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On September 27, thousands of Americans will march on the White House to demand an end to mountaintop removal coal mining, a practice that is poisoning the air, water, soil, culture and communities of Appalachia. Are you disgusted by coal corporations bombing America’s mountains into oblivion? March with us in D.C. on September 27 to end mountaintop removal mining. Sign up now.. Mountaintop removal is an atrocity that has destroyed over 500 mountains, buried thousands of miles of Appalachian streams and rivers, clear-cut over a million acres and harmed countless Appalachian lives. It’s time to abolish this horrible practice. Join us for Appalachia Rising.. Our friend Mickey McCoy of Inez, Kentucky summed it up perfectly. “I’d rather not travel to Washington DC. I’d rather not break the law in non-violent civil disobedience. Frankly, I’d like to work in the garden in my retirement…but when 300 million gallons of toxic coal sludge from a Massey Energy impoundment flooded Martin County, my home, I found myself in a fight for the life of my land and community. And with those stakes, you don’t have a choice. The time for action is now!” After attending Voices from the Mountains, a summit of Appalachians and their allies September 25 & 26, RAN will take to the D.C. streets to march on the White House and demand justice for Appalachia’s communities, culture and environment. Be there with us. March on the 27th knowing you helped give Appalachia a fighting chance to survive and thrive for generations to come.
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Congress in Session -9/13/10
The Senate Convenes today at 2:30pmET
following any Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to a period of morning business until 3:30pm with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.
At 3:30pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination of Jane Stranch, of Tennessee, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit. There will be 2 hours for debate with the time equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Sessions, or their designees.
At 5:30pm on Monday, September 13, the Senate will proceed to vote on confirmation of the nomination of Jane Stranch to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
As a reminder, Senator Reid filed 4 cloture motions with respect to the Small Business Jobs bill (HR5297). The filing deadline for first degree amendments to HR5297 and the Reid for Baucus-Landrieu amendment #4594 (Substitute) is 3:00pm on Monday, September 13.
Votes:
230: Confirmation of Jane Stranch to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit; Confirmed: 71-21
The next meeting in the House will be on September 14, 2010 at 2:30
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thorny Tuesday &some News
In response to another doubter who also happens to be a hater of the “Obama Regime” with typical rightwing rhetoric. I respect your opinion; i may not agree but i will not call you names or think less of you. I do not know you; however, i did vote for Obama and will again because Republicans/Conservatives have proved themselves useless over the last twenty month. Republicans have no one in charge; they have no solutions only complaints. The Bills passed by the Obama Admin have made it possible for a better future for all Americans. Yes, improvements need to made to those bills but that can only be done if everyone left of center gets out and votes this November because this is a pivotal moment in the progress needed in America
The Obama Administration is not practicing exclusion unlike Republicans who have made it quite clear what they plan to do if they take control of Congress. Republicans seem to feel helping your fellow man is not important in a time when things are so bad because they keep putting corporate profits before the people. This attitude will not improve our plight. If anyone needs a reminder, all we have to do is look to our past and by all accounts, the mostly sane people know and might admit that the house of Bush made numerous mistakes after walking into office with a surplus. The house of Bush under stress, maybe misinformed decided to wage 2Wars and gave 2huge tax cuts for the wealthy. If that was not enough those so-called people the upper 3% who Republicans say create jobs is trying to pass off as the truth. The fact is the house of Bush spent the surplus left by BillClinton. They spent the surplus on something(s) and then sent more money to wage wars, outsourced jobs and basically throwing the middle class under the bus and stomped all over us.
The solutions Republicans have offered up since Obama took office consist of scaled down versions of Bills int the Senate that are just band aids; thus slowing down our road to recovery. They are advocates for the top 2% and that 2% has been getting breaks far too long. It is obvious that Bush, Cheney and Paulson all f’d the people of the United States and because of that we have to rely on the government. Again, if you watch the House of Cards/cnbc you would understand why Wall Street types or capitalists like Bernie mad off and others like him engaged in creative accounting or just plain ole corruption like Corporations like AIG created a monster and the pay out by aig to various Banks was great. The bets against the people or corruption worked its way overseas to become something too big to fail. The questions i would like answered are many but one would be why did the house of Bush wait so long to do anything to solve the problem before the collapse happened. We all need to ask ourselves what kind of Capitalism do we want. If it is the kind of Capitalism that creates monster Corporations that abuse the rules, then you are foolish.
Capitalism does not mean firms should engage in cooking the books, secret transactions and or becoming bigger than their sum value or investing in schemes … that — is what happened …
We the People need capitalism with a small c and more regulation … with a huge R
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double-digit jobless rates &Republicans
17 senators from states with double-digit jobless rates repeatedly vote to filibuster unemployment benefits.
Since the beginning of the Great Recession, 15 million Americans have lost their jobs. Almost half of them have been out of work for six months or more, and there are currently nearly five workers actively seeking work for every available job. However, the Senate has been unable to extend job benefits because of a Republican filibuster, which has been joined by Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE). On three separate occasions, Democrats tried to break the filibuster but were unsuccessful. And while no senator voting to continue the filibuster should be allowed to escape responsibility, many voting to sustain it are from states that have been hit particularly hard by the unemployment crisis. Here are the 17 senators from states with double-digit unemployment who are willing to leave their constituents without a safety net:
| Senator(s) | State | Unemployment Rate | Votes Against Cloture (Out Of Three) |
| Sens. Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby (R) | Alabama | 10.8% | Three each |
| Sen. George LeMieux (R) | Florida | 10.4% | Three |
| Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson (R) | Georgia | 10.2% | Three each |
| Sen. Richard Lugar (R) | Indiana | 10.0% | Three |
| Sens. Mitch McConnell and Jim Bunning (R) | Kentucky | 10.4% | Three each |
| Sens. Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran (R) | Mississippi | 11.4% | Three each |
| Sen. John Ensign (R) | Nevada | 14.0% | Three |
| Sen. Richard Burr (R) | North Carolina | 10.3% | Three |
| Sen. George Voinivich | Ohio | 10.7% | Three |
| Sen. Lindsey Graham | South Carolina | 11.0% | Two (Missed vote on 6/17) |
| Sen. Jim DeMint | South Carolina | 11.0% | Two (Missed vote on 6/30) |
| Sens. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander (R) | Tennessee | 10.4% | Three each |
1.3 million people have lost their benefits this month alone, and this is actually an historic step on the part of the Senate, as “never before has Congress cut off benefits when unemployment was so high.” But perhaps Republicans in the Senate agree with Sharron Angle that unemployed people are simply “spoiled” and “afraid to get a job”?
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A new way to hold Republicans accountable
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| With Congress’s August recess now under way, Republican members of Congress are starting to show up at Tea Party events and campaign rallies all over the country.
We saw last year during the fight for health reform that this is a time when the extremists run rampant. Remember “death panels?” This year, Republicans are looking to have it both ways, trying to appeal to independent voters while making promises to the Tea Party crowd to pursue an extreme right-wing agenda if they regain control of Congress. We don’t — but I sure wish we did. That’s where the “Accountability Project” comes in. It’s a platform for citizens to document Republican candidates and their public statements at local events, as well as their campaign tactics. The Accountability Project allows you to submit videos, recordings, and other items for publication online, so that candidates see that there’s a cost to their dishonest statements — and so that everyday citizens can see what their Republican candidates for office are saying. We need people like you to take the lead. Sign up today to be a part of the Accountability Project here.  The American people deserve an honest debate — and far too often, candidates try to make misleading attacks and false claims under the radar. This project seeks to shine a light on those practices, and you have a crucial role to play in making it happen. There are several ways in which folks can participate: — If you have anything that can record video — from a cell phone to a video camera — you can go to public events and record what candidates say. — If you receive any sort of mailings or literature from candidates, you can post them online for all to see. — And if you hear of any upcoming public events for Republican candidates in your area, you can let everyone know, so that other concerned citizens can get out there. This project will enable folks to keep track of Republican candidates running for every office, up and down the ballot. Please help fight back against Republicans’ shadowy tactics — participate in The Accountability Project: http://my.democrats.org/APsignup Thanks, Shauna Shauna Daly |
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