No, not that Dodd. This obituary marking the passing of Michael O’Hare notes that he was an aide to Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, who according to The Post was the first senator to be censured for personal financial misconduct.
Category: Senate
Jesse Jackson Jr., Rod Blagojevich, and Barack Obama’s Senate Seat
The Times looks into Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s activities relative to Barack Obama’s vacated seat in the Senate. Mr. Jackson asserts he has done nothing wrong and had not known about the fund-raiser’s activities. But with new indications that federal prosecutors and Congressional ethics investigators are stepping up their interest in Mr. Jackson, a nagging […]
Sen. Grassley’s Tweets: A Critical Look
The Hill’s generally amusing Twitter Room republishes some of Sen. Grassley’s tweets and claims Ana Marie Cox likened him to a “14-year-old girl” for his use of abbreviations/shorthand. As they say on the internets, ignore the haters, Senator.