Busy here with studying, and not even enough time to follow the fall of cheney. But lets not let that blind us to the right, as it were.
Gunning for the Poor: "A revolt of House conservatives has persuaded that body's Republican leadership to offset the increased federal spending going to rebuild the Hurricane Katrina-devastated Gulf Coast by reductions in Medicaid, food stamps and other programs for the indigent. If things go according to plan, this week the House will begin to cut $50 billion from those efforts."