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* It’s not the Scientology that Mitt Romney loves, it’s the Travolta. [The Caucus]
* Hillary’s bad taste also in question: Does she only listen to the noise from Bono’s charity, or the shit his band puts out too? [Political Radar]
* Former Abramoff crony turned U.S. Attorney refused to prosecute himself. [Wampum]
* RIP Tom DeLay’s PAC. [Capitol Briefing]
* Joe Lieberman is still as crazy as when you voted for him. [Horse's Mouth]
* Brooklyn congressman knows what he’s gonna do when the bad boys come for him. [HuffPo]
* Gingrich and Hegel hang out with the unions, nonchalantly inquire about members willing to work for 10 cents an hour and no bathroom breaks. [Political Insider]

Every week, our Anonymous Lobbyist answers your questions about how laws get made and why they probably shouldn’t. If you have a question about the dirty business of doing business in Washington, ask her.

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• The Bush administration’s war on terror is changing in key ways due to changes and setbacks in courts, Congress, and among allies overseas. [WP]

• PAC’s and campaigns controlled by Rep. John Doolittle paid ridiculous sums to a company staffed only by his wife. [WP]
• The FBI raid of Rep. William Jefferson’s office was constitutional, according to the a federal judge. “Congressman Jefferson’s interpretation of the Speech or Debate privilege would have the effect of converting every congressional office into a taxpayer-subsidized sanctuary for crime,” wrote the judge, seemingly without irony. [WP]
• Rep. James Sensenbrenner hates illegal immigrants, has great deal of power, won’t budge or compromise with Bush or Senate. [NYT]

ONCE AGAIN: We need to get us a PAC. MORE »

Could someone help us out here? Someone gave Rick Santorum a mortgage. We got that far. And Rick Santorum is poor, right? That’s the deal? So he wasn’t supposed to get the mortgage? Is this one of those things you have to be rich to understand? It’s like letting Lieberman into your country club, right? Like, in exchange for pro-golfing legislation or tax breaks for polo shirt-manufacturers or something. What we can understand is this: we’ve got to get ourselves a PAC. MORE »