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The Mayor’s Money
For decades the NRA has been the only organization that spent significant money on gun regulation issues. As a lobbyist for gun, gun accessory and munitions manufacturers masquerading as a sportsman’s’ organization its idea of good regulation is no regulation. … Continue reading
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The Sad Reality
Wednesday Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada announced that the assault weapons ban would not be part of the main body of the gun regulation legislation when it comes to the Senate floor. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s, (D –CA), … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Democrats, Dianne Feinstein, Feinstein Amendment, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, Harry Reid, House, House of Representatives, Kay Hagan, Louisiana, Mark Begich, Mark Pryor, Mark Udall, Mark Warner, Mary Landrieu, N.R.A., National Rifle Associaition, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, NRA, politics, Republicans, Senate, South Dakota, Tim Johnson, Tom Udall, Virginia
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Real Women
What makes a woman a woman? I’m sorry to disappoint my readers, but I’m certainly not going to answer that question in the next several hundred words. I will tell you that I question how genuine a woman twelve Republican … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, Alabama, Ann Wagner, bigotry, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Congress, Cynthia Lummins, Democrats, Diane Black, discrimination, Eric Cantor, gender discrimination, Georgia, House, House of Representatives, illegal immigration, immigration, Indiana, Kay Hagan, Kristi Noem, Lynn Westmoreland, Marsha Blackburn, Martha Roby, McMorris-Rodgers Amendment, Michele Bachmann, Minnesota, Missouri, Native American issues, North Carolina, Patty Murray, politics, racism, Renee Ellmers, Republicans, S47, Senate, sexual discrimination, South Dakota, Susan Brooks, Tennessee, VAWA, Vicky Hartzler, Violence Against Women Act, Virginia, Virginia Foxx, war on women, Washington, women's issues, women's rights, Wyoming
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Obama’s Road Trip to 2014?
My apprehension that the Democratic Party has morphed into Barack Obama’s Party is well known. My fear was that the President would become so obsessed with his legacy that he would disregard the Party and turnout would fall to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 election, 2012 election, 2014 election, Air Force One, Chicago, Chuck Schumer, Congress, Democrats, Georgia, Harry Reid, Illinois, Kay Hagan, New York, North Carolina, Obama, politics, Rahm Emanuel, Republicans, Saxby Chambliss, Senate, State of The Union
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Women Lost In The Shuffle
About a week ago I received an e-mail from Senator Kay Hagan, (D-NC). In it she outlined her and Senator Patty Murray’s, (D-WA), concern over the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, (VAWA), which is currently stalled in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, Amnesty International, Congress, Democrats, domestic abuse, domestic violence, Eric Cantor, fiscal cliff, House, Joe Biden, Kay Hagan, Native American issues, New York Times, North Carolina, Patrick Leahy, Patty Murray, politics, prejudice, rape, Republicans, Senate, sexism, sexist, sexual assault, sexual violence, Tea Party, V.A.W.A., VAWA, Vermont, Violence Against Women Act, Virginia, war on women, Washington, women's issues, women's rights
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2014 And The Upper Chamber
Well it is Black Friday and those of us who are not napping are out shopping. Congress is in recess so it is another good day to look into that nearly opaque crystal ball and try to make some early … Continue reading
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Tagged 114th congress, 2008 election, 2014 election, Al Franken, Alaska, Arkansas, Christine O'Donnell, Colorado Republican Party, Democrats, Dr. Susan Rice, Elizabeth Dole, Jay Rockefeller, John Kerry, Kay Hagan, Louisiana, Mark Begich, Mark Pryor, Mark Udall, Mark Warner, Mary Landrieu, Massachusetts, Max Baucus, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, politics, Republicans, Scott Brown, South Dakota, Susan Rice, Tea Party, Ted Stevens, Tim Johnson, Todd Akin, Tom Udall, U.N., United Nations, Virginia, Voter suppression, West Virginia
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Debbie Comes Through In The Clutch
If you want to accuse me of doing a feel good story instead of hard news analysis, I plead guilty. As this blurb came across my laptop and television Friday I just couldn’t help myself. I remember a halftime speech … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrea Mitchell, Betty Sutton, cancer, charity, Colleen Hanabusa, Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, Democratic national Committee, Democrats, DNC, Donna Edwards, Ilena Ros-Lehtinen, Jean Schmidt, Jo Ann Emerson, Kathy Castor, Kathy Hochul, Kay Hagan, Kelly Ayotte, Kirsten Gillibrand, Laura Richardson, Linda Sanchez, NBC, Shelly Moore Capito, Susan Davis, Young Survivors Coalition
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