Fall Foleyage.(Opinion)

RCR Wireless News, October, 2006

Byline: Jeffrey Silva

The proud sage trees standing guard at the U.S. Capitol have yet come into full living color. However, the city is awash in high-definition crimson from political blood-letting and embarrassment over yet another scandal in which at least one House member elected to leave town for good just weeks before the people speak.

But here's the thing: Had L'affaire Foley not erupted and had it not been bungled by the House GOP leadership otherwise concerned with retaining control of the chamber, there would have been neither shame nor disgrace in Congress about its failure to pass pre-texting, E-911 VoIP and telecom reform legislation. To be fair, it would have been a stretch to get closure this year on a telecom bill that has...

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