Roadblock Blog

Roadblock Roundup for July 31

Norm coleman, now 55% cleaner
Norm Coleman (R-Minnesota) has received $36,000 from indicted Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and corrupt VECO oil execs over the past two election cycles, but has only committed to getting rid of $20,000. The rest of this dirty money is apparently clean by Coleman standards.

Shameless Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia) is helping to block legislation that would lower taxes for the middle-class and would provide incentives for developing renewable energy, which would reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Good thing he's blaming the Democrats for rising gas prices.

Finally, someone else is doing the dirty work
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) can't possibly stand on his obstructionist record. Thankfully, his Democratic opponent, Jim Slattery, has released a new website dispelling the myths which Roberts has created around himself.

Filibustering for the fun of it
Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Elizabeth Dole (R-North Carolina) have helped the rest of the Republicans in the Senate block legislation that would protect the press from revealing their sources. The thing is, Graham and Dole both co-sponsored the bill.

The Stevens plague
Gordon Smith (R-Oregon) gave $10,000 to Ted Stevens' campaign twenty days after the news broke that he was under investigation by the FBI. Another Republican campaign infected by the fallout of the Alaskan Senator's misbehavior.