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Sotomayor remarks "troubling," Nelson saysNebraska Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson is already in the liberal doghouse [he doesn't care] -- and this won't help.The Omaha World-Herald reports that Nelson -- arguably the most conservative Dem in the upper chamber -- is joining the pack of R's taking issue with Sotomayor's "wise Latina" remark:"What I want to do is have her explain to me what she meant by that and give her an opportunity to satisfy me that she doesn't intend to take an agenda to the bench,’ Nelson said. He said he's never had a litmus test for judges, including those he appointed as Nebraska's governor. ‘My true test is whether . . . they want to be a legislator or a judge, and if I think they want to be a legislator then I'm not going to be supportive,’ he said.â€
Hoyer: Investigate MurthaHouse Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) has avoided saying much about the travails of his one-time leadership rival, Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha.But that collegiality is beginning to fade.On Thursday, Hoyer argued that a vague resolution the House passed Wednesday was a clear call for the ethics committee to investigate ties between a once powerful lobbying firm and a handful of his fellow Democrats, including Murtha, the man who challenged him for the majority leader's post in late 2006.“This is a serious matter and ought to be looked at," Hoyer said Thursday morning at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast.The House approved a measure on Wednesday that starts a process for the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to divulge whether it is investigating lawmakers' ties to the PMA Group, a now-defunct lobbying firm that specialized in securing congressional earmarks for its clients.The vote Wednesday did not require the ethics panel to initiate an investigation - or acknowledge it has. But some Democrats, like New Hampshire Rep. Paul Hodes, argue this vote was a clear sign that leaders want members of the ethics committee to investigate the PMA Group following a string of news reports that the lobbying firm is under investigation by the Justice Department.Asked about his colleagues' claims that the Wednesday vote was a tacit push for the committee to act, Hoyer said, "I think it does."At the same time, the majority leader acknowledged that the vote Wednesday doesn't require the panel to do anything."I think it's adequate if, in fact, the ethics committee acts," Hoyer said of the resolution. "The procedure may seem odd. But there is no doubt the message was clear.".....
