A key Congressional ally of President Bush sent a sharply worded letter to the president in May warning that the administration might have broken the law by failing to inform Congress of some secret intelligence programs, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions.
Could a Republican-controlled Congress pass a bill to protect the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance from court challenges? No problem, especially if proposed during the patriotic season leading up to the Fourth of July, Republican leaders thought. No way, it turned out.
Conservative tax activist Grover Norquist is one of those Washington power players that people love to hate. So many in the peanut gallery watch in glee as his ties to longtime friend and disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff bring a heap of trouble down on Norquist’s oversized head.