Democrats Seeking Government Classified Data

   Senate Democrats are going after more of the classified data on terrorist detainees, their abuse and some of the governments secrecy surrounding the war among other things.  Committee members are also going to be looking into voter fraud and immigration, for starters.

    It is about time that somebody makes this administration account for all of the secrecy that has been on-going with Bushco, Inc! You do not get this secretive unless you have something to hide and this group of fools has had something to hide from day one!

   Here is David Johnston of The New York Times

    Mr. Leahy, who has said little about his plans for the committee, expressed hope for greater cooperation from the Bush administration, which he described as having been “obsessively secretive.” His aides have identified more than 65 requests he has made to the Justice Department or other agencies in recent years that have been rejected or permitted to languish without reply.

    Now that they are about to control Congress, what he and other Democrats regard as a record of unresponsiveness has energized their renewal of longstanding requests for information about some of the administration’s most hidden and fiercely debated operations. In addition, other such requests by committee members deal with subjects like voter fraud, immigration and background inquiries on Supreme Court nominees.   MORE HERE

 

Democrats' Victory Is Felt On K Street

Democrats' Victory Is Felt On K Street

By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 23, 2006

The Democrats' takeover of Congress this month has turned official Washington upside down.

Labor and environmental representatives, once also-rans in congressional influence, are meeting frequently with Capitol Hill's incoming Democratic leaders. Corporations that once boasted about their Republican ties are busily hiring Democratic lobbyists. And industries worried about reprisals from the new Democrats-in-charge, especially the pharmaceutical industry, are sending out woe-is-me memos and hoping their GOP connections will protect them in the crunch.      More From WaPo

 

   Since both parties have always had lobbyist chasing after them, we can only hope that the Democrats will have the common sense to not kiss up to the big oil and pharmaceutical companies as the GOP has been doing.

      Oh boy. Let us pray!