Louisiana's Sen. Mary Landrieu was presented with the facts surrounding offshore drilling at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last week. First, she accused those testifying against drilling of lying. Then standing in front of a large poster of the flaming Australian oil platform, she exclaimed "The fact" [...] "The fact is, these things happen", said Louisiana's Sen. Mary Landrieu, amazingly trying to dismiss the overwhelming risks associated with offshore drilling. Standing in front of a large poster of the flaming Australian oil platform at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last week, she even went as [...] 
Once again politics shows us what it has in common with the world’s oldest profession:
Staffers on Capitol Hill were calling it the Louisiana Purchase.
On the eve of Saturday’s showdown in the Senate over health-care reform, Democratic leaders still hadn’t secured the support of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), one of [...]
Oh wait, this is Washington, they don’t call it bribery, they call it “leverage”:
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said Friday night that she’s “leaning towards” voting to start debate on the health care bill – which would leave Democrats just a single vote shy of clearing a critical test for [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Friday, November 6.
1. Jon Walker asks, "Does Landrieu Not Know That All Her Demands Regarding The Public Option Have Already Been Addressed?" Specifically, Walker wonders if Landrieu is aware that "House Democrats adopted [Chuck] Schumer's idea of" [...]
