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On April 21, 2011, John Ensign, R-Nev., resigned his U.S. Senate seat amid a budding ethics scandal.

"It could be pretty big," fretted Sen. Jon Kyl (R.-Ariz.), "and one of the problems is nobody knows how big." Moreover, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R.-Ala.) added, "this is something ... that we never discussed at all...as we moved forward with legislation which ultimately cleared committee and came to the floor."

Oil for Food is one of the greatest financial scandals of modern times.

If you liked "Waiting for Godot," you've probably loved this year's congressional telecom reform drama. Much like the characters in the Samuel Beckett play -- who keep audiences waiting for the appearance of the apparently important, but ill-defined title character -- Congress kept us waiting most of this year for telecom legislation to come on stage.

This week saw a dramatic development in the maturing effort to implement the "Katrina Doctrine" (the President's call for Congress to pay for the recovery costs associated with the recent hurricanes through offsetting spending cuts).