Yes, Rule 23: Senate Rule 23Senate Rule 23. Committee not to be absent. Members of a committee, except a conference committee, may not be absent by reason of their appointment during the sitting of the senate, without special leave.[am. 2001 S.Res. 2] emphasis mine Read the rest here: Wisconsin Democrat Fleebaggers violate Senate Rule 23 « The Minority Report.  Read More →

Everyone has priorities. During the past week, Barack Obama found time to be interviewed by a Wisconsin television station and weigh in on the dispute between Republican Gov. Scott Walker and the state’s public employee unions. Walker was staging “an assault on unions,” he said, and added that “public employee unions make enormous contributions to our states and our citizens.” Enormous... 

Kim Bobo, the founder of Interfaith Worker Justice, speaks to the 2009 Conference of the Democratic Socialists of America about a “Biblical Program for Recovery” (you might do yourself a favor and fast forward to the 3:00 mark) Kim Bobo " A Biblical Program for Recovery" from Frank Llewellyn on Vimeo. The founder of Interfaith Worker Justice addresses the national convention of Democratic... 

The 567 organizations and groups that turned out several hundred thousand people for the “One Nation” march in Washington on Oct. 2 will try to stay together to work on each other’s causes after the Nov. 2 election, a top union participant says. In an interview with Press Associates during the march, new Service Employees International Union secretary-treasurer Eliseo Medina added... 

Politico: New Mexico Democrat Rep. Harry Teague dropped his employer-based health coverage for his employees at Cavaloz Energy as the debate over health care reform surged in Congress. Teague boasted that his company provided health coverage in 2008 when he was running, but “once he won his seat, Teague, a Democrat, voted twice against his party’s health care reform bill because ‘it... 

The Treasury Department, under fire for supporting General Motors’ claim that the company was paying off its government bailout with that same bailout money, is trying to set the record straight. Treasury “never” suggested GM had repaid the bailout in full, according to an April 30 department letter to House oversight committee ranking member Darrell Issa, California Republican. The only problem...