Daily Briefing: HHS Sec Busted
- The Senate renewed key provisions of the Voting Rights Act 98 to 0, yesterday. President Bush is expected to sign it. [WP]
- President Bush spoke before the NAACP, receiving applause for his commitment to the VRA, and boos and heckling over the Iraq war. [WP]
- The FEC announced that former political powerhouse Americans for a Republican Majority, Tom DeLay's PAC, will "pay $115,000 in fines for violations of federal campaign rules" and shut down permanently. [NYT]
- "While making it plain it wants civilian casualties limited, the administration is also content to see the Israelis inflict the maximum damage possible on Hezbollah." [WP]
- Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt "claimed millions of dollars in tax deductions through a type of charitable foundation they created that until recently paid out very little in actual charity," kept or invested the money themselves. [WP]
