John Aschroft resignation letter

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Ensign scandal snowballs   July 9: Sen. John Ensign, R-NV, admitted today that his parents gave his mistress, Cindy Hampton, and her family $96,000, before the affair became public. Was Ensign trying use campaign funds for hush money? Rachel Maddow is joined by Las Vegas Sun columnist John Ralston, who interviewed Cindy Hampton’s husband Doug.

Another Obama promise disappears   Christian conservatism's shadowy secret society   Lying on the Hill   Iranians not settling for silence

Burris is out for 2010 Ensign admits payment to Hamptons The Sotomayor witness list

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