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Tag Archives: Member of Congress
wicked weather Wednesday &some News …
just another rant ….
In response to an article written by AFL-CIO … I was sent an article by Rep.Dennise Kucinich from jhaines, which i may not agree with because it is full of his “real” truth with not that much reality in my opinion
jhaines: What American Workers Don’t Need – by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, | 2012: What’s the ‘real’ truth?
jhaines6.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/what-american-w…
ME:
While i did not agree with what Clinton did by implementing NAFTA to begin with, certainly with hindsight being 20/20 he might if given better info changed the process of trade some to favour Americans more so than it ended up doing.” NAFTA was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on December 8, 1993 and entered force January 1, 1994. Although it was signed by President Bush, it was a priority of President Clinton’s, and its passage is considered one of his first successes. (Source: History.com, NAFTA Signed into Law, December 8, 1993.” from about.com I will say that after hearing how President Obama put some stipulations into the Korea agreement i am far more trusting of trade agreements that our current President is trying to implement … it’s called fair and balanced contracts. I also feel that rep.Kucinich just does not agree or support President Obama from all of his comments and statements … I worry that Kucinich is against President Obama for reasons that are coming from the far right and that for me is enough to ignore
everything that Kucinich says. I would like to ask you- how do you feel that Kucinich was willing to jump out to Washington State at the drop of a hat just
to stay in the political game. I was offended that this guy would shop States because he wants to stay in the game not because he cares? Kucinich knows
nothing about Washington State let alone love my State and this is a sad example for any member of Congress but Kucinich is the topic so
his truth is just that … Rep.Dennis Kucinich truth. I prefer President Obama’s
thank you Jhaines for taking the time to respond to the Afl-cio article … I say talk is cheap action gets traction …I get it people have been ill-treated in
the past &why should Obama be different? I think that years of BS has been dumped at the doorstep of this President yet he has little slim or no partners
in that change we can believe in … why? Frankly, both chambers in Congress are okay with the status quo. We all have to remember that President Obama does not
create or pass the laws Congress does and so far they do not seem willing to get the job done… first they accuse him of not writing or presenting bills then
when he does both sides of the aisle whine. I say we need better members of Congress that will do the right thing, do their jobs, and work with President
Obama not against him …, which i feel Kucinich does
Other News …
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Florida Moves Primary Date from March 6 to January 31
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Remind Congress to do their jobs
When the President laid out his jobs plan earlier this month, he couldn’t have been more clear: The American people can’t afford to wait for the next election to see results out of Washington. They sent their members of Congress here to get things done now.
Democrats aren’t sitting back and hoping for the best — we’re taking our case straight to the American people.
We’ve launched a major ad campaign in support of the American Jobs Act. It calls on all Americans to hold their lawmakers’ feet to the fire until this bill gets passed, because that’s the only way it’s going to get done. We want to spread that message as widely as possible.
Will you chip in $5 today to help us continue the fight for the President’s agenda — and keep ads like this one on the air? WWW.Democrats.ORG
Right now, Republican leaders aren’t working for the American people. And that’s unacceptable — especially at a time when families need their leaders in Washington to come together and get things done.
It shouldn’t take an effort like this to remind our leaders to do their jobs.
But the truth is some in the GOP care more about making sure the President doesn’t get his way than doing whatever it takes to create jobs and return economic security to the middle class.
Now is not the time for scoring political points — for either side. We need action, and the President is counting on all of us to demand it.
It’s an uphill battle, but we know how powerful it can be when members of Congress start hearing the case straight from their constituents at home. I’m asking you to help keep ads like this on the air in these critical first weeks of the fight to pass this bill.
Please donate $5 today:
Thanks,
Patrick
Patrick Gaspard
Executive Director
Democratic National Committee
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Super Advocates Needed in Your State (Washington State) …Joan Entmacher, National Women’s Law Center
Super-committee [Soo-per kuh-mit-ee] noun – 12 Members of Congress, including Washington Senator Patty Murray, who are working on a plan to cut the deficit an additional $1.5 trillion, and have the authority to propose cuts to all federal programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and Food Stamps. If 7 members approve a plan, it’s put on a fast track to an up-or-down vote: no committee hearings, no filibusters, no amendments.
Tell Senator Murray to Support Responsible Deficit Reduction!
Super-advocate [Soo-per ad-vuh-kit] noun – An advocate for women and families who urges the super-committee to protect vital programs, make millionaires and corporations pay their fair share, and create jobs and spur the economy.
We need you to be a Super Advocate! Join with us in our campaign to Demand Fair Change, Not Spare Change!™ Tell your Member of Congress on the super-committee to protect vital programs, make millionaires and corporations pay their fair share, and create jobs.
These are principles that any plan for deficit reduction should follow:
*Protect vital programs: Women and their families depend on federal programs to protect their health, get quality child care, attend college, and meet their basic needs during difficult times and as they age. Any deficit reduction plan should protect vital programs like Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, child care, Head Start, and Food Stamps (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program).
Make millionaires and corporations pay their fair share of taxes: Middle class and low-income families already given enough. On top of cuts in this year’s budget, the debt ceiling deal cuts federal programs by nearly $1 trillion over the next decade. But it doesn’t touch a penny of the tax breaks enjoyed by millionaire CEOs, Wall Street, and Big Oil. Any deficit reduction plan should close tax loopholes and require millionaires, billionaires, and large corporations to contribute to reducing the deficit and getting our economy back on track.
Create jobs: Unemployment remains painfully high, job growth is slow — and women have actually lost ground in the two years since the recession officially ended. To promote a stronger economy and lower deficits in the long term, any deficit reduction plan should make investments that put women and men back to work and extend federal emergency unemployment benefits.
You can be a super-advocate today — tell the congressional super-committee to protect vital programs, make millionaires pay their fair share, and create jobs.
The deficit deal that averted a disastrous default for our nation came at a painful and unfair price. We need to fight together to ensure that any proposal from the super-committee does not continue to hurt women and their families.
To learn more about what a fair deficit reduction plan means for women in your state, check out our state-by-state fact sheets. www.nwlc.org
Thank you for all you do.
The budget fights this year have been long and frustrating — and they’re far from over. But polls show that these principles have the support of a majority of the American people. We need your help to make sure that Members of Congress, and especially members of the super-committee, hear that message loud and clear!
Sincerely,
Joan Entmacher
Vice President, Family Economic Security
National Women’s Law Center
P.S. Your generous donation allows us to continue to work for a fair deficit reduction plan for women and families. Support our work on the federal budget and other issues today.
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FW: Pay-Per-View Government?
We’ve seen reports that at least two more Republican members of Congress — Reps. Lou Barletta (R-PA) and Renee Ellmers (R-NC) — are avoiding public constituent meetings this August recess, opting instead for the “pay per view” events Michael wrote to you about last week. This new “pay per view” practice mocks the spirit of Democracy and the First Amendment, and tends to weed out non-supporters in order to shield members of Congress from criticism or even challenging questions.
Speak out now by signing our petition to members of Congress — help us keep the heat on these representatives to hold them accountable and make them stop. www.pfaw.org
By voting for policies as unpopular as the ones congressional Republicans have recently supported, like ending Medicare and Medicaid as we know it, it’s understandable that these representatives would attract some criticism, but denying their constituents free access to them so they can cravenly hide from that criticism is wrong.
— Ben Betz, Online Strategy Manager
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From: Michael Keegan, People For the American Way
To: Ben Betz
Date: Thursday, August 18, 2011
Re: Pay-Per-View Government?
Tell Members of Congress: Respect the First Amendment and Democracy, Stop Charging Your Constituents for Access!
Dear Ben,
It seems that congressional Republicans either have a severe distaste for, or a severe lack of understanding of, the First Amendment of the Constitution.
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) is not holding any open-to-the-public town hall meetings in his district this August recess — instead, he’s charging constituents $15 for face time with their democratically elected representative. And Ryan isn’t the only member of congress whose recess meetings are, as Politico put it, “strictly pay-per-view.”
Speak out by joining our petition to members of Congress now and help us draw attention to this growing problem. www.pfaw.org
Congressmen like Ben Quayle (R-AZ) and Chip Cravaack (R-MN), instead of hosting town hall meetings, are having events hosted for them by friendly organizations with a fee for attendance. These Republican members of Congress are so desperate to shelter themselves from criticism that they are denying their constituents’ basic democratic access to their elected officials.
The First Amendment states that Americans have the right to “petition the Government for a redress of grievances” and does NOT include the words “only if they are willing and able to pay for that privilege.” What Ryan and his colleagues are doing is an affront to American democracy AND to the First Amendment.
Exercise YOUR First Amendment right and petition Congress now.
Selective disregard of the Constitution by the Right Wing is nothing new, but this latest wave of hostility to the First Amendment is so cowardly and begs for a light to be shined on it and for accountability for the elected officials engaged in it.
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) recently had a sign reading, “Private Property: No soliciting, No protesting, No loitering,” appear outside his district office. This was in response to protests by progressive activists after Lamborn referred to President Obama as a “tar baby.” However, the restriction appeared not to apply to Lamborn’s supporters who held a “spontaneous” rally outside the office on Friday.
The “no protesting” portion was removed after Lamborn received pressure for his selective allowance of free speech at his congressional office and his blatant disregard for the spirit of the First Amendment. Now we need to make sure all members of Congress are receiving similar pressure.
Help us keep up the pressure by speaking up and joining PFAW’s petition now.
Since voting on many anti-middle class policies, especially the “Ryan Plan” attacks on Medicare and Medicaid, Republican members of Congress have been facing angry constituents at town hall meetings and protests at their offices. That’s called democracy — elected officials being held accountable by their constituents.
By outsourcing meetings to third parties that raise money on the events, members of Congress are ducking all but their most supportive constituents, and in some cases, creating a misleading media narrative by allowing in local reporters and TV cameras.
If these Republican members of Congress are so scared of Democracy, then they’re in the wrong business.
Please help us keep the pressure on by joining our petition and then by helping to spread the word.
As always, thank you for all you do.
Sincerely,
Michael Keegan
Be a Seed for Change 
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