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Vitter Going?

By The New Republic Staff

July 20, 2007
makes the key distinction
Making use of a prostitution ring isn't a private matter, and Vitter should not be sitting in the United States Senate while the "D.C. Madam" is facing up to 55 years in prison for selling what he was apparently interested in buying. I hope Deborah Jeane Palfrey does call him as a witness, so that he can explain how his phone number ended up on her call list, and whether the "very serious sin" he admits to committing includes, you know, breaking the law. [snip] If a politician were caught with his name on the "call list" of a prominent drug dealer, he wouldn't be able to wriggle out of it by admitting to a "serious sin" and leaving it at that.
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005"investigate and prosecute persons who engage in the purchase of commercial sex acts."unanimous consent
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