The Senate yesterday narrowly rejected attempts to restore funding for the Office of Labor Management Standards, which provides oversight over the use of union members’ dues money and has accumulated a 95 percent conviction rate against corrupt union leaders during this administration. The vote was 46-to-47.

How curious that Democrats profess to love oversight, but prefer to overlook political allies who may have a hand in the till. I also love the fact that Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) spoke passionately against funding this office, which has done excellent work in providing transparency of union spending, just minutes after he voted to preserve the Hippie Museum in the budget.