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A message from House Speaker …Nancy Pelosi -Donate


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100 Days Deadline

Sunday midnight deadline, the world will know how ready we are for the final 100 days of this campaign season.

Moments ago, my DCCC strategists briefed me on the progress toward our grassroots goal for tomorrow’s 100 Days Deadline. We are now just $88,075 away.

I need your help to put us over the top before Midnight Tomorrow so we can send an overwhelming message of grassroots Democratic strength to the media and the world. Republicans have been making false claims to whomever will listen that they have the momentum, but you and I know that is not true.

I need you to take action today to show them the truth.

Contribute $5, $10 or more to our 100 Day Deadline before Midnight Tomorrow and your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar by a group of committed Democrats.

The Republicans are claiming that they have the momentum and have already promised to bring back the exact same failed economic agenda of George W. Bush.

I remain more confident than ever that Democrats will keep control of the House, so long as we stand together, work together, and fight together in these final 100 Days.

This is our moment to prove our strength to the world.

Onward to victory!
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House

P.S. We are now just $88,075 away from surpassing our goal for tomorrow night’s critical 100 Days Deadline. Contribute to our 100 Day Deadline before Midnight Tomorrow and your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar by a group of committed Democrats.

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Just plain wrong …Republicans continue to block efforts to move into the 21st Century


I just want to yell at somebody.

We’re in the middle of the one of the worst environmental crises in the history of our country. And a minority of Senators in the pocket of fossil fuel interests are blocking any action in the immediate future on a bill that limits carbon pollution and helps solve the climate crisis.

Instead, it looks likely that the Senate will vote on a narrow oil spill response bill that only includes minor energy provisions — and completely fails to address the underlying causes of the climate crisis and fossil fuel catastrophes like the oil spill.

Make sure your Senators know that band-aid measures are unacceptable — and that you’re disappointed and not going away. Join Repower America and pledge to call your Senators this Tuesday when they’re back in Washington. Tell them that you and millions of Repower America supporters won’t give up until our country takes leadership on climate change and clean energy.

Click here to pledge that you’ll call the Senate on Tuesday, July 27.

Once you sign up, we’ll email you on Tuesday and give you everything you need to make the call.

This disappointing announcement from the Senate follows what could only be described as a shock and awe campaign by corporate polluters. The oil and gas industry spent $213 million lobbying in this Congress alone.*

Apparently, that’s what it costs to block action on this crucial issue.

But stopping debate doesn’t just benefit big oil and dirty coal. It also robs Americans of the opportunity to reap the benefits of clean energy, including:

  • Creating millions of new American jobs
  • Ending our addiction to oil and dirty fossil fuels
  • Addressing the threat of climate change
  • Strengthening our national security

We need to change this storyline.

This is not the future I want to leave my kids and future generations. Like every parent, I want to provide them a world with better opportunities — and a healthy, prosperous planet is non-negotiable.

Remind our leaders of our priorities, our values and our resolve. Join me today in pledging to call your Senators.

Sign up and make the pledge here.

Then stay tuned for our Tuesday email with calling instructions.

Thanks,

Dave Boundy
Campaign Manager
The Climate Protection Action Fund’s Repower America campaign

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* Center for Responsive Politics, “Oil & Gas Influence & Lobbying,” last accessed July, 22 2010. http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=e01

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TGIF …


oops to all ref to the small biz bill not passing wrong …

I meant to say Republicans were able to limit the size of  the small business package, comprehensive climate and Jobs Bill. We needed bigger ones for a significant change to happen …sorry, the bills were so watered down- very disappointing

My rants for the day are many but before I go there, I would like to mention the great things that have happened over the last couple of weeks or months are just as many. We have health care, Wall Street reform, we have dadt in consideration for repeal and immigration though not necessarily something anyone in Congress wanted or thought would be brought  into the 2010 light, it has been and now forced into the main arena.

Yesterday, the House of Representatives convened and moved methodically through their calendar of events, which unlike the Senate seemed to be going smoothly. At around 2:15 after much debate a vote for HR4213, the 34billion dollar UI benefits bill passed and quickly moved to the desk of the President with few bumps and definitely not the same process of conflicts as the Senate. The reports are that they are now going to consider what is called the 99’rs. The numbers of people who have run out of unemployment is not clear but given the crisis that forced people off the payroll through no fault of their own the numbers are quite a few. The obvious conclusion to why they are still looking for jobs is that those jobs are gone. It would be in everyone’s best interest to help everyone out not just a select few as the process that got the USA in this mess happened when the a group of people…mostly rich people gambled and lost not only their value but people all over the country lost; they lost jobs,  homes and in some cases their 401Ks. The bets made by a certain group of people who were obviously rich, deep and affected the 99’rs. It is obvious people might need to push their member of Congress. I hope that Congress will see this as an effort to get all Americans back to work and vote not just to implement a program for the 99rs’ but create jobs for them. It is also  time to make bold moves toward a bigger small business package and Jobs Bill package that will be a big resource for getting the US back on track but to move into the 21st Century by starting green business that actually provide jobs for thousands not just a few.

Another issue of mine after all the BS coming out of the mouths of Fox News, Newt, Limbaugh, Beck and others on the right. This is my call for Dems in Congress, Obama admin and We the People to stop listening to the nonsense, the noise and watch what is happening by the likes of Breitbart types and what seems like a complicit relationship. The obvious would be to tell everyone to turn off faux news or at least stop believing in what Fox News is saying and if you questioned whether that comment was valid, will the current or latest event help you out. It is clear there was an organized movement to use the Sherrod video, the NAACP and the Obama Administration in an effort to ruin this President but provided obvious persons who are African-American who must be racists hired by a racist President, which is obviously a lie. It is another moment when We the People need to tune into what is happening on the floor of Congress, see Republicans blocking money from not just some Americans it affects their own constituents as well. Republicans continue to block efforts to create jobs; even McConnell Boehner and other members of the Republican Party admit if they cannot stall or block legislation they will and have managed to water all or most of the legislation down in the Senate and that includes a huge/solid Jobs Bill. We need a bigger small business package, which could create possibly millions of jobs, but as we, all know, if we listen to the carpetbaggers who are at work swaying the attitudes and possibly votes in November on a daily basis. On the one hand they say they too want to create jobs, want ui benefits but all the while they are telling all of their members to vote no to any legislation that will not only help the entire country –it would give President Obama recognition and possibly a second term. This scares them so much that they have decided to throw Americans under the bus to ruin this President and the obvious move into the 21st Century that was needed for years but has been avoided, neglected and possibly unwanted. Now people, all of us have to see without blinders who are actually working for We the People. If you would pay attention, Republicans have no real solutions to offer up or answers what where and how could the bubble that will burst if they are successful be repaired -how many of us have actually seen a bubble get repaired.

I cannot say how upsetting it was to watch and hear the crap from fox news, breitbart and the Media. It would great if the media would stop the nit-pick aspect of Sherrod, the NAACP, and the President and start trying to either research what part fox news played in this movement of gotcha news in an effort to get the President. The number of female reporters paraded in front of the camera standing saying this that or the other was absolutely offensive because everyone was so convinced that the President and the line of blacks… obviously objectionable to Limbaugh beck megynkelly breitbart and others were involved in illegal things. I get it, we Blacks have no work ethics, no integrity no morals. NOT. This group of evil doers is out to help Republicans prove this or at least taint the reputation of our new Administration and our first Black President, by the way, he is of mixed race…that bothers me because his mom was a Caucasian woman we should all recognize because without her he would not be here.

We need reporters to report the news, the facts not be the machine of manipulation or miss-information news …lies are wrong and should be dealt when it is reported on cable mainstream as truth….that is not news or opinion news they are lies…big difference.

Other News …

**Sneaky Credit Card fees are coming our way…call and make sure you know about them

**US -Russian treaty is facing hurdles in the Senate

**Rangel says he is ready to fight ethics charges

**The House is will be pressured into passing another watered down bill the Senate Thursday stripped out the $20 billion in House add-ons and returned to the House an almost $60 billion measure passed by a bipartisan vote in May. The Senate measure is limited chiefly at war funding, foreign aid, medical care for Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and replenishing almost empty disaster aid accounts.  Eleven Senate Democrats and Independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut voted against the House version of the bill. Not a single Republican supported it.huffpost hill

**NH Republican/ brian mergo-time for white people to take a stand-preserve their racial identity

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C-SPAN …


watch White House Briefing 7/22

watch Sens. Reid & Kerry on Energy

watch NPC: From Earlier read AP: House panel approves tough mine safety bill read AP: Methane gas surged before W.Va. mine blast

watch Hearing on ADA

House Majority Leader Discusses Job Creation

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) will speak today about the Democrats’ effectiveness concerning job creation and the economy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Among the issues he will cover include the challenge of balancing federal spending to increase job growth while taking long-term steps to tackle budget deficits.

Yesterday, President Obama signed the unemployment insurance benefits bill, extending those benefits for more than two million people. The measure had been blocked for more than a month over concerns by Republicans that passing it would add to the federal budget deficit.

watch Rep. Hoyer: C-SPAN at 11:15am ET    watch House Floor Debate: From Yesterday
visit Rep. Hoyer’s Website

Rangel Charged with Ethics Violations

TA House investigative committee charged Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, with multiple ethics violation yesterday. Rangel, who stepped down in March after his ethics were criticized in a different case, faces a House trial on these allegations.

The nature of the allegations will not be publicly revealed until next Thursday, when he appears before the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. The panel will be divided equally between Republicans and Democrats.

Deepwater Horizon Accident Hearing Enters Fourth Day

Employees from Transocean and Halliburton are among the witnesses that are testifying at a joint investigative hearing held by the Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement. They are providing information on cementing activities, the alarm system and operations during the 24 hours prior to the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon.

Witnesses include Transocean employee Mike Williams, who is now testifying and who the panel named as a person of interest on Tuesday. He could face criminal charges from the April 20th accident.

Yesterday, John Guide, BP’s direct supervisor of the top BP men aboard the rig, said that money “was not a factor in the decision” not to make recommended safety modifications to the deepwater rig. Halliburton said they warned BP that without these necessary changes there could be a “severe gas flow problem.”

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thripsie Thursday &some News


Today, the Obama Administration and  DOJ lawsuits will be heard in court in an attempt to challenge and or  stop SB1071 before it goes into law on the 29th of July, apparently, there are several cases, but Judge Susan Bolton will hear two on this day.

Turbulence is everywhere these days, whether it is racial, emotional, and factual or not and as we move into the heated realm of politics the words are getting uglier the behavior questionable. The people who are responsible for some of the nonsense have managed to get out of the line of fire, being shoved to the back burner by Media, and are trying to talk about the Presidential connection to this event.  It is offensive to me and the finger of blame needs to be pointed at the right people. The fact is Andrew Breitbart posted a video. Though the chain of events such as they are stinky if you ask me but for a brief moment if felt like the we were back 24years ago, In a addition,  the tape was made in March about an incident that happened over 20years ago and again portrayed not only  like it was current somebody chopped the sucker  up it and kept only the Breitbart highlights. This was a Black Women, who has a high-level job in the Obama administration…oh and get this the President is also Black, which is in my opinion the plan…to help ruin Obama. I do not care what Fox News says there was or is a complicit relationship between them and Andrew Breitbart searching, researching looking for nasty stories to sway the public into seeing why having an African-American as President is not the right move because of what they have tried to portray as facts

While we all wait on so many things to either take place, be done or finally get signed,  the next hurricane is coming through the Gulf Coast and might not only interrupts the capping and siphoning off of the BP oil but most question if it will do any damage to the region itself.

After more than 18 months, the idea that Republicans resemble a thrips is not so far from the truth. The definition of thrips is this: any of various minute insects, many of which are major pests of cereals and fruit trees. The connection does not need explaining right. The analogy is there and it is sad to even think how Republicans have definitely been pests that have taken the food from the table of Americans.  They have stalled, added one amendment after another to change the actually intent of the bill,  manipulated the legislation so lawmakers were scared to vote on piece of legislation, blocked and voted no to bills that were not only necessary but affect the lives of Americans. These people are voters as well as being Republican constituents too by the way, but these politicians do not seem to get that part and still vote no, still say No to help their fellow Americans. It is a strange thing to see the Political Party of NO bet against the people. Is it that they think their own constituents are stupid or that siding with Wall Street, Big Banks and big Corporations outsourcing American jobs is okay because the money, the funds, their benefactors will be there when the November elections start to heat up to the point where they all put up that 30second ad on TV. The whole DeMint action should tell voters, our fellow Americans that he is a symbol of what got the US into trouble in the first place.  And as that was not enough, the comments coming out of the mouths of Republicans seems laughable, a joke and when you analyze it, break it down you could say these guys are acting in such a way that makes it obvious. They don’t want us to vote for Republicans in the next election cycle  because not only are we going to repeal everything will replace it with legislation that only covers about 3 million people… hey the rest of you folks are spoiled, need to be self-made and pull up them boot straps even if you don’t have any at the moment. Is it that these Republicans by right of birth feel that the rest of should fend for ourselves, race matters and a long with race women and minorities should be seen… maybe and definitely not heard at all if possible.

We are in the 21st Century but that reality seems to be lost on a few lawmakers who obviously are unwilling to join the rest of us in the notion of progress. The progress or the hope and change includes updating a government that had issues then moved into problems and while the problems were mounting people on the inside figured out how to play the system and like a house of cards or a tower of dominos it all came down and unfortunately there was no easy fix. However, even though the fix to everything financial is constantly being, adjusted, people on the left are getting nervous. I would hope that the reports of most of those upset are white males registered, as independents will change because I truly believe if they could just process the facts they will see that the President can let the Democratic Party have the agenda in writing it cannot force them to accept it or vote for it. The best example of bad behavior would be Senator Ben Nelson. This Senator has said no to all legislation since he had a tantrum because money was taken away from his state and given to a wider group of people. I guess Senator Nelson did not intend to help all Americans when he asked for all that money just for his state. It is obvious that in any other time when the people were not so close to the edge of complete ruin maybe his request for special treatment would have been nothing. It is a fact that we were in a state, a national state of emergency though that fact seems lost on him and others thinking they should get what they want and if not hold their votes back. The process of getting back on track has been difficult. The road to getting all-American back to work has been hard but we will do just fine without you Senator Nelson and what you should worry about is how your constituents feel about your behavior and actions that helped stall major votes to help Americans all over the country.

Other News …



C-SPAN …

watch Hearing on Highways and Bridges

watch Bernanke Hearing: From Earlier read Bernanke Testimony

watch Attorneys General on Financial Regulations

watch Bill Signing: From Earlier read Financial Regulation Bill (H.R. 4173)

watch Sec. Vilsack Press Conference

Senate Passes Unemployment Extension Bill: House votes today

The House is now in session and will shortly take up unemployment extension legislation. They will have a final vote on the revised bill later today. The House previously approved the measure, but must vote on it again because of changes made in the Senate. Yesterday, the Senate passed a revised unemployment insurance benefits extension bill by a vote of 59-39. If the bill passes the House, it will go to the President for his signature, which could possibly happen later today. The bill (HR 4213) would extend unemployment benefits through November for 2.5 million jobless Americans.

BP staff, Widow testify at Deepwater Horizon Hearing

Witnesses related to the Deepwater Horizon explosion, including the widow of one of the 11 killed, are appearing at a Joint Investigation hearing conducted by the Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement today.
Two other witnesses, both BP employees, are providing information on well design and procedures for seal assembly and lock-down rig.
This is the third day of hearings this week, as yesterday’s hearing was cancelled due to the unavailability of witnesses.
The facts collected at this hearing, along with the lead investigators’ conclusions and recommendations will be forwarded to Coast Guard Headquarters and Bureau of Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement for approval. Once approved, the final investigative report will be made available to the public.

House Cmte. questions Bernanke on state of economy

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is back on Capitol Hill today to testify on the economy and the Fed’s monetary policy before the House Financial Services Committee.
Yesterday, while delivering his semi-annual report before the Senate Banking Committee, Bernanke remarked that the economy is “unusually uncertain,” but was unlikely to go through another recession in the near future. He also said he expects unemployment levels to remain high at least through 2012.