Re: Feinstein quits committee under war-profiteer cloud


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And that - I suspect - is why the major news outlets are not currently
carrying this story...it falls into the category of "old news".

From Wikipedia, the liberal's bible of information:

"On March 29, 2007, she resigned from the Senate Military Construction
Appropriations subcommittee. Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member
of MILCON for six years, during which time she had a conflict of interest
due to her husband Richard C. Blum's ownership of two major defense
contractors, who were awarded billions of dollars for military
construction projects approved by Feinstein."

Seems you can't find it in the MSM since they don't want to cover it, not
that it didn't happen.

[chuckle] Well, Wikipedia is not the most reliable of sources, especially
when it comes to politics - as many know. In fact, search on "Dianne
Feinstein" in Wikipedia to bring up the
page in which the cited quote is found. Then click on the "discussion" tab
at the top to get among other things, the following:

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Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations
"On March 29, 2007, she resigned from the Senate Military Construction
Appropriations subcommittee. Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member of
MILCON for six years, during which time she had a conflict of interest due
to her husband Richard C. Blum's ownership of two major defense contractors,
who were awarded billions of dollars for military construction projects
approved by Feinstein."
I feel there are a number of problems stemming from this portion of the
article. Least of all, there is no "Senate Military Construction
Appropriations" subcommittee per se. I assume the desired subcommittee is
the "Senate Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies."
More deeply troubling, the date given for her resignation from this
subcommittee varies from source to source. What is apparently the original
article by Peter Byrne appears at Bohemian with a dateline of 14-20 March,
2007 and at MetroActive with a dateline of 21-27 March, 2007. Messageboard
references to said article appear here on 22 March, 2007 and here on 23
March, 2007. Clearly, the date given in the Wiki article cannot be correct.
I was unable to find authoritative reference to when she did, in fact, leave
this subcommittee. Relevant to this question, the Wiki article on this
subcommittee does not appear, according to the history page, to have ever
included Feinstein as a member of this subcommittee in the 110th Congress
(since the creation of the page on 28 January, 2007). It seems, therefore,
impossible that Feinstein could ever have been chairperson of this
subcommittee, as it would only be since the inauguration of the 110th
Congress that a Democrat would hold that position. Whether she was ever the
ranking member in previous years, I have not been able to determine.
Finally, the statement "during which time she had a conflict of interest due
to her husband Richard C. Blum's ownership of two major defense contractors"
is not NPOV unless it cites a judgement to that effect by an ethics body
with relevant jurisdiction. Otherwise, this is an allegation, not a fact,
and should at least be denoted as such if not removed from the article
entirely. Nllewellyn 16:16, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
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Now from the link I cited in my previous post:

http://www.metroactive.com/feinstein/

"As chairperson and ranking member of the Military Construction
Appropriations subcommittee (MILCON) from 2001 through the end of 2005,
Feinstein supervised the appropriation of billions of dollars a year for
specific military construction projects. "

hmmm....then here's the membership of said subcommittee in the 110th
Congress:

http://tinyurl.com/2yn58t

Click on the "What's New" link on the leftmost column to see no changes in
the month of March, 2007 as of March 30, 2007.





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