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Where Does Rep. Robert Hurt Really Stand?
A letter to the editor of the Madison Eagle newspaper Last November many candidates said they wanted to get elected so that they could do something about jobs. Robert Hurt was one of these candidates. Representative Hurt has continued to say he cares about creating...
Remarks by the President on Trayvon Martin
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHBdZWbncXI&w=853&h=480] Transcript of Remarks by the President on Trayvon Martin (.PDF) “The African-American community is also knowledgeable that there is a history of racial disparities in the application of our...
‘The Voting Rights Act is Needed Now Like Never Before’
The Senate Judiciary Committee held its first hearing this week on the Voting Rights Act since the Supreme Court gutted the landmark civil rights law last month. The key witnesses were civil rights icon Representative John Lewis and Representative James Sensenbrenner,...
1st Mcauliffe-Cuccinelli Debate to be Streamed Online Tomorrow
"This fall the eyes of the political world will be fixed on Virginia, with the state playing host to the most competitive race of 2013, as businessman and former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe faces off against Ken Cuccinelli, the state's...
Senate Confirms Gina Mccarthy as New EPA Head
@mikememoli WASHINGTON – The Senate voted to confirm Gina McCarthy as the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, ending what had been the longest delay for any of President Obama’s second-term Cabinet picks. The 59-40 vote was the second such...
Republicans Show They Are Willing to Compromise on The Farm Bill
Last night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert congratulated the Republican-controlled House of Representatives for being able to pass the Farm Bill. When the House GOP caucus found that they couldn't compromise on the subject of food stamps, they just took...
Senate Confirms Richard Cordray as Consumer Watchdog
President Barack Obama listens to Richard Cordray deliver remarks following his confirmation as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in the State Dining Room of the White House, July 17, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza…
Mapping the Sequester’s Impact on Low-Income Housing
In April, Doug Rice, senior policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, released a paper that described some of the ways people would be affected by sequestration cuts to local housing agency budgets, including: up to 140,000 fewer…
BREAKING:
El Burro Sabe Más Que Tú
"If Republicans in the House of Representatives vote against the immigration reform legislation that was recently approved by the Senate — or if they prevent it from coming to a vote at all — they will lose the presidential election in 2016. It will not even matter...
