Senate Panel Votes To Release Torture Report

++The Senate intelligence Committee voted 11-3 to release part of the Torture Report, which also goes into black sites. President Obama ordered the intelligence agencies to de-classify the report as rapidly as possible. Earlier this week,the United Nations found that the United States has violated the Convention against Torture by delaying the release of the full report.

++Rep. DeFazio from Oregon appeared on the Thoma Hartmann Show to talk about McCutcheon vs. FEC. He pointed out that Roberts great defense of the 1st Amendment in letting campaign limits end affects all of 12,000 people who bumped up against limits. DeFazio also pointed out that the deregulation of the media in the 1990s now allows individuals to own as many media outlets as they choose. Between the SCOTUS ruling and the Deregulation of The Telecoms,there is not much space left for anyone else.

++The Senate did pass the extension of the unemployment insurance which affects 2 million people. If it were law, it would create 200,000 jobs. The House says it can't get around to it as people face losing their homes and cars. A Harvard study shows that only about one-third of these Americans will ever be employed against, another one-third will have part-time jobs. One third will never be employable.

++Dwight Eisenhower's Interstate Highway System is in serious jeopardy. The United States, which used to be number 1 in the world in infrastructure, is now 26th and is competing with Zimbabwe in terms of GDP allotted to infrastructure spending. The Highway Trust Fund will be broke by October 1 of this year and that it will exist another 8-10 months to pay past bills. It now needs $5billion. 

++Paul Ryan's Highway Plan is that the Trust Fund should get no further funding and in fact be reduced by 50%. He argues that the states must raise the funds themselves to maintain the nation's highway system.

++House Republicans took another shot at Obamacare by redefining full-time work as 40-hrs to allow employers to get around the employer mandate. Little Ricky Cantor said that the House Republicans were against raising the minimum wage because Obama is hiding the job losses from Obamacare.

++On that hopeful note, Democratic pollster Greenberg said that despite this being the best week for Democrats in a long time Democrats are facing a mini-wave election by the Republicans.

++Marco Rubio has complained that the Hispanic media is totally behind Obamacare.

++Mitch McConnell claimed that Obamacare is a disaster and should be destroyed. His antagonism against healthcare has sunk his approval rating in Kentucky to the point pundits really believe this time he will lose. Alison Grimes has lead in the last two polls.