Mitch McConnell is kind of right about something. The executive branch of government should be held to the same disclosure standards as congress: It’s just a shame that Mitch didn’t mention that senators get way more flexibility in reporting than congresscritters. Particularly when it comes to matters of campaign finance.

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On January 25, John Yarmuth spoke on the House floor about fairness: It’s a perfect illustration of why fair, equal and comprehensive tax reform is necessary both in Kentucky and nationally.

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Did you see Rand Paul passive-aggressively rip Newt Gingrich on the Senate floor last week? Ruh ro.

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This week the Legislative Research Commission provides a bit of a civics lesson: FRANKFORT –If you Google ‘How often do redistricting plans end up in court?’ you get 134,000 hits in 0.37 seconds. Somewhere in all those hits, you’ll likely now find ‘Kentucky redistricting 2012.’ A lawsuit challenging the recent state legislative reapportionment has not [...]

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This week the State House Republicrats discuss congressional redistricting, head injuries and energy efficient schools: Oh, and Lonnie Napier’s hair made an appearance. Forgot about that.

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Let’s take a look at their latest reports to the Federal Election Commission to see how they’re spending their campaign cash for the period covering October 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. Andy Barr Notable Disbursements $13,835.38 on staff $2,562.97 on telephone & internet $1,582.91 on travel $932.65 on equipment, supplies, rent $784.80 on food [...]

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Lonnie Napier is just cold tired of the poors and the minorities getting their welfare checks without having to be tested for drugs. So he is retiring and taking up a full-time position of yelling at people to get off his lawn. [Ryan Alessi] Looks like Kentucky is going to get a No Child Left [...]

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Once again, John Yarmuth has donated his Congressional salary to the following 25 organizations: Anne Braden Institute – UofL Bridgehaven CASA Center for Women and Families Crane House Elderserve Family and Children’s Place – Child Advocacy Center Family Scholar House Harbor House Home of the Innocents Jewish Community of Louisville Kentucky Center Governor’s School for [...]

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Get real, Lexington po-leece, people are too fat to bother with using the sidewalk there. You’d think Jim Gray, loving balls as he does (I said it! Stop reading if you don’t like it, meemaw), would have enough of them to know it’s ridiculous to take a page out of Greg Fischer’s embarrassing playbook in [...]

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This week Congressman Geoff Davis is upset over health care reform: During debate over the new health care law, concerns were raised about a wide variety of provisions in the bill, but few provisions raised quite as many eyebrows as the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program. CLASS established a new federal long-term [...]

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