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[UPDATED] Six Seven Members of Congress Say Panetta Testified That CIA Misled Congress

Remember how CIA Director Leon Panetta said in May that members of the House Intelligence Committee “will have to determine” whether the CIA accurately and appropriately briefed Congress about the agency’s “enhanced interrogation program”? It appears that Panetta reached a conclusion himself.
On June 26, six seven Democrats on the committee — Anna Eshoo (Calif.), John [...]


Liberal Dems Push to Cap Credit Card Rates

A group of liberal House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled legislation that would cap credit card rates at 18 percent. This should not to be confused with the push to freeze rates on existing balances, which made headlines last week — the Democrats’ cap would apply to future transactions as well.