GOP senator dodges tearful rape victim's questions
Confronted by an impassioned Rape survivor at a town hall Saturday night, Sen. David Vitter tried everything from sympathizing to deflecting blame onto the Obama Administration for his decision to vote against an anti-Rape amendment. Finally, amid shouts from protesters, the Louisiana Republican simply walked away. Vitter was one of 30 Republican senators who voted against Sen. Al Franken's amendment, passed in the Senate last month, that would de-fund government contractors who prevent...

A Bill For Rape Victims? For 30 Republicans, It Is Just Too Much
October 20, 2009 US (ChattahBox) - There has been a great deal of outrage over thirty Republicans in Congress, all male, and all white, that have stood up against an amendment by Senator Al Franken (D-Minnesota), which would allow Rape victims in the workplace to seek a court date. The bill was penned after the horrific story of Jamie Leigh Jones, a woman who was gang raped by fellow KBR employees, and then held in a shipping container. She has fought Arbitration for three years, and will...

Vitter Confronted By Rape Victim Over Franken Amendment Vote: VIDEO
Last month, Senator David Vitter (R-LA) opposed a congressional measure to prohibit the government from working with contractors who deny victims of Rape or assault the right to bring their cases to court. And now, the issue isn't going way. Vitter, who was one of only 30 Republicans who actually voted against the amendment, was pilloried in local Newspapers, and has also seen the issue become an early focal point of his re-election contest. At a Town Hall meeting this past weekend, meanwhile,...

Vitter Refuses To Own Up To His Enabling Of Rape: VIDEO
David Vitter (R-LA) was more than happy to vote with 29 of his fellow, male Republicans to allow a corporation the freedom to allow the Rape of its employees, but when it came time to face an actual victim of Rape ? Well, let's just say there was some major shrinkage . WOMAN: It meant everything to me that I was able to put the person who attacked me [behind bars]. And what allowed me to do that was our judicial process. I showed up in court every day to make sure that happened. Vitter: And I'm...

Franken Gets His First Amendment Passed By Roll Call Vote
After operating largely under the radar during his first few months in office, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is slowly beginning to make political ripples. On Tuesday night, the Minnesota Democrat got his first piece of legislation passed by the United States Senate via roll call vote. The amendment stopped federal funding for those Defense Contractors who used mandatory Arbitration clauses to deny victims of assault the right to bring their case to court. It passed by a 68-30 margin with nine...

CREW: Sen. David Vitter is a Hypocrite, Should be Investigated
Sen. David Vitter shot himself in the foot this month. The Louisiana senator has been outspoken in his criticism of ACORN , the embattled community organization, for offering financial advice to individuals posing as a pimp and a prostitute. But the Washington watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint Tuesday asking the Louisiana Office of Disciplinary Counsel to investigate Vitter's violation of the state's lawyerly conduct rules for his ties...

Sen. Vitter Apologizes for Number Showing Up on Phone Records of Alleged Prostitution Ring
WASHINGTON  —  Louisiana Sen. David Vitter has apologized for his telephone number showing up on the old phone records of Pamela Martin and Associates, the alleged Prostitution ring run in the nation's capital by Deborah Jeane Palfrey. "This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible," Vitter said in a statement after the phone records were posted Monday on Palfrey's Web site . "Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from...

Vitter takes on census, immigrant rights groups
In his push to have the Census Bureau count the number of U.S. citizens, Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana Republican, is taking a very parochial approach with his colleagues: Your state could be the one to lose an extra seat in Congress.

Vitter Rides High on Anti-Obama Sentiment
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Counting only citizens would cost Calif.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A proposal to base congressional reapportionment only on citizens counted in the 2010 Census would cost California five House seats, an analysis concluded. Demographers at New York's Queens College said the proposal by Sen. David Vitter , R-La., could reduce the political clout of immigrant-heavy districts, The New York Times reported Wednesday. "It would mean that regions of states that had fewer immigrants, such as upstate New York, would gain, while those with many...

Sorry, Senator. You Say "No Government Option." The President's Door, It Would Seem, Is Closed to You. -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
More from the post-speech press-statement inboxes here: (Washington, D.C)  ‑ U.S. Sen. David Vitter today issued the following statement in reaction to the president’s Health Care address to Congress. “I was very disappointed in the speech because it’s obvious the president hasn’t been listening to the American people. “I’ve had 21 Health Care town meetings this summer, and it has been made expressly clear to me that Louisianians do not support...

Jon Gosselin Admits To Violating $$$$$$ Agreement!!: PHOTO
Oh, really?! Jon Gosselin is coming clean for once, but don't get too excited! The father of the year did NOT take $180,000 from the couple's restricted joint back account - he only took $155,000!!! “It was just after Arbitration and we weren't supposed to take money out of the restrictive account and we both did,” he confessed. “I was found in contempt for doing so. I didn't realize, I thought I was just taking my paycheck out.” Riiiight! And he refuses to let go of knowing how...

Kate Gosselin -- 'Clearly Pleased' to Get $$$ Back: PHOTO
Kate Gosselin 's lawyer just released a statement regarding the judge's decision this morning to force Jon to hand over the cash he ripped out of the couple's joint bank account a few weeks ago: " We are clearly pleased that the monies taken by Mr. Gosselin have been returned to the marital account, and we look forward to recouping additional monies taken by Mr. Gosselin at the time of the parties' private Arbitration hearings. A total of at least $235,000 was taken by Mr. Gosselin, and despite...

Al Franken Can Draw the U.S.? So Can We! Oh, Wait ...: PHOTO
So everyone on the internoodle is so excited that Al Franken drew a map of the U.S. from memory. 'Big deal,' we thought, and challenged

Census: Dems Blocking Citizenship Question -- By: Andy McCarthy: PHOTO
The Washington Examiner reports that Democrats are blocking a proposal by House Republicans David Vitter and Bob Bennett to require that the census inquire into a person's citizenship. The objections are frivolous.  What's described as a "coalition of black, Latino and Asian" Democrats complain that "every census since 1790 has included citizens and non-citizens."  But the Vitter/Bennett proposal is not suggesting that aliens (including illegal aliens) not be counted...

David Vitter Ducks Question On Interracial Couple (VIDEO)
Earlier this month, Louisiana Justice of Peace Keith Bardwell refused to perform a marriage for an interracial couple, on the grounds that society has a problem "accepting a child from such marriage." Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) and Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) called for Bardwell's removal immediately following the incident; however, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has been noticeably silent on the matter. Blogger-activist Mike Stark pressed Vitter on the Judge Bardwell's widely-condemned actions...

Kate Gosselin is 'pleased' that Jon Gosselin returned $230,000! Are you?: PHOTO
Kate Gosselin is happy about getting Jon Gosselin to fork over the family funds. According to reports,   her lawyer released a statement about Jon's returning cash he withdrew from the couple's joint bank account. " We are clearly pleased that the monies taken by Mr. Gosselin have been returned to the marital account, and we look forward to recouping additional monies taken by Mr. Gosselin at the time of the parties' private Arbitration hearings.  "A...

Daily Buzz: Kate Gosselin Complies with Court, Kayne is Cleared, Kim Cattrall Stars in London!: PHOTO
Kate Gosselin has detailed the expenses she’s been spending money on, while Jon Gosselin still owes the family account over $150,000!

Kate Gosselin's Lawyer: "I'm Just Waiting" On $152K From Jon: PHOTO
Jon Gosselin's lawyer may have spoken too soon. Friday afternoon Jon Gosselin's lawyer claimed that Jon had paid all of the $180,000 that he owed per a Pennsylvania court Arbitration for having withdrawn that amount from a joint bank account that he shared with Kate Gosselin. Kate's lawyer, however, is singing a different tune.

Jon Gosselin Must Return $180,000 Rules Judge (VIDEO): PHOTO
According to Kate Gosselin ’s lawyer Mark Momjian , a judge ordered Jon Gosselin to return $180,000 to their joint bank account that is used primarily by his wife to pay household expenses.

Jon Stewart Takes On 30 Republicans Who Voted Against Franken Rape Amendment (VIDEO)
In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her Halliburton/KBR co-workers while working in Iraq and locked in a shipping container for over a day to prevent her from reporting her attack. The Rape occurred outside of U.S. criminal jurisdiction, but to add serious insult to serious injury she was not allowed to sue KBR because her employment contract said that Sexual Assault allegations would only be heard in private Arbitration--a process that overwhelmingly favors corporations. This year,...

Vitter: Reid wants illegals counted in the Census: VIDEO
Senator David Vitter has tried to attach an amendment to the Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriation for FY2010 to clarify that the Census should restrict its counts to people in the US legally. The Hill reports that Vitter accuses Harry Reid of attempting to block a vote on the amendment, which might have serious consequences for California and other states with large populations of illegal aliens. Vitter claims that California got as many as five extra Congressional districts from the...

Jon Gosselin, Pay Money, Court, Survivor, Amazing Race
Just days before a scheduled court date with his estranged wife Kate , Jon Gosselin has returned the money he withdrew from a joint back account in their names. Or has he? Jon's lawyer says he is now in compliance with a judge's order that funds removed during Arbitration — estimated to be $180,000 — be redeposited before Monday's Divorce hearing. But, according to Kate's lawyer, Jon only paid back $28,500 — that's 15% of what he owes! "We've only seen a very small...