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US Congress Launches Their Own YouTube Channels
Taking their cue from Barack Obama's high-tech campaign that won him the presidency, the US Senate and the House of Representatives have launched their own YouTube channels in order to connect with the American public. Although past restrictions have prevented government officials from posing on outside websites, the rules have quickly changed to catch up with the online population.
Not only will the Senate's Official YouTube page bring you messages straight from your senator's office, but you'll also catch some behind the scenes tidbits, like which senators entered into a friendly wager on the Florida Gator/Ohio Buckeye game, and which one had to pay up in push-ups.
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Anti-Genetic Discrimination Bill Passes in US Senate
Genetic discrimination is one form of discrimination the US Senate can agree to disagree with. The Senate has unanimously passed a preemptive anti-discrimination bill, which will prevent employers, unions, and health insurance companies from discriminating using genetic information. Only patients and doctors will have access to tests that reveal predisposition to diseases.
US Senator From Minnesota: Jesse Ventura vs. Al Franken?
Jesse Ventura is hinting at a run to be the US Senator from Minnesota this fall. Only problem, there is already an eccentric and popular personality with his hat in the ring — satirist Al Franken!
Let's compare credentials.
Front Page: Georgia's Runoff For US Senate Seat Underway!
- Today Georgians go to the polls to vote in the runoff for their US Senate seat. If Democratic challenger Jim Martin beats Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss, the Democrats will be one seat away from a 60-seat supermajority. — Atlanta Journal
- After declaring a fiscal emergency in California, Gov.
Front Page: 20-Year-Old Whose Father Ran Her Over Is Dead
- Arizona woman Noor Faleh Almaleki is pronounced dead after being in a coma for weeks. Her Iraqi-born father ran her over in a parking lot to protest her becoming "too Western." — New York Daily News
- Half of US kids, and 90 percent of black children, will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, according to a study that looked at 30 years of national data.
Jon Stewart: How Could Senators Vote Against Antirape Bill?
Senator Al Franken recently sponsored the Franken Anti-Government-Contractor Rape Liability Bill. The legislative amendment states that the US government will not hire companies who make employees sign a contract saying that they will not sue if they are raped by other employees.
Franken was prompted by a female employee of a Halliburton subsidiary who was gang-raped by her co-workers in Iraq.
The Case of Camp Lejeune: Breast Cancer in Men
Although the incidence of breast cancer in women is considerably higher than in men, a recent news story reminds us all that this cancer affects men too. About 2,000 men are diagnosed with breast cancer annually, so when 40 men who all lived on the Marine base Camp Lejeune at some point in their lives were diagnosed with breast cancer, one has to think environmental factors played a part in their developing the disease.
Forty former US Marines or sons of Marines, who lived at Camp Lejeune between 1960 and 1980, have all been diagnosed with the disease.
Front Page: David Letterman Reveals Affairs, Extortion Attempt
- David Letterman revealed on his show last night that he was recently blackmailed for $2 million. The extortionist threatened to go public with information that the talk show host had sexual relationships with female members of his staff.— BuzzSugar
- The US unemployment rate has reached 9.8 percent, as 263,000 jobs were lost in September. — Wall Street Journal
- During his five-hour trip to Copenhagen, President Obama said granting the 2016 Olympics to Chicago would give the US a chance to "welcome the world back to our neighborhood."
Do You Buy Meg Whitman's Excuse For Not Voting?
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman wants to be governor of California, but it took her until the age of 46 to register to vote. (Reminder: the voting age is 18!) Whitman has apologized for the 28-year oversight while offering an explanation. She said:
"I was focused on raising a family, on my husband's career, and we moved many, many times.
Would a Female Politician Get Away With This?
On Saturday, Republican State Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts announced his candidacy for the US Senate, desiring to fill in the spot left open by Senator Edward Kennedy's passing. He is branding himself as a fiscal conservative and Washington outsider.
But as political blog Wonkette uncovered in 2007, Senator Brown had a nude centerfold spread in a 1982 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine when he was 22.
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