OBAMA'S DRUG DEALING

"Drugmakers led by Pfizer (PFE) (PFE) Inc. agreed to run a “very significant public campaign” bankrolling political support for the 2010 health-care law, including TV ads, while the Obama administration promised to block provisions opposed by drugmakers, documents released by Republicans show.


The internal memos and e-mails for the first time unveil the industry's plan to finance positive TV ads and supportive groups, along with providing $80 billion in discounts and taxes that were included in the law. The administration has previously denied the existence of a deal involving political support."- Business Week

Small's big expenses at the Smithsonian

We U.S. taxpayers help support national institutions like the Smithsonian. There was the secret sweetheart deal the institution made with Showtime Networks and now comes the revelations of expenses and the money that it doled out to it's chief officer. Both deserve some scrutiny.

"Internal Smithsonian documents offer a glimpse into what one senator called the "Dom Perignon" lifestyle of the taxpayer-supported institution's chief official, who turned in a $15,000 receipt for the replacement of French doors at his home and spent $48,000 for two chairs, a conference table and upholstery for his office suite."-Washington Post

Congress needs to start digging to see how these deals came to be.