Former Senator Jesse Helms, Republican from North Carolina, passed away today at 86.  He joins Thomas Jefferson and John Adams as great Americans who left this life on Independence Day.
Helms held significant roles in Congress over the years, and helped move policy to the right during his tenure.
Anything else I can say has already been [...]

Eager to put appropriate cover on their actions so that they don’t jeopardize their reelections, House Democrats are proposing breaking up the Wire-tapping Bill into two pieces: one to provide the authorization to execute the program, and the other to provide protections for communications companies against lawsuits.
From what I’m hearing, it sounds like both bills [...]