Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
? FL-Sen : Rep. Bill Young usually steers clear of endorsements, and the GOP Senate primary is no exception, even though Charlie Crist is a resident of his district. After attending a Pinellas County GOP event with Marco Rubio, Young reiterated that he wasn't endorsing -- and that his wife's repeated gushing to the press that "I love Marco!" wasn't an endorsement either. (A Pinellas County...
Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
On Friday, Congress introduced a bill congratulating the New York Yankees for winning the World Series. The vote passed with 386 votes, 17 Nays, 11 voting Present, and 19 missing the vote. William Delahunt, representing the Cape and Islands and other vaguely aquatic regions of Massachusetts, put up one of the no votes, strictly on moral grounds : “I’m usually rational but when it comes...
Green Mountain Daily - Front Page (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
From Senator Susan Bartlett's gubernatorial campaign : [...] David Heller will serve as Bartlett's political media consultant and handle all of her campaign advertising; Alan Secrest will serve as her campaign pollster; and John Bauer will work on message development, fundraising and data management. [...] Heller is one of the top political media consultants and campaign strategists in the Democratic...
ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Rep. Betsy Markey and a fellow Democratic House freshman are pushing to block federal funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, the controversial group better known as ACORN. But Markey will vote against the bill that she wants the anti-ACORN funding language included in. For a full explanation of how Markey is pushing for ACORN defunding on the one hand while planning to ultimately...
greylocknews (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
North Adams, MA - The Northern Berkshire Community Coalition hosts the public and US Congressman John Olver on Friday, October 9, beginning at 10 am as he reports on the progress of health care reform. The forum takes place at...
The Rougblog (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
In part six of her hard hitting series on liberal lies about health care, Ann Coulter says this: But members of Congress, such as Reps. Dennis Kucinich, Jim Moran and John Olver, have all cited the U.S.'s relatively poor ranking in infant mortality among developed nations as proof that our medical care sucks. This is despite the fact that in many countries a baby born the size of Dennis Kucinich would...
Silicon Moon (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
"Secret Agent Editors The Obama scandals bring a new era of opacity at the New York Times. " WSJ's The Best of the Web Today Insightful and amusing post about the NYTimes failing to be even a semi-objective news source. "Obama and Acorn Is there a case for a special prosecutor? " WSJ's James Taranto "Independent prosecutor for ACORN" Chicago Tribune "Inside the Glorious...
The Virginian (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
From Doug Ross Journal Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. Robert Brady D-Pa. Corrine Brown, D-Fla. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C. Mike Capuano, D-Mass. Andre Carson, D-Ind. Kathy Castor, D-Fla. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo. James Clyburn, D-S.C. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. Danny Davis, D-Ill. Diane DeGette, D-Colo. Bill Delahunt, D-Mass. Mike Doyle, D-Pa. Donna Edwards, D-Md. Keith...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Does anyone think they would grown a pair if they had a 70 seat majority in the Senate? No, me neither. How about 80 seats? Huge victory for Glenn Beck! Only 75 Democrats had the guts to stand up for ACORN today when the not-so-hapless Republican minority forced through a motion by GOP crook Darrell Issa (R-CA) to defund the organization. This is so pathetic-- and a true vision of the Republican idea...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
STOCKBRIDGE, MA.- Arts leaders from across Massachusetts will gather at the Norman Rockwell Museum Friday, Sept. 18 with Congressman John Olver to highlight the arts sector's role in the U.S. economic recovery effort. Olver will formally announce the release of more than $1.3 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to non-profit arts organizations across Massachusetts....
HubArts.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Western Mass. arts organizations are gathering with Sen. John Olver at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge next week to celebrate the stimulus dollars they're receiving and tout their importance to the state's economy. The release says, "Olver will formally...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
Absurd Barney Frank announced yesterday that he won't be running for Ted Kennedy's House seat. Ed Markey probably won't either. That leaves Mike Capuano as the likely progressive heir to Kennedy's legacy and the candidate of the party's liberal wing. Along with Massachusetts reps John Olver, Jim McGovern and John Tierney, Capuano is among the 20 most progressive members of Congress. The least progressive...
Peace, Social Justice and Truth for (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
Let's be clear: A Healthcare bill without a public option is D.O.A. in the House. Period. To pass any bill in the House they need at least 218 votes but 64 House Democrats have stood up and said they will not vote for a bill without a public option. That means a bill without a public option would only have 193 votes. It's up to us to make sure these Democrats stand strong and never back down to the...
1000 Friends of Connecticut Blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
August 11, 2009 Joseph C. Szabo Federal Railroad Administration United States Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 RE: Support for the New Haven-Springfield Commuter Rail Line Dear Administrator Szabo: Several weeks ago, with the strong support of Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell, the State of Connecticut submitted a pre-application for High Speed Rail stimulus...
MyDD (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
Today Iowa Governor Chet Culver is taking a train tour to promote passenger rail in eastern Iowa , similar to a trip he took through western Iowa last month . He travels today from Iowa City through several small towns to Moline, Illinois, where the Quad Cities' passenger rail depot will be located. From there Culver will travel to Chicago for the Midwest High Speed Rail Summit on Monday. The U.S....
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