planetransgender (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
House Committee to Take Action on ENDA Call in on November 18 Take Action! Take action today for the next bill that will positively impact transgender people: ENDA Sign the ENDA petition Write to your members of Congress Read our Toolkit on how you can take action NCTE Website November 12, 2009 "Now is the time that we must take action for ENDA! Whether you have never contacted your members of...
onlineplayersassociation.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Colorado: One of the truly beautiful states in the USA. Skiing. Beautiful-smelling mountain air. Government officials with their heads on straight. I knew there was something I loved about Colorado and here’s one more: Jared Polis, Democratic Congressman out of the hip city of Boulder, is the most recent supporter of legalized online gambling in [...]
ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Late Tonight, the US House Passed Comprehensive Health Insurance Reform Bill Denver, CO - Reps. Diana DeGette, Ed Perlmutter, Jared Polis and John Salazar, all Democrats, voted with the majority as the U.S. House of Representatives set the standard for real health insurance reform when it passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act late tonight. Democratic Rep. Betsy Markey voted with the Republicans...
Right Coast (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
By The Hill Staff - 11/07/09 04:08 PM ET Below is a list of selected Democrats and their positions on the House healthcare reform bill based on media accounts, press releases and spokesmen for the lawmakers. UPDATED 11/7/09 4:08 p.m. YES OR LEANING YES Howard Berman (Calif.) Leonard Boswell (Iowa) G.K. Butterfield (N.C.) Steve Cohen (Tenn.) Called the measure "America's bill" Gerry Connolly...
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Get in the fight against statism. The life you save will be your own (and grandmas's and the kids, and Aunt Bessie .....) Subject: Vote on Healthcare Tonight Here's a list of the Democrats who are (reportedly) undecided or on the fence. Time to jam the phone lines. If they're not in your district it doesn't matter. Call 'em anyway. Call as many as you can. Someone who wants to force you to purchase...
2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The Hill has compiled the whip count for the Pelosi bill coming to the floor in 2 days. This is their list updated as of last night. The Hill contributors/data gatherers are: Mike Soraghan, Bob Cusack, Mary Ann Dreas, Samantha Guthrie and Dan Randlett. The Hill will be updating as new information comes in, and you can view that here . Reprinted below is their annotated list: YES OR LEANING YES Leonard...
ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
In a press release sent a few minutes ago, Rep. Jared Polis announced that he will support the House's current health reform bill, H.R. 3962. Full release follows--says Rep. Polis, "Although I found enough fault with the initial version to justify a no vote in committee, my strong support for President Obama's health care reform has never wavered. I am thrilled to now support a House bill that...
ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
So liberals are less than delighted with the revised House health reform legislation revealed yesterday --there are complaints building that too any concessions were made to so-called "Blue Dog" conservative Democrats, that the "public option" insurance entity provided for in the new bill lacks the teeth to really bring costs down as originally intended. But the bill does seem to...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Here's what you missed, if you didn't catch it on the White House livestream... THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary __ _________________________________ For Immediate Release October 28, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT RECEPTION COMMEMORATING THE ENACTMENT OF THE MATTHEW SHEPARD AND JAMES BYRD, JR. HATE CRIMES PREVENTION ACT East Room 5:45 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much, everybody....
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Here Media chairman Stephen Jarchow on Gay.com purchase and expanding "empire": "As the result of this deal, we have become a unique company that straddles traditional distribution and digital distribution. We own pretty much the entire media for the gay...
Box Turtle Bulletin (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
(crossposted on ELEMENT, a Denver gay blog I’m paid to write for) A few days ago I read an article on CNN.com about what life is like for Jared Polis (D-Boulder) and his partner in Congress. Polis’ spouse writes: Rarely has anyone seen me for what I actually am. I don my “Congressional Spouse” lapel pin [...]
Steam Powered Opinions (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
I wonder where Jared Polis stands on this?
Ex-Gay Watch (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
-A spokesman for Stand For Marriage Maine admits that the organization has made dishonest claims in its ads. -Congressman Jared Polis’ partner talks about being a gay congressional spouse. -Another anti-gay crusader is caught in a scandal. -Irish sports star Donal Og Cusack comes out of the closet. -Protect Marriage Washington ramps up its anti-gay rhetoric. -Jason Kuznicki considers whether...
ImmigrationProf Blog (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Portfolio.com reports that tech entrepreneurs support an effort by U.S. Representative Jared Polis (D-CO), who was a sucessful with several internet start-ups, to make it easier for foreign founders of investor-backed startups to secure visas to remain in the United...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Colorado U.S. Reps. Jared Polis and Ed Perlmutter signed onto a letter to the Federal Communications Commission last week Thursday that was penned by New York Democratic U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks. The letter was signed by 70 other members of Congress and appears to have been crafted by Meeks to cater to Verizon Communications, the second-largest employer in his New York district and also the second-largest...
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