"The least- popular Congress in recent history is also the least productive"

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Tuesday December 24, 2013 · 5:57 PM PST

2013/12/24 · 17:57

Someone at CBS News is actually reporting facts. Writing about the Pew Research Center's report on Congressional Productivity.

In its first year, the 113th Congress passed just 55 substantive pieces of legislation, 65 laws total counting measures like post-office renaming and commemorative-coin authorizations. It surpassed the 112th Congress, which passed 63 substantive measures in its first year and previously held the title for least-productive in recent memory.

While it's no surprise to many here it's nice to see one of the MSN corps put it in black and white. CBS News quickly notes 2013 Congress ineffectiveness.

Portland Oregon Terror Case Sentencing Canceled Due To FISA

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Wednesday November 27, 2013 · 11:19 AM PST

2013/11/27 · 11:19

Perhaps someone will have more information on this. The FBI tried so hard to get this man arrested for terrorist activities. Mohamed Osman Mohamud was convicted almost a year ago for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. That was actually a fake bomb the FBI provided.

2010 Portland Oregon Car Bomb Plot

Today the judge in the case canceled his sentencing that was suppose to happen on December 18th. The reason for this is because last week the prosecutors admitted they used evidence that was obtained from a foreign source outside the US under FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Act of 1978. They used information from warrantless surveillance.

Portland Oregon Terror Case Sentencing Canceled

My guess is a mistrial will be declared. Of course one doesn't know how the judge will end up ruling on this but it's evidence that was not disclosed during the hearing. So this one is not over yet.

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