david vitter

This is a deeply strange story, ably picked apart by the smart conservative blogger Ed Morrissey. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has been making the rounds today claiming that the climate bill includes a provision that — in the words of the Washington Examiner — “requires President Obama to act like Venezuelan strong man Hugo Chavez” [...]

The Senate voted today to end debate on the Commerce, Justice and State appropriations bill without considering the controversial amendment proposed by Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Bob Bennett (R-Utah) that would have stopped the U.S. Census from taking place without an additional question about each individual’s citizenship and immigration status.
Vitter had claimed that counting [...]

“I think it’s pretty clear that Harry Reid and the Democratic side … wants illegals counted in the Census, wants illegals in the reapportionment of the House,” Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) said on a conservative talk radio show late yesterday, as reported by The Hill.
Vitter is co-sponsoring a bill with Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) that [...]

From the Twitter feed of Sen. David Vitter. I’m trying to get a look at the amendment itself.

Senators of all stripes rushed to put their stamp on President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
While I’m usually driven crazy by elected officials’ efforts to tell you their view on everything — such as a press releases I once received about the adoption of walking as Maryland’s official state exercise [...]

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint was the lone non-adulterous Republican who voted against confirming Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. He’s posted his explanation here.
Based on her testimony, her answers to questions, and her public statements, I believe she will take our foreign policy in a direction that erodes our national independence and surrenders sovereignty [...]

Chris Cillizza unpacks the reasons why Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), who since the resignation of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) has been the most famous customer of prostitutes in politics, voted against confirming Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state.
The freshman Senator is preparing to run for re-election in 2010 despite revelations last [...]

Details to come, but the Senate just confirmed Hillary Rodham Clinton as the next secretary of state by a 94-2 vote. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) put a hold on her nomination yesterday but didn’t vote against her. The dissenters were Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.).

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s nomination to become secretary of state has cleared its most important hurdle. This morning, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed her, 16-1, in a vote to send her bid to become America’s top diplomat to the full Senate. The holdout was Sen. David Vitter (R-La.). No word on whether he cast his [...]

Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the Senate’s best moralizing whoremonger, brings out the charts to discuss his “serious concerns” on the Clinton Foundation. There’s no disclosure of contributors, he says, “and that’s a big ommission.” So would Clinton support that?
“It’s not unique for spouses of government officials to work,” she replies. “The Office of Government Ethics, [...]