Just before he quit, the man whom Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal hand-picked to privatize the state employee health insurance fund was absolutely grilled by state senators trying to find out more about a report prepared for the Jindal administration about the privatization plan that it has so far refused to release.
Wednesday a Senate committee has subpoenaed the report that Jindal is so eager to keep under wraps and demanded it be released within 24 hours. TPM has a public records request in for the report, as well. We’ll keep you posted.
Obama at Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9 Firehouse commemorating the death of Osama bin Laden.
Ethics Watchdog Melanie Sloan on the Weiner Roast …
Sloan explained that the mounting pressure on Weiner may stem in part from the early precedent set by House Speaker John Boehner when, at the first sign of sexual misconduct, he urged Reps. Mark Souder (R, Ind.) and Chris Lee (R, N.Y.) to resign, even though their behavior didn’t appear to involve any abuse of their office.
“A lot of people really hate Weiner, too,” she said, referring to Weiner’s colleagues in the House, some of whom are said to have been rankled by his personality and frequent media appearances.
As for Weiner’s bald lies to his family, constituents and the general public in media appearances last week about the lewd photo that appeared on Twitter, Sloan said it was disconcerting and tarnished his credibility but not the worst Washington has seen.
In a late breaking development, there will now be recall elections of three Democratic state senators in Wisconsin.
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) has scheduled a Wednesday anti-Mitt Romney rally in his district attacking what he calls the “Romney-Obama ticket.”
As Obama mulls Afghan drawdown, war weariness grows on Capitol Hill.
Chris Hayes tweets that Spitzer, Vitter et al. should record “It Gets Better” vid for Anthony Weiner.
Thinking who else: Livingston, Gingrich, Ensign, Foley, Lee
#bandofbrothers
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), also recruitment chief at DCCC, says Rep. Weiner should resign. More soon …
European regulators up in arms over Facebook’s new facial recognition feature.
GOP freshman up to three different positions on phasing out Social Security in one week.