbolic resolution commemorating the sinking of a steamboat 143 years ago today: 54 Number of members of the House of Representatives signing on in support of H.R. 104, a bill to create an independent commission to investigate practices [...]

Patrick Leahy’s failure to deal with Obama’s refusal to follow war crimes law looks awfully partisan to me.

Many Democrats currently in Congress capitulated to George W. Bush back in 2006 and voted in favor of the Military Commissions Act. It seems that many of these Democrats are too ashamed of their own moral weakness to work to undo their past mistakes.

“We fought World War II and the battles of the Cold War without resorting to legally sanctioned government torture. We can surely defend America now without sacrificing our principles.” – Senator Russ Feingold

John Bellinger, the legal adviser to the Department of State, will testify and be asked questions about the Bush Administration’s practice of extreme rendition, in which prisoners in United States custody are knowingly sent to be interrogated by nations that routinely use torture.