Congress votes to protect pedophiles, but not veterans

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 4th at 04:13 PM  | 

This is really kind of mind numbing and demonstrates what is wrong with Congress. During a House Judiciary Committee meeting, Congressman Steve King (R-IA) offered up an amendment to the hate crimes bill to exclude pedophiles from being a protected category under the hate crimes legislation. Every single Democrat voted it down. In the same meeting, Congressman Tom Rooney (R-FL) offered an amendment to include | Read More »

BREAKING: Pelosi calls for investigation into Tim Mahoney

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 13th at 05:50 PM  | 

ABC News has the story. “I just learned today about the serious allegations concerning Congressman Tim Mahoney,” Pelosi said in a statement. “These charges must be immediately and thoroughly investigated by the House Ethics Committee.” The announcement came just as the advertising company used by Mahoney’s campaign said that it had “permanently” ended its relationship with the West Palm Beach congressmen based on the report | Read More »

Democrat Tim Mahoney (FL-16) Pays Mistress Hush Money

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 13th at 12:15 PM  | 

Speaking of Tom Rooney being viable in FL-16, there is this breaking news out of the district today. West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-FL), whose predecessor resigned in the wake of a sex scandal, agreed to a $121,000 payment to a former mistress who worked on his staff and was threatening to sue him, according to current and former members of his staff who | Read More »