Barack Obama's internal investigation cleared his staff, yesterday,
of impropriety regarding Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich. The report
found that Obama's top advisers (in particular, Rahm Emanuel) had
contacts with the governor and attempted to influence his choice for
Obama's vacated senate seat, but indeed offered the governor nothing
but bleeping appreciation in return.Blagojevich is not appointing senators these days, but he is signing bills. Yesterday, he signed one requiring
that products marketed to children under 12 come with a warning label
if they contain more than 40 parts per million of lead in either their base materials or surface paint. It is currently illegal to market products for children containing more than
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