CNN Ex-senator Brooke gets gold medal of Congress Boston Globe WASHINGTON - For more than an hour yesterday, Washington's most powerful politicians lauded former Massachusetts senator Edward W. Brooke, praising the 90-year-old Republican for breaking down partisan divisions and racial barriers. ... An honor for a Senate pioneer Washington Post Congress honors Senate pioneer MiamiHerald.com Congress honors former US senator Brooke USA Today CNN International Related posts: An honor for a Sen

Excellent column once again from a favorite of mine, the simplistically articulate Thomas Sowell. Dismantling America – Thomas Sowell via Townhall Just one year ago, would you have believed that an unelected government official, not even a Cabinet member confirmed by the Senate but simply one of the many “czars” appointed by the President, could arbitrarily cut the pay of executives in private businesses by 50 percent or 90 percent? Did you think that another “czar” would be talking

Two posts from Memeorandum that deal with the UNCONSTITUTIONAL Obamacare Bill or the Baucus Bill, whatever toots your flute. The first one is Brian Butler' TPMDC: Over White House Skepticism, Reid Likely To Go The Opt Out Route The second one is Glenn Thrush at the Politico: Reid announces opt-out public option We have already discussed this ReiCo Putrid Option garbage but... See this post: Senate on Verge of Health Bill We ended that post with Obama not having aclue and now

Okay, get ready. Game on. Senator Harry Reid , who’s huddling with senior aides as we speak, has decided to hold a presser today at 3:15 in the Capitol to announce his decision on what to include in the final health care bill, a senior Senate aide confirms. According to multiple, anonymously sourced reports — see here and here , for instance — Reid is poised to include a public option with an opt out in the bill. Now we’ll soon hear it directly from Reid himself. Getting interesting

“Amtrak is raising serious objections to a proposal that would allow passengers to stow unloaded guns in their checked baggage, saying the train operator cannot screen passengers’ bags the same way airlines do. The Senate passed a measure last month that would allow passengers to declare and check a weapon on the trains, something airline passengers can do now, provided the weapon is unloaded and in a hard and locked case. But Amtrak and some House members are against the idea. The House did not