By Randy Shaw
NY Times columnist Maureen Dowd has never liked Barack Obama, so it was fitting that she blamed him for the Senate’s failure to break a GOP-led filibuster on gun control bills. According to Dowd, Obama “doesn’t know how to work the system…
By Randy Shaw
NY Times columnist Maureen Dowd has never liked Barack Obama, so it was fitting that she blamed him for the Senate’s failure to break a GOP-led filibuster on gun control bills. According to Dowd, Obama “doesn’t know how to work the system…
Chair Yvette Lewis Praises O’Malley and Democratic Assembly Leadership in Expanding Voting Access ANNAPOLIS (April 8, 2013) – Maryland Democratic Party Chair Yvette Lewis issued the following statement after the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation improving voting access for Marylanders. “The Maryland Democratic Party is proud to support any and all efforts that increase the [...]
CHAIR YVETTE LEWIS RESPONDS TO THE MARYLAND REPUBLICAN PARTY AND ANDY HARRIS SPENDING RESOURCES ON LOSING EFFORT IN NONPARTISAN RACE Maryland Democratic Party Chair Yvette Lewis issued the following statement in response to the Maryland Republican Party expenditures on the nonpartisan Salisbury City election. “Last night, the Maryland Republican Party’s extreme right agenda was again [...]
Maryland Democratic Party Chair Yvette Lewis issued the following statement in response to Congressman Andy Harris voting against the Violence Against Women Act. “Today, by voting against the Violence Against Women Act, Congressman Andy Harris decided to continue his trend of voting against bipartisan legislation that would help people in the 1st Congressional District and Maryland. “87 House [...]
By Norman Solomon
For the social compact of the United States, most of the Congressional Progressive Caucus has gone missing.
While still on the caucus roster, three-quarters of the 70-member caucus seem lost in political smog. Those 54 members of the Progressive Caucus haven’t signed the current letter that makes a vital commitment: “we will vote against any and every cut to Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits – including raising the retirement age or cutting the cost of living adjustments that our constituents earned and need.”
By Rev. Jim Conn
In an action that already feels like ancient history, Congress voted earlier this month to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” While much remains to be settled, the revenue side of the issue got resolved because 84 House Republicans joined 172 D…