Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
by David Safier Thanks and congratulations are due to our AZ Democratic delegation to the U.S. House. All of them voted Yes on the health care bill -- Raul Grijalva, Gabriel Giffords, Ann Kirkpatrick, Harry Mitchell and Ed Pastor. Keep...
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
DownWithTyranny!: Senate Prepares To Back Another Obama War Supplemental For Afghanistan Escalation The context is that the Senate is about to sink another few BILLION dollars and thousands of American troops into the "graveyard of empires." A lot of experts think that Afghanistan is ungovernable and unwinnable. We need an exit plan to avoid being stuck there until we can no longer afford...
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...
Random Musings (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
There's no other word for it. Civilized Americans have been betrayed by the U.S. House of Representatives. Earlier today, the House, by a 386 -17 vote , will 11 voting "present", passed H. Res. 893 , congratulating.... God, it hurts so much to put this in writing ...the Evil Empire New York Yankees on their winning the 2009 World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies. And the worst part of...
News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
After nearly 100,000 members of the public called for protecting the Grand Canyon from mining, a Pew Environment Group ad (http://www.pewminingreform.org/pdf/WishAd.pdf) today urged Congress to support legislation that would permanently ban new mining claims on public lands surrounding the park. Under the antiquated mining law of 1872, more than one thousand uranium mining claims have been staked...
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
An R-Cubed senior correspondent reports that in conjunction with Michelle Bachman’s “Superbowl of Freedom” in Washington, a single protestor showed up at Raúl Grijalva’s district office in Tucson with a sign that said “Grijalva = Communism”. He got bored after ten minutes and left. Quoth our senior correspondent: “I guess he didn’t feel that strongly...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Last night, Speaker Pelosi filed the manager's amendment--the final tweaks--to the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962). Here's the announcment describing the changes made in this amendment: Building on the legislation House Democrats introduced last week, this manager’s amendment includes these key improvements to the bill: providing $1 billion in new resources to states to rein...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
I'm always happy to see the progressives step up and demand what they want - you know, instead of falling into the fetal position. Greg Sargent from The Plumline: At a private meeting at the White House yesterday, top House liberals urged President Obama to more aggressively throw his weight into a public campaign on behalf of the public option, a leading House progressive said in an interview. Dem...
The Plum Line (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
At a private meeting at the White House yesterday, top House liberals urged President Obama to more aggressively throw his weight into a public campaign on behalf of the public option, a leading House progressive said in an interview. Dem Rep. Raul Grijalva, the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, says that this point [...]
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Friday, October 30, 2009 : We speak to Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva of Arizona, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. On Thursday Grijalva said he was deeply disappointed at the healthcare bill unveiled by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He has pledged to fight for a floor vote on including a robust public option in the bill.
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Liberal Democrats in the House of Representatives can get behind the health care bill Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled today, but they'll press Democratic House leaders to make changes to it, according to one of the leaders of the House Progressive Caucus. Progressive lawmakers are "obviously disappointed" that Pelosi's bill didn't include a stronger public option, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ),...
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
TPM reports that our man Raúl Grijalva was not present at the “unveiling” of the health care bill, but that he is pushing for an amendment to give it a stronger public option. Grijalva’s statement to Brian Beutler of TPM: I am not rolling over. I will insist on a Medicare-plus-five amendment on the Floor so [...]
CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
by Brian Beutler WASHINGTON - Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)--co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus--was not in attendance at today's health care bill unveiling. But his office sends over the following quote, suggesting that he plans to continue his push for a strong public option, even though the base House bill doesn't go as far as he'd like. read more
Just Foreign Policy News (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Just Foreign Policy News October 28, 2009 NoEscalation.org: Help Us Push and Track Congress on Afghanistan Escalation Help us by calling Members of Congress, asking where they stand, and reporting the results. You can also post press clips documenting Congressional opposition to the war. http://NoEscalation.org Matthew Hoh: Q&A The Washington Post ran an online Q&A with Matthew Hoh, a former...
Just Foreign Policy News (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Rep. Raul Grijalva and 15 Members of Congress have written to President Obama, urging him to end the de facto policy of mixed messages regarding the coup in Honduras. In particular, the Members note that the unprofessional personal attacks on President Zelaya by the head of the US delegation to the Organization of American States, Lewis Amselem, have contributed to the belief by the coup regime that...
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