I saw this first in the Washington Post, and then over at Daily Kos - labor, trial lawyers, and progressive activists are launching a PAC and a lobbying firm aimed at making sure Democratic elected officials - in this case, in Congress - vote in a manner which matches the political makeup of their districts. If Democratic Congressmen do not vote their constituencies, They Work For Us and Working For Us PAC pledges to find primary opponents for them. There's one main difference separating this organization from the plans to do the same against Texas state reps - They Work For Us says they will not target Democrats with conservative districts.

It seems the 700-mile wall along the U.S. Mexico border might have been more an election year stunt than an actual plan to stop illegal immigration.

To cap off the week, I didn't want to let this one slip under the radar.

Former Congressman Bob Ney (R-OH) was just sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for accepting golf trips, sports tickets, free meals and campaign donations from lobbyist Jack Abramoff in exchange for political favors. The AP article quoted U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle as saying, "You violated a host of laws that you as a congressman are sworn to enforce and uphold".

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee received an incredibly high-profile leadership position earlier this week when she was appointed to chair the House Homeland Security Committee's Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection subcommittee. That's a mouthful, and it should be - not only is that committee responsible for security oversight of mass transit, airports, port security, and highway systems, but Jackson Lee has announced they are going to dig into the issue of foreign ownership of highways and tollroads. If you think that might have something to do with the TransTexas Corridor, you'd be right.