It is about time and I hope there is bipartisan support for this….The Republicans are just as guilty as the Democrats when it comes to earmarks, but it needs to come to a screeching halt:
Republicans are hoping to hold Democrats to an earlier promise to make earmark requests more transparent by revealing where earmarks are designated […]

From Michelle in her post:  ‘Kill the Bill: Exposing the dirty deal
Update- Senators to Bush: Enforce the laws first’
Out-of-touch-with-reality quote of the morning:
“I think one of the things that we have to do is answer the skeptics, answer the doubters,” White House press secretary Tony Snow said Tuesday.”We not only have a good sound bill, […]

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — On June 11, MarketWatch incorrectly wrote in a story on consumer-banking regulations that U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd’s political party affiliation is Republican. Sen. Dodd is a Democrat. See corrected story.

LOS ANGELES — Though a traditional support base for Democrat candidates, Republican presidential hopefuls also eye the state for support.

BRIDGEPORT — By late Monday afternoon, 148 Republicans had switched their political affiliation to the Democratic Party, presumably at the urging of Republican Town Committee Chairman Rick

An independent candidate who filed to run for Marietta City Council president may be removed from the November ballot because he voted as a Democrat in the May primary election.

The Florida Democratic Party has decided to make the results of the presidential primary on Jan. 29 binding.

WASHINGTON — A Senate resolution of no-confidence against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales failed Monday as Republicans blocked the move, calling it meaningless and partisan politics.
Senate Democrats who called for the action were seven votes short of the 60 needed to end debate and force a vote on the resolution. The vote was 53-38, with seven […]

The Pro-Family Law Center has challenged Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and United States District Court rulings finding the terms “marriage,” “natural family,” and “family values” to be hate-speech. The case involves the threat of termination of employment by the City of Oakland against two of its employees who used such words on an employee […]

Over 1,300 people stood up from the UC Irvine campus, the surrounding community and local law enforcement who showed up to hear former terrorists Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem and Zak Anani speak at the Orange County, California campus. 
Local law enforcement had advised they expected a protest outside the event by the Muslim Students Association (MSU) […]