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June 21, 2006 -
Ammendment 4230, introduced by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) to establish a "Truman Committee" to oversee military contracts was defeated yesterday. But Sen. Dorgan gave an impassioned speech from the Senate floor about the squandering of billions of taxpayer dollars for military waste and fraud:
June 21, 2006 -
As loyal readers of Facing South know, the Institute has long supported the creation of an independent oversight body to watchdog military contracts, modeled on the highly successful Truman Commission set up during World War II.For the last two years, Congress has had before it bi-partisan legislation to set up such an oversite committee to bring some basic level of accountability to the billions of dollars being shoveled to Bechtel, Halliburton and other war contractors. Each time it has voted it down.
June 16, 2006 -
I've got nothing new for today. Instead, check this out. And this.
June 13, 2006 -
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a Tennessee death row inmate should get a new hearing based on new DNA evidence:
June 7, 2006 -
As Rep. Katherine Harris's campaign for Senate continues its seemingly relentless slide, her fellow Republicans are growing more resigned about the outcome. As USA Today reports,
June 6, 2006 -
The Center for American Progress conducted a poll to find out what Americans think about morality and politics (as opposed to what we are told to believe by our elected representatives in Congress). The findings were interesting:
June 2, 2006 -
Jordan at Confined Space -- the dean of worker and health safety issues in the blogosphere -- has an important post up about Congressional wrangling over mine safety legislation.