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High class call girls & the DC Madam (The Diary Of An English Courtesan)

Wed, 14 May 2008 20:32:00 GMT

... 'Pamela Martin & Associates', catered to US government officials, including Louisiana Senator David Vitter and Randall Tobias, chief of the Agency for International Development and formen chairman of Eli Lilly. Whilst other names have not been made public, the DC Madam's client list was thought to include NASA officials, at least five US Military officers and a host of senior business...

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Right To Carry Amendment- needs our attention (Spark It Up!!!)

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:28:00 GMT

... reciprocity. My PA carry permit works in Idaho but an Idaho permit will not work here? Go figure.Vitter Amendment Creates Concealed Carry Reciprocity Contact Your Senators Right Away!Senator David Vitter (R-LA) has introduced an amendment to HR 980 requiring states with concealed carry laws to honor the concealed carry permits from other states. The amendment could be voted...

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Senate Rejects Offshore Drilling Bill (Redneck's Revenge)

Wed, 14 May 2008 02:21:00 GMT

... National Wildlife Refuge. The amendment was rejected on a mostly party-line vote of 42 to 56. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., urged his colleagues to support the measure, noting that his home state of Louisiana has profited from offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. "We need to expand on that policy to dramatically increase our domestic energy production," he said. But Democrats said...

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Small Business Disaster Assistance in Final Farm Bill (PR News Wire )

Tue, 13 May 2008 17:40:00 GMT

... by Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.), Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), and David Vitter (R-La.) today is one step closer to becoming law. The provisions were included in the final Farm Bill which negotiators released today. The Senators have been working since September 2005 when the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina revealed the need to enact legislation that will get...

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Page 1 Consider (05/13) (kenneth in the (212))

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT

... are parents to twins.) If the GOP stands by this one -- as they did with hooker-patronizing Sen. David Vitter while throwing their tapping-for-men colleague, Larry Craig -- then I think it's safe to say half of our "democracy" considers the gay-rights movement little more than a joke. ( NYDN ) Milk Man: San Francisco unveils a bronze statue of slain city supervisor Harvey Milk. (...

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More Than 20 Senators Say They'd Consider Joining Ticket to be Vice-President (PR News Wire )

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:27:00 GMT

... We would rock the Naval Observatory." Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and David Vitter (R-La.) took the opportunity to push other candidates. Harkin likes "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart, while Coleman promoted Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R). Vitter favors Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R). "Once is enough," Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) said. "I...

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Surprise: Fossella is still here (Top Stories)

media@politico.com (John Bresnahan) — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:03:28 GMT

... was put off until late June.Coming on the heels of controversies involving Sens. Larry Craig and David Vitter, Fossella’s Hamlet act is the latest evidence that the rules of political scandal have changed.Just a decade ago, a member in Fossella’s shoes almost certainly would have found himself hounded out of office by his constituents and his colleagues as soon as his misdeeds were...

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The Moral Scales (RealClearPolitics)

Tue, 13 May 2008 03:23:50 GMT

WASHINGTON -- How much do seven members of the U.S. Senate weigh? Eyeing them -- Tom Coburn, Jim DeMint, Jeff Sessions, Saxby Chambliss, David Vitter, Jim Bunning, Richard Burr -- I'd guess they probably come in at about 1,300 pounds. These are the Republicans who have signed a hold letter, preventing action on the reauthorization of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)....

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Ethics Committee Will Not Investigate Sen Vitter (Feminist Daily News)

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:29:52 GMT

The Senate Ethics Committee dismissed a complaint against Senator David Vitter (R-LA) last week, declining to investigate his involvement with the escort service run by Deborah Jeane Palfrey, also known as the "DC Madam." The complaint was filed by

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Death of 'D.C. Madam' Becomes Rich Ground for Conspiracy (The Konformist Blog)

Sun, 11 May 2008 02:01:00 GMT

Robalini's Note: Coming to bash the DC Madam conspiracy theory is David Corn, the CIA's main man (along with Mark Cooper) in the establishment left. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353876,00.html Death of 'D.C. Madam' Becomes Rich Ground for Conspiracy Theory Thursday , May 01, 2008 By Greg Simmons WASHINGTON — Police in Tarpon Springs, Fla., said there was "no question" that Deborah Jeane...

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D.C. Madam: Suicide Before Prison (The Konformist Blog)

Sun, 11 May 2008 01:59:00 GMT

... running a prostitution ring that had as clients many prominent Washingtonians, including Senator David Vitter of Lousiana. She faced as many as 55 years behind bars (though sentencing guidelines could well have limited her prison time to a maximum of 71 months.) When a former employee of Palfrey's, Brandy Britton, hanged herself before going to trial, Palfrey told the press, "I guess...

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Short Attention Span Musing (Random Musings)

cpmaz (noreply@blogger.com) — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:41:04 GMT

... candidate win the White House. ...In a rather disjointed two-step, on one hand, Republican Sen. David Vitter was cleared on any ethics violations regarding his involvment with a D.C. prostitution ring operated by recently-suicided D.C. madam Deborah Jean Palfrey. On the other hand, the GOP has turned on one of its own, Rep. Vito Fossella. His crimes? The married congressman was stopped...

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David Vitter skates away! (Crooks and Liars)

Sat, 10 May 2008 18:30:33 GMT

David Vitter will not be investigated. The Senate Ethics Committee has decided not to investigate Louisiana Senator David Vitter. The Republican was linked to an elite Washington prostitution ring owned by Deborah Jean Palfrey. Palfrey committed suicide May 1st, two weeks after being convicted of racketeering and money laundering. The bipartisan ethics panel says it [...]...

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Sen. Vitter Gets Off Again (To the People)

Sat, 10 May 2008 12:28:00 GMT

Louisiana Senator David Vitter -- the upright Republican who was patronizing Deborah Jean Palfrey's escort service -- got a bit of good news the other day. The Senate Ethics Panel dropped its complaint against Vitter "with prejudice" this week, meaning he'll escape any official sanction for his whoremongering. How did he do it? Well, it seems that timing is everything, as the Washington...

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NY-13: Papes to Fossella: Scram! (Swing State Project)

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:23:34 GMT

Well, it looks like Vito Fossella isn't going to be receiving the David Vitter treatment anytime soon. From the Staten Island Advance : Vito Fossella's well-deserved shame at being arrested for driving while intoxicated last week evolved rapidly in the interim into abject disgrace. Because of that moral descent, and the distractions and ugly controversy all of it brings, he should resign...

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No ethics probe of Louisiana Senator Vitter (MSNBC.com)

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:44:54 GMT

The Senate Ethics Committee has decided not to investigate Louisiana Senator David Vitter.

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Vitter Still Alive (Shakespeare's Sister)

noreply@blogger.com (Petulant) — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:22:00 GMT

After the tragic "suicide" of Deborah Palfrey , the Senate Ethics Committee declines to investigate Senator Vitter. The Senate Ethics Committee declined Thursday to investigate Sen. David Vitter, who was linked to an escort service whose owner was convicted in federal court and subsequently committed suicide. The committee said it declined to pursue the case because Vitter's...

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I Didn't Expect To Be Proved Right So Quickly (The Liberal Avenger)

Fri, 09 May 2008 07:15:25 GMT

... cruising a mens public restroom for sex, our friends on the left were all over it. When Senator David Vitter (R-LA) was revealed to have been a customer of a prostitution ring in the District of Columbia, our friends on the left howled with outrage. Yet when Governor Eliot Spitzer (D-NY) was busted for patronizing high-end (pun intended) call girls, there was some defense of him...

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Senate ethics panel dismisses Vitter complaint (Democratic Underground)

Fri, 09 May 2008 06:13:09 GMT

Source: [b]Reuters[/b] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Ethics Committee on Thursday dismissed a complaint against Sen. David Vitter, a suspected patron of a prostitution ring headed by a woman who killed herself last month. In a letter to the Louisiana Republican, the panel said the conduct at...

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Complaint Against Senator David Vitter Dismissed (WAFB - Local News)

Fri, 09 May 2008 03:26:18 GMT

There's new information out of Washington about Senator David Vitter and his involvement with the D.C. Madam. The Senate Ethics Committee dismissed a complaint against Senator David Vitter.

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