The Daily MuckThe Washington Post’s extensive four-part series on the shoddy health care provided to imprisoned illegal immigrants ends today with a look into the drugging of detainees, oftentimes for no medical reason. (Washington Post)
The Detroit City Council narrowly voted to begin the removal of embattled Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Tuesday. The measure, passing by one vote, asks the governor to force Kilpatrick out as the council simultaneously moves to do the same. (Detroit Free Press)
Another legacy of the Bush administration: Using federal agency bureaucrats to propose or adopt rules limiting lawsuits, circumventing an unfriendly Congress and the public’s watchful eye. (Associated Press)
The U.S. Interior Dept. is investigating allegations that the Washington D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation did not follow federal competitive bidding rules and “Buy American” policies as the foundation outsourced the statue’s creation to a Chinese sculptor. (New York Sun)
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said he supports reversing a House rule instituted by Dems last year. The rule disallowed the prolonging of floor votes to change its outcome. But Hoyer said while testifying before a House committee investigating the August, 2007 disputed vote that the rule was “unenforceable.” (Roll Call, sub. req.)
Both Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain have voiced their disapproval of 527 groups using negative political ads in the current campaign. Obama’s camp went as far as stating their worries of the private groups’ low blows this month at an Indianapolis meeting and asked supporters to fund the official campaign, not outside groups advocating for the candidate. (Washington Post)