Acid Rain?...............

Dodd and Gregg Block Audit.............

A House-passed provision to open up the Federal Reserve to an audit by the Government Accountability Office is unlikely to be included in the Senate reform package, Barney Frank told a meeting of House Financial Services Committee members Wednesday, according to people in the room. Frank, chairman of the committee, told the members that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) told him that he had assured Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) that it wouldn't be a part of the bill. Gregg has been a strident opponent of the effort to open the Fed to an audit...Link

Betraying the promise of change.......

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on Wednesday said the Massachusetts election was a "wake up call" for Democrats and that his party had better change course or it could suffer devastating losses come November. "People elected Democrats in 2008 to change the country's direction," he told Raw Story in a nearly hour-long interview. "And the same entrenched interests that George Bush could not shake, this current White House is having great difficulty in shaking. One could suggest they might be more entrenched than ever."..Link

Court rejects limits on corporate spending.

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday swept away decades of legislative efforts to limit the role of corporations in election campaigns, ruling that severe restrictions on corporate spending are inconsistent with the First Amendment's protection of political speech...Link

US health insurer’s profits rise 30 percent.

As if to mock the Democrats' loss of Ted Kennedy's Senate seat and the subsequent and rapid unraveling of a healthcare bill that seemed determined to curb the excesses of the US health insurance industry, the largest US health insurer announced Thursday morning that its fourth quarter profits had climbed a whopping 30 percent...Link

Support of Ron Paul's HR 4248................

Over the past two months, the campaign has industriously sent over 10 press releases to the local press, but none have been picked up by the mainstream newspapers. While these topics center on the economy, the campaign has addressed timely issues such as health care and the Haiti disaster. While some may say this is overuse of press releases, they have averaged just 1 every 5 days, and the campaign's only regret is that we cannot send more due to available resources as America is at a critical juncture in our history. However, for an independent campaign, we are making incredible strides, check out all the media postings including the December 13th full page editorial in a local newspaper, the January 11th half-page ad...Link