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I Simply ADORE Weiner

Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn/Queens) delivered a hysterical 11-minute speech/standup routine at the annual Congressional Correspondents' Dinner last night - he even shouted-out Arby's!! Watch the whole thing - it's totally worth it:

RELATED: I really hope Weiner runs for NYC Mayor - I'd vote for him in a heartbeat.

Source: Towleroad
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Will Bush Pardon His "Cronies"?

There has been a lot of talk that during his final days in office, President Bush may issue a "blanket pardon" for anyone in his administration who broke the law by following official administration policies (torture, domestic spying, etc).

My Congressman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, introduced H.R. 1531 in Congress Friday. The resolution, according to a press release from the Congressman..

...is in response to President Bush’s widespread abuses of power and potentially criminal transgressions against our Constitution. The Resolution aims to prevent undeserved pardons of officials who may have been co-conspirators in the President’s unconstitutional policies, such as torture, illegal surveillance and curtailing of due process for defendants.

"This Resolution declares that we will not tolerate a last minute attempt by President Bush to shelter his cronies – cronies who may well be guilty of serious criminal offenses – from the full force of the law," said Rep. Nadler. "President Bush must not excuse his own officials from possibly illegal acts committed outside the context of their official duties. Such pardons would merely obfuscate the truth and amount to a gross miscarriage of justice."

I LOVE Rep. Nadler and the fact that he has the balls to introduce official legislation that uses the word "cronies", and calls Dubya out for his illegal bullshit. Bravo Jerry!!!

Gay Equality Caucus Formed In Congress

The House of Representatives currently has two openly gay members – Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Barney Frank (D-MA).

Since there aren’t enough openly gay members for a traditional “caucus” (like the Black Caucus or the Hispanic Caucus), Representatives Baldwin and Frank will co-chair the LGBT Equality Caucus – consisting of members who are friendly to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender causes.

The Caucus currently consists of 52 members of Congress – all Democrats. One of the Vice Chairs is my Congressman, Jerrold Nadler. We love Congressman Nadler on the West Side of Manhattan – and I have held fundraisers here at the restaurant for him.

To read a complete list of the members of the LGBT Equality Caucus, go here.

Isn’t it wonderful when the DEMOCRATS control Congress?...