~ Senior Israeli media figures are voicing outrage at a revelation this weekend that former U.S. President Bill Clinton received $500,000 for a gala speech later this month in honor of Israeli President Shimon Peres’s 90th birthday.
~ The new acting commissioner of the IRS is scheduled to make his first congressional appearance Monday as the embattled agency, already under fire after officials disclosed that the agency targeted conservative groups, faces increased scrutiny because of an inspector general’s report that it spent about $50 million on conferences over two years.
~ New financial disclosure reports submitted by Oklahoma’s congressional delegation show Markwayne Mullin, a freshman who built his own business before winning a House seat may now be the wealthiest member of the delegation. View full article on Oklahoman.com
~ The Legislature adjourned…and the Capitol air conditioning system went on the fritz.
There has to be a hot air joke in there somewhere