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with both hands (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
... incompetence and poor seamanship. Lieutenant McCain was the perfect officer, but not Captain Jan. Ah, but the strawberries! That's, that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, and with, with geometric logic, that, that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox did exist. And I would have produced that key if they hadn't pulled the Congress...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
As hard as it is to pick the most egregious offenses of the Bush White House, officially sanctioning the use of torture is definitely on my top ten list.
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Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | yesterday
Barack Obama’s campaign manager assured House Democrats Wednesday that the party’s presumptive presidential nominee wants their input and will work seamlessly with them in the fall to produce a bigger House majority.After David Plouffe addressed the caucus, Rep. Jan Schakowsky , D-Ill., said, “It was a brilliant presentation of ways to get to 270 electoral votes and how the presidential race...
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Truth Out (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has had enough of the war in Iraq, and she's had enough of the military contractors that are making it possible. "These are the guys who carry guns - I would call them mercenaries - who are engaged in inherently governmental activities," she told me in a recent interview, noting that while contractors carry out many of the same functions as the military, they are...
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Doug Ross @ Journal (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
A brief tour: • Democrat Joe Biden, Jan. 2007: "If he surges another 20, 30 [thousand], or whatever number he's going to, into Baghdad, it'll be a tragic mistake." • Democrat Barack Obama, Jan. 2007: "I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraqis going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse." • Democrat Hillary Clinton, Jan. 2007: "I
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
... Minnesota, Barbara
Lee of California, Frank Pallone of New Jersey, Nick Rahall of West
Virginia, Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, Donna Edwards of Maryland and Lynn
Woolsey of California.
"The next Congress will have to address the fallout from today's
economic cost crunch crisis," said Alan Charney, USAction Program Director.
"Addressing this crisis means significant changes in energy policy...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
... called staffers, in the major areas like health care. We met with staffers for Bobby Rush, Jan Schakowsky, Barack Obama (!WOO!), Rahm Emanuel, Peter Roskam, and Dick Durbin. I have a picture of my group in Obama's office. After the Day on the Hill, it's tradition to get the whole group together and take a picture on Capitol Hill. Unfortunately, the interns (including myself) had to leave...
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Iran Nuclear Watch (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
While some Members of Congress, like Representatives Robert Wexler (D-FL) , Barney Frank (D-MA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and others, are expressing regrets on H.Con.Res. 362, Rep. Gary Ackerman continues to make the case for his controversial resolution. Today Rep. Ackerman circulated a new "Dear Colleague" letter based largely on his comments to the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing yesterday....
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Gateway Pundit (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
How horrible!-- These antiwar Jewish Democrats attacked Sen. Joe Lieberman and praised Barack Obama for his imagined support of Israel. These Jewish democrats- Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Rep. Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) and Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) held a press conference to persuade Jewish voters that Barack Obama really is a friend of...
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illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Today on Huffington Post, convicted felon and ex-federal prisoner Robert Creamer lectures discontented liberal Democrats about playing right into the Republicans' hands by whining about Obama's policy flip-flops last week. Illinois Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky's hubby Creamer tells the cry babies...
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Raw Story (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... sanctions for Iran.The press conference, also attended by Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) and Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), was designed to cast doubt about McCain’s credentials on Israel while trumpeting Obama’s.Lautenberg, who said he was saddened by Lieberman’s notable absence at the press conference, acknowledged that his fellow members of...
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Minipundit (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
According to Chris Bowers, the four main possibilities for succeeding Obama in 2009, should he win the presidency, are Jan Schakowsky, Jesse Jackson Jr., Rahm Emanuel, and losing 2006 Congressional candidate Tammy Duckworth. Duckworth appears to have the inside track...
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Alternet (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
“Our Vote is Power… Our Vote is Power,” chant the hundreds of immigrants, elected officials, and leaders in the fight for immigration reform who gathered to celebrate the national “New Americans Democracy Day” (http://icirr.org/node/2882) this past Saturday. In a sweaty auditorium on Chicago’s Northwest side, an audience of over 300 listens as Senator Dick Durbin and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky...
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Standing FIRM (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
From Alternet : “Our Vote is Power… Our Vote is Power,” chant the hundreds of immigrants, elected officials, and leaders in the fight for immigration reform who gathered to celebrate the national “New Americans Democracy Day” (http://icirr.org/node/2882) this past Saturday. In a sweaty auditorium on Chicago’s Northwest side, an audience of over 300 listens as Senator Dick Durbin and Congresswoman Jan...
