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House Likely
to Vote on
Auto Bailout This Afternoon

Senate likely tomorrow; GOP has harsh words

Detroit News Detroit News Dec 10, 08 12:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The House is ready to vote on a $15 billion bill to rescue GM and Chrysler as early as this afternoon, the Detroit News reports. The Senate, meanwhile, is likely to vote tomorrow morning. “My understanding is it is done, but the piece of paper is not before the Senate,” says Harry Reid. But Republicans are threatening to gum up the works. More »

More about:  Congress • bailout • auto industry • General Motors • Chrysler • Harry Reid • Mitch McConnell • David Vitter

 'DC Madam' Guilty, Guilty, Guilty 

Palfrey faces 55 years on racketeering, money-laundering convictions

WTOP Apr 15, 08 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rejecting the defense that she didn't know her escorts were having sex with clients, a federal jury convicted the "DC Madam," who, WTOP–FM reports, met today's verdict with a sigh. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, whose prostitution-ring bust implicated Washington highbrows, including a Louisiana senator, faces up to 55 years on racketeering and money-laundering charges at her sentencing in July. More »

More about:  prostitution • prostitution ring • DC Madam • Deborah Jeane Palfrey • David Vitter

Senator Won't Testify in 'DC Madam' Case 

Defense rests without calling witnesses;
Vitter off the hook

CQPolitics CQPolitics Apr 14, 08 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Louisiana Sen. David Vitter will be spared an embarrassing trip to the witness stand in the trial of Deborah Palfrey, the so-called “DC Madam,” CQ Politics reports. The defense and prosecution both rested today, with the defense declining to call any witnesses. The Republican lawmaker, who has admitted using Palfrey’s service, was on the defense’s witness list. More »

More about:  trial • DC Madam • witness • Deborah Jeane Palfrey • David Vitter

Gay Groups Want Craig Probe Halted

Citing Vitter, activists see ‘homophobic’ double standard

The Hill The Hill Nov 13, 07 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Prominent gay rights groups are calling on the Senate Ethics Committee to drop its sexual misconduct probe of Larry Craig, calling the panel’s focus on the senator’s case—combined with the lack of focus on David Vitter’s—“hypocrisy tinged by homophobia.” The two groups say Craig has been singled out because his behavior was homosexual, whereas Vitter’s alleged visits to prostitutes were heterosexual, the Hill reports. More »

More about:  California • gay rights • Larry Craig • homophobia • Barbara Boxer • David Vitter • Senate Ethics Committee

Republican
Scandal Level Approaches Self-Parody

GOP insider: 'You can’t make this stuff up'

New York Times New York Times Aug 29, 07 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Larry Craig's bathroom toe tap is only the latest in a seemingly endless string of scandal that has Republicans at wit's end, the NY Times reports. Such episodes are fueling voter suspicion of a party already tied to an unpopular president and the Iraq war. "We are approaching a level of ridiculousness," fumes one GOP activist. More »

More about:  Iraq war • Republican • GOP • scandal • sex scandal • Ted Stevens • ethics • Larry Craig • David Vitter

Vitter's Sorry for ... Something

D.C. Madam client apologizes for a
"serious sin" he
refuses to name

Times-Picayune (New Orleans) Times-Picayune (New Orleans) Jul 17, 07 6:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taking a page out of the Jason Giambi playbook, Louisiana Senator David Vitter yesterday held a press conference to apologize for "actions from my past" but categorically refused to specify what, exactly, he'd done wrong. Vitter spent a week in seclusion after his number showed up in the D.C. Madam's phone records, and an infamous brothel in New Orleans cited him as a customer, too. More »

More about:  sex scandal • DC Madam • David Vitter

La. Senator Caught Dialing DC Madam

Republican apologizes for "very serious sin" after escort-service revelation

Times-Picayune (New Orleans) Times-Picayune (New Orleans) Jul 10, 07 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter atoned yesterday for a "very serious sin in my past," after his telephone number turned up on the scandal-soaked call logs of Deborah Jeane Palfrey. The so-called DC Madam was forced to denude the records of her million-dollar escort service last week. More »

More about:  Senate • Republican • politics • Louisiana • prostitution • conservative • senator • social conservatives • DC Madam • David Vitter • escort service

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