Senator Ted Stevens, R - Bridge to Nowhere Alaska is in the news again.
He has been revealed as the Senator who is holding up a bill with bi-partisan support that would require the government to publish an online database of federal spending. Bloggers on both sides of the aisle have been doggedly pursuing the identity of the “secret senator” who was holding up the bill, urging citizens to contact their Senators and ask them if they were the one holding up the bill. Even Senate Leader Bill Frist blogged on his PAC website urging senators to answer the question when it was put to them.
Senator Stevens office claims this was never a secret and that the Senator has some concerns about the bill going forward. However Senator Coburn’s office claims that it took weeks of questioning for Stevens to admit to being the bill’s holder, and that Steven’s staff still has not met with Coburn’s. In addition Stevens sits on the commitee where the bill was considered and would have had ample opportunity to discuss it and have his questions answered if he had not skipped the commitee meetings.
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Categories: Elections & Politics (U.S.)
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August 30th, 2006 at 8:18:10 pm
Again, lame. Why must the Senate operate by such arcane and silly rules?
August 30th, 2006 at 8:22:07 pm
Payback for Coburn’s push to defund the Bridge to Nowhere. That is ALL this is.
Cost-benefit analysis. For chrissakes, at least he could ATTEMPT to lie to us.
I’m hearing now though that a Democratic Senator has placed a hold on the bill now.
August 30th, 2006 at 8:33:12 pm
I’m with this guy: “i think it’s official: ted stevens is a douchebag.”
I took the liberty of adding a graphic to your post, David. :) Courtesy of Instapundit.
August 30th, 2006 at 9:05:46 pm
The US Senate is composed of the most pompous, feckless, narcisistic (sp?) individuals this country has to offer. It’s probably one reason why no sitting senator has been elected president in my lifetime (b. 1965).
August 30th, 2006 at 9:17:13 pm
Ted Stevens is a fucking crook. I hope if the Dems do take control of the House and Senate, he is one of the first assholes they begin investigating.
August 30th, 2006 at 10:03:19 pm
Mad Max - but where will they find enough honest Senators to try any of ‘em ?
August 31st, 2006 at 3:07:09 am
I endorse this quote from David Weigel:
“This is an unsophisticated political wish, I realize…but I can think of no finer outcome to the midterms than the ousting of 50 percent or so of the current Congress. From both parties.”
http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/2006/08/the_incumbent_p.shtml#015337
August 31st, 2006 at 5:36:01 am
Max -
And should that happen, I would wholeheartedly endorse it too. Christ, I would go to the hearings with popcorn. This clown has been sucking on the taxpayer teat so long, it looks like he can’t even eat solid food anymore.
Alaska. Only state where the citizens get bribed by their incumbents, literally.
August 31st, 2006 at 12:22:21 pm
Stevens is indeed a douche. Hope the good people of Alaska have the common sense to oust his sorry ass for someone else, regardless of party.