Trump Voids Dodd-Frank 1504 Transparency Rule (tags)
President Trump signed into law Congressional action to void requirements that the oil, gas and mining industries report financial activity in countries where they operate.
Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda (tags)
Former congressional staffers reveal best practices for making Congress listen.
Clinton beginning informal talks with congressional Republicans (tags)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has begun back-channel discussions with congressional Republican leaders over the shape of a Clinton administration, according to several media reports Monday
War Within California's 46th CD (tags)
Violence and dirty politics accompany the establishment candidate as he fights to rise past fifth place,
Puerto Rico Governor Calls for Halt on Debt Lawsuits (tags)
Puerto Rico's Governor Alejandro García Padilla says Congress should put a hold on litigation against the indebted US territory until a proposed Congressional solution to its debt crisis is in place.
Israel's Failed Anti-Iranian Nuclear Deal Campaign (tags)
Israel
Netanyahu's Congressional Rant (tags)
Israel
Obama Wants Congressional Authorization for Unlimited War (tags)
Ukraine
Proposed Congressional Legislative Sanctions on Iran (tags)
Iran
Iran
Obamacare
Reid Derails Fast Track (tags)
trade
Marianne Wiliamson Challenging Henry Waxman For Congressional Seat (tags)
Noted spiritual author Marianne Williamson whose books include interpretations of the Course In Miracles is challenging Henry Waxman for a California congressional seat.
Congressional Candidacy Responds to Earth in Crisis (tags)
Veteran Earth First! organizer, pioneering anti-GMO direct action activist, and medical marijuana protester Congressional candidate Andy Caffrey opens 2014 campaign office and Earth First! event center in Humboldt County.
America: Super-Bully Nation (tags)
America
Obama Plans Full-Scale War on Syria (tags)
Syria
Lawlessness Is Official US Policy (tags)
police state
Fiscal Cliff Postmortems (tags)
class war
Obama Plans African Wars (tags)
anti-war
Congressional candidate Kyrsten Sinema (tags)
Did you know that Congressional candidate Kyrsten Sinema authored a bill to put a 300 percent tax on medical marijuana???
Stealth Trade Agreement Secret Negotiations (tags)
police state
Syria
anti-war
Money Power Runs America (tags)
class war
Medicare Privatization Plans (tags)
Medicare
Bipartisan Deal to Slash Medicare and Medicaid (tags)
class war
War: The Wrong Jobs Program (tags)
BTL:Demands for Transparency Target Money Flowing to Members of Congressional Deficit Supe (tags)
Interview with Ellen Miller, co-founder, executive director of Sunshine Foundation, conducted by Scott Harris
BTL:Failure of Congressional Super Committee May Be Best Outcome to Protect Social Safety (tags)
Interview with Eric Kingson, co-director of Strengthen Social Security Campaign, conducted by Scott Harris
Congressional Anti-Internet Freedom Bills (tags)
Internet
Congressional Junkets to Israel (tags)
police state
Duplicitous Congressional Posturing on Libya (tags)
duplicity
Extending Key Patriot Act Provisions (tags)
anti-war
Clean Air, Healthy Communities Citizens Hearing (tags)
Health, science and academic experts and private citizens defend clean air
Sexual Harassment and Violence at Orange County’s Democratic Party (tags)
Democratic women ready to fight back against the climate of violence
Challenging Obama's Anti-Progressivism (tags)
Obama serves wealth and power
BTL:U.S. Wars Absent from Congressional Election Debate (tags)
BETWEEN THE LINES - A four-time winner of the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcast Award for Best Feature in the non-commercial category, this syndicated, half-hour program provides a platform for individuals and spokespersons from progressive organizations generally ignored or marginalized by the mainstream media. Between the Lines covers a wide range of political, economic and social topics.
California Congresswoman Maxine Waters (tags)
California Congresswoman Maxine Waters speaks out concerning the war in Iraq, and how President Bush and his friends were trying to "take over the world".
From "Hizzhonor" to Dishonor (tags)
Rahm Emanuel will likely enter Chicago mayoral race
Democratic Party Defends Israeli Attack on Freedom Flotilla (tags)
Are you still registered Democrat instead of the pro-Palestinian Peace & Freedom Party or Green Party? The Democratic Party has come out in full force in support of the massacre of 15 members of the Freedom Flotilla, with 9 officially dead and 6 missing, reported thrown overboard by Israel's military, at US taxpayer expense. Here are the statements of the latest Democrats, defending Israel, after Democratic Vice President Joe Biden did the same, and the Republicans also do the same as both are 100% pro-Israel at all levels of office. And Critical Resistance's smuggled video is also here, showing the peaceful nature of the flotilla members.
Imelda Marcos bids for seat as Philippine race begins (tags)
Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos has launched her campaign for a seat in parliament, as the country's congressional race formally began.
Revolutionary Forces says more guerrilla fronts needed to win in the Philippines (tags)
The PESANTE NEWS learned today through news sources that the revolutionary group--the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said in a statement marking its 41st founding anniversary today that it needed to increase the number of its guerrilla fronts and combatants if it were to win its protracted war against the government. The CPP said the guerrilla fronts of its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), should grow “from around 120 to 180 in order to cover the rural congressional districts and gain the ability to deploy armed city partisan units in the urban congressional districts.”
The Devastating Consequences of a Corporate Health Care Bill (tags)
Wading through the endless debate over health care has exhausted the patience of most Americans — the zigzags, obscure language, and long-winded discussion is inherently repulsive. But now the dust is starting to settle, and the Congressional vision for health care in the U.S. is emerging. Instead of being “progressive,” it will amount to a massive, corporate-inspired attack on American workers, the elderly, and the poor.
Honduras imposes State of Siege in South: The Struggle Shaking "America" (tags)
"People here have been fighting for Zelaya’s return for a month now. They are incredibly committed and won’t back down,” he said. He urged people to call Congress and the White House and demand that the U.S. government pressure Micheletti to lift the siege. White House comment line: 202-456-1111 Congressional switchboard: 202-224-3121 Send an email to Barack Obama using the Latin America Solidarity Coalition/School of the Americas Watch site http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/727/t/3823/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=27531
Are you a friend/family of an undocumented immigrant? (tags)
Come and sign a petition urging Obama to pass a comprehensive immigration reform. The petition will be delivered to the President by members of the Hispanic Congressional Caucus at teh end of March 2009.
From the Churches for Middle East Peace (tags)
A request from the churches for Peace in the Middle East
reps threatened with martial law over bailout bill (tags)
Democratic Congressman: Representatives Were Threatened With Martial Law In America Over Bailout Bill..
P&F Congressional Candidate Calls For Closure Of Kaiser Hospital Complex In Downey CA (tags)
Peace and Freedom Party Congressional candidate Dina Padilla is calling for the closure of the Downey toxic site in which Kaiser has built a hospital complex and toxic site developer Stuart Lichter has built the Downey Studio. These sites have not been properly cleaned up and movie and Kaiser workers have gotten sick from contamination
"Just Say No!" to the Robin Hood-in-Reverse Bailout (tags)
How people can stand up to threats on the economy by Wall Street banking/securities corporations, where are alternatives to save the economy that don't involve theft of taxpayer dollars??
Republicans Face Election Debacle (tags)
The Congressional elections on November 4 seem already decided. Republicans face an historical disaster given the rotten mood in the country and new scandals.
Interview With Cindy Sheehan – The Peace Mom vs. Congressional Madam (Speaker) (tags)
Cindy Sheehan speaks candidly about why she is running for Congress and plans to de-throne Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
Bush/PNAC Escalates 'Covert Operations' in Iran (tags)
So much for opposing 'any state supporting terrorists' ... Of course, immorality breeds contradiction.
THE US CONGRESS IS HOLDING 100,000 INNOCENT AMERICAN PRISON INMATES HOSTAGE !! (tags)
NO $$ NO JUSTICE NO LOBBY, NO US SENATE ASSISTANCE ! NO $$ NO LOBBY == 100,000 INNOCENT AMERICANS FALSELY IMPRISONED IN US. ****TENS OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT POORER AMERICAN PRISON INMATES NEED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR LEGAL FEES IN HELPING THEM ATTEMPT TO EXONERATE THEMSELVES FROM THE US PENAL COLONIES !!
IS THIS US CONGRESSIONAL INJUSTICE RACIST,OR CALLOUS NEGLECT ? (tags)
NO $$ NO JUSTICE NO LOBBY, NO US SENATE ASSISTANCE ! NO $$ NO LOBBY == 100,000 INNOCENT AMERICANS FALSELY IMPRISONED IN US. ****TENS OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT POORER AMERICAN PRISON INMATES NEED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR LEGAL FEES IN HELPING THEM ATTEMPT TO EXONERATE THEMSELVES FROM THE US PENAL COLONIES !!
Sison belie AFP’s decimation claim, say numbers actually growing (tags)
NDF consultant Prof. jose maria Sison refuted the military’s claim that the rebel group is weakening as its membership is being decimated due to the continuous offensive operations against it by government forces and the string of rebel surrenderees, saying its numbers are even growing nationwide. In a statement sent to the media, CPP founding chairman Jose Ma. Sison said the CPP’s armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), is now working the expansion of guerrillas that will cover all 173 congressional districts in the country
Blackwater and the Brothers Krongard: How Cookie Crumbled (tags)
Accused of blocking an investigation into Blackwater, State Department IG Howard Krongard told Congress that his brother Buzzy has no ties to the military contractor. Buzzy says different.
Open Letter to Speaker Peosi to reconsider and Impeach (tags)
IMPEACHMENT OF CHENEY/BUSH HAS BEEN TAKEN "OFF THE TABLE" BY ONE PERSON MTK BEGS HER TO RECONSIDER
Congressional Shame and Duplicity (tags)
Congress again betrays the public trust.
Vote Green in 37th CD Special Election August 21st (tags)
Green Party candidate Daniel Brezenoff in August 21st CD Special Election
CA-37 - "Bipartisan" Meltdown in Compton (tags)
It is tragic the candidates presumed to be front-runners for U.S. Congress in the 37th congressional district were arguing on stage Thursday night and almost came to blows over race-baiting personal attacks. Thank God the Green Party candidate Daniel Abraham Brezenoff was on stage to state clear, unambiguous grown-up statements on the failed wars on terror and drugs.
Democrats Retreat before Bush (tags)
America and the troops were hoping that Democrats would fulfill the commitment they made to voters in 2006 to end the Iraq War; however on Thursday the Democrats in Congress help the Bush Administration get a blank check to pursue this criminal war. Senate and Congressional Democratic leaders helped facilitate a continued bloodbath in Iraq making this a bi-partisan imperial war.
17 Candidates in CA's 37th Congressional District Race!!! (tags)
Progressive Democrats of America sponsored the first candidates forum for Democrats running in the 37th Congressional District's special election scheduled for June 26, 2007. California State Coordinator, Dr. Bill Honigsman, places an Out of Iraq sticker on first speaker, Peter Mathews, at the Library Coffee Shop in Long Beach Friday,May 18
Occupation Project Meets Heavy Congressional Resistance (tags)
Al Gore Seeking 500,000 Signitures to Congress Tomorrow. Please Sign his Petition (tags)
Al Gore Seeking 500,000 Messages to Congress by the Time He Testifies There Tomorrow. Email from Al Gore, March 20, 2007.
Is Iran Next? What can the average person do to stop a new war with Iran? (tags)
Marches, petitions, calls, and faxes to congress are important channels for political action, but what could possibly stop a new war with Iran? One has to wonder, are our congressional leaders even reading their faxes? A notable website called www.isirannext.org recently published over 80 names and organizations of people whom directly influence policy and the president. Maybe through side channels, average Americans can get their message through.
Fake Congressional Opposition to War (tags)
Congress again betrays the electorate
From George Washington to a Broomstick for a President (tags)
When Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) met with President George W. Bush, in the White House, on Feb. 15, 2007, he got the distinct impression that Bush’s “soul was shut down,” and that on the Iraqi War that his “mind was shut tight.” Non-binding Congressional Resolutions will not stop Bush’s “Surge.” Cutting off funds for the war will. Antiwar activists are showing the way on this issue by taking their campaign directly to the U.S. Congress.
Pfizer, Halliburton Grab Democrats as Hearings Loom (tags)
Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Pharmaceutical companies and Iraq war contractors, both heavy Republican contributors, are among the companies scrambling to hire lobbyists with Democratic ties as they prepare for congressional investigative hearings next week.
No more pork for crooked politicians? Well not really! (tags)
By a 431-0 vote, the Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives has approved a measure that would strip lawmakers of their congressional pensions for criminal convictions such as bribery, lying under oath and fraud. That may sound tough and impressive, but it's more show than substance, as usual.
BTL:White House Reversal on Domestic Spying Program Shouldn't... (tags)
...Derail Congressional Investigation~Interview with Shayana Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights attorney, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
Call For Military Draft To Congress (tags)
reinstate mandatory military service
US vote may alter stance on Mideast (tags)
Waxman: Only solid supporters of Israel will chair critical committees
10-28-06 Gandhi Peace March with Cynthia Matthews (tags)
Cynthia Matthews, Democratic candidate in California's 26th CD, walks alongside Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi in the inaugural Hollywood Parade for World Peace.
Sonali Kohatkar interviews Green Party Congressional Candidate Byron De Lear (tags)
Could the Greens Win a Congressional Seat? Byron De Lear would be the first Green sent to Washington. De Lear is a Pro-Peace candidate running for California’s 28th district congressional seat against Bush War Democrat Howard Berman.
MATTHEWS DEMANDS DREIER EXPLAIN HIS CONNECTION TO FOLEY (tags)
Democratic Congressional candidate Cynthia Matthews (26thCD) demands that Cong. David Dreier explain his actions and inactions relating to Republican Mark Foley. Calls for 4-way debate that includes all candidates in the race for the 26th Congressional District.
Stop U.S. Plans To Attack Iran (tags)
Join 60,000 people who have signed our petition: http://www.dontattackiran.org
See photos of Tan Nguyen mingling with top GOP bigwigs! (tags)
Tan Nguyen, Republican candidate for the 47th Congressional District, is seen in the below photographs mingling with House Speaker Dennis Hastert and National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds. Nguyen is currently under investigation by the California State Attorney General's Office, U.S. Department of Justice, FBI, and other law enforcement agencies for allegedly sending out more than 14,000 letters to mostly-Mexican familes in the 47th Congressional District threatening all "immigrants" with jail or deportation if they voted.
Congressional Candidate Byron De Lear Takes On Bush War Machine in Valley's 28th District (tags)
If Democrats want to end this war -- and they do -- they will need to replace every Berman in Washington with a De Lear.
"Do I Make You Horny for Habeas Corpus." (tags)
As much fun as it is watching sexual hypocrisy in the Republican controlled Congress and what looks to be a criminal cover-up of said sexual hypocrisy within the ranks of the Republican Party leadership in Congress the real scandal is not the consensual e-mail communications between two sexually adult individuals, and what we will probably later find out to be actual underage sexual hookups between representative Foley (R)- Florida and some more than willing teenagers
....knew and covered it up for years.
PHILIPPINES: The worst regime post-Marcos (tags)
AKBAYAN (Citizens Action Party) commemorates Martial Law with condemnation of worst regime post-Marcos.
Republican Congressional Candidate Fingers the Bushies for planning 9/11 (tags)
author: Realpolitiker
Congress' fluffy measures keep constituents happy (tags)
Isn't unneeded, unnessary government great at wasting our money to get people re-elected?
Is Your U.S. Senator or U.S. House Member on this List? (tags)
See AIPAC Influenced Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates IS YOUR U.S. SENATOR OR U.S. HOUSE MEMBER ON THIS LIST? AIPAC Influenced Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates See AIPAC Influenced Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates http://www.washington-report.org/index.htm Please copy, e-mail, re-post and distribute this as widely as possible. Also for those without Internet access. BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT PARTIES SUPPORT ISRAELI APARTHEID TERRORISM PARTLY BECAUSE OF HUGE DONATIONS FROM AIPAC INFLUENCED PRO WAR PRO ISRAEL PACS See AIPAC Influenced Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates http://www.washington-report.org/index.htm Send them packing this November. Vote for the Party of Peace and Justice. The Green Party USA. http://www.gp.org WAKE UP AND VOTE GREEN
Thousands to Take Action if Concrete Plan to End US Occupation in Iraq Not Established by (tags)
The Declaration of Peace is a nationwide campaign to establish by September 21, 2006 a concrete and rapid plan for peace in Iraq, including: • A prompt timetable for withdrawal of US troops and closure of bases • A post-occupation peace process for security, reconstruction, and reconciliation, and • A shift of funding from war to meeting human needs
Fanning the Flames of Resistance (tags)
A benefit for those resisting the green scare
Declaration of Peace Sets Sept. 21-28 National Actions (tags)
Peace Movement Sets Sept. 21 Deadline for US Plan to Chart New Course on Iraq – Thousands to Take Action if Plan Not Established
Senatore John Kyl - Everybody in the Senate lies so its OK for me to lie!!!! (tags)
“Every senator has [put fabricated information into the Congressional Record]. It is no big deal to submit material for the record. It is done every day,” he told the Tribune on Thursday.
US Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-35): End War in Iraq! Bring The Troops Home! (tags)
PRESS RELEASE: Waters is Chair of the Out of Iraq Caucus. The group explains its plans to end the war and to bring the troops home.
It’s Time to Fire Congressman David Dreier and Hire Cynthia Matthews (tags)
The stage is set in California’s 26th Congressional District to fire right wing conservative GOP representative David Dreier and replace the 13-term incumbent with Democratic nominee Cynthia Rodriquez Matthews. In 2004 she came within less than 10% of defeating David Dreier, one of the most highly funded GOP members of the House. She spent only $35,000 compared to Dreier’s $3.5 million. She hopes for victory in 2006.
Grassroots on Fire in 36th Congressional District (tags)
In the 36th Congressional race, challenger Marcy Winograd wins the endorsement of the influential West Los Angeles Democratic Club over six-term incumbent, Jane Harman, by a nearly 3-1 margin!!!
Grassroots on Fire in 36th Congressional Race (tags)
In the CA 36th Congressional race, challenger Marcy Winograd wins the endorsement of the West Los Angeles Democratic Club over six-term incumbent, Jane Harman, by a nearly 3 to 1 margin!!!
Do Democrats Have a Death Wish? (tags)
With the people clamoring for impeachment, what kind of leaders would tell them no? Who are these people anyhow: Karl Rove plants?
Danny Bakewell Sr. Endorses Green Candidate Bill Paparian for Congress (tags)
When Al Gore came to the Southland, one of his first stops to take the pulse of his support here was the home of Danny Bakewell Sr., publisher of the largest and oldest black-owned newspaper on the west coast, the Los Angeles Sentinel. Danny Bakewell Sr. has today endorsed Green candidate for Congress Bill Paparian -- giving the cold sholder to pro-war Democrat incumbent Adam Schiff in the 29th CA Congressional Dist. race.
Congressional Resolve: Oil Giants Too Big (tags)
The big oil companies have finally found the congress they have awaited for over one hundred years; in the 21st Century big oil appears to be beyond U.S. authority and is playing by their own rules. The oil giants appear to be too big for this new Democratic Republican Party.
Out of Iraq Rally & Precinct Walk with Cindy Sheehan & Marcy Winograd (tags)
Join Cindy Sheehan & Marcy Winograd 36th District Congressional Candidate for an Out of Iraq Rally & Precinct Walk
CYNTHIA MCKINNEY: A Tale of Two Members of Congress & the Police – by Jeffrey Blankfort (tags)
The Democrat Party leadership was overjoyed when McKinney was defeated for re-election in 2002. After she had served five terms, AIPAC decided to make an example of her for having criticized Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. ...The Democrats were, in turn, mortified two years later when, without their help, the plucky McKinney ran and was re-elected to her seat. ...To show the party's displeasure, McKinney was denied the return of her seniority by a tight-lipped Nancy Pelosi, the San Francisco congresswoman who serves as the Democrats' minority House whip. ...McKinney, of course, is African-American, and one of the few members of the Congressional Black Caucus who has not been cowed into submission by the Democratic Party and the only one who has refused to genuflect to the Israel lobby. ...To make matters worse – for McKinney, not for the pursuit of truth and justice – she has refused to accept the official Bush administration explanation of the events of 9-11.
THE MCKINNEY AFFAIR – by Glen Ford and Peter Gamble (tags)
In the aftermath of McKinney’s run-in with a Capitol Hill police officer, we have witnessed an orgy of unadulterated defamation that is actually directed at Black women in general. ...So virulent and shameless have been the attacks on McKinney – spewing caricatures of the six-term lawmaker that reflect whites’ own hallucinatory visions of Black people – it leads us to conclude that racists are conducting a kind of ritual, an exorcism to cast the “militant Black” out of the national polity, once and for all. Disgustingly, a number of Black voices have joined mob, in order to prove that they are reasonable and trustworthy Negroes who won’t intrude on white folks’ illusions of innocence. ...Most distressingly, the McKinney affair dramatically demonstrates that the Congressional Black Caucus has been eviscerated as a body. ...CBC Chair Mel Watt, Nancy Pelosi's poodle, attempted to enforce his mistress's wish that McKinney appear utterly isolated and alone.
BTL:Flawed Election Machinery Jeopardizes Clean 2006 Congressional Election (tags)
Interview with Bev Harris, founder of Black Box Voting, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
December - Activists Very Active (tags)
Dispite cold temperatures, last month was a very active month for activists around the country and the world.
A Call to Conscience for the U.S. Congress (tags)
A campaign of nonviolent action to compel our elected representatives in Congress to meet the demands of justice and peace:
BTL:Peace Movement Works for Withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Iraq as... (tags)
...Congressional Debate Heats Up ~ Interview with Leslie Cagan, national coordinator of United for Peace and Justice, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
Why Democrats Support the War (tags)
Some people remain mystified as to why Hillary Clinton and other Democratic members of Congress have supported the invasion and occupation of Iraq. What’s the mystery?
The Troops Don't Support the Constitution (tags)
Every U.S. soldier takes an express and solemn oath to "support and defend the Constitution." That oath, however, is a sham because the troops do not support or defend the Constitution. Instead, when it comes to war the troops follow another oath they take - to obey the orders of the president, and they do this without regard to whether such orders violate the Constitution.
Democratic candidate says "Hats off to Jim Gilchrist" the Minuteman (tags)
Steve Young, the Democratic Party candidate for the 48th congressional seat (South Orange County, replacing Christopher Cox) sucks up to the Minuteman, Jim Gilchrist, recently on KFI's John and Ken show.
WTO/Codex to Ban Organic Food, Vitamins; force Irradiated GMO food down our throats... (tags)
December 31, 2009. The date that Codex Alimentarius will go into effect. "Codex Alimentarius" means "food rules" in Latin. The organization was born in 1962 when the UN established the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) as a "Trade Commission". It was created to regulate, and thus control, every aspect of how food and nutritional supplements are produced and sold to the consumer. It is solely about trade and the profits of multi-national corporations. Codex would effectively ban most organic food from being sold worldwide and force all food to be irradiated in the name of "safety." By using the World Trade Organization's economic sanctions against companies who do not comply with Codex rules, all animals raised for food will have to be fed antibiotics and hormones, and most nutritional vitmains and supplements will be banned. Visit http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/marketingmaterial/codex-flyer-1.pdf for details.
Bush for Life: GOP introduces new bill to Congress (tags)
Republicans have officially started the the campaign to amend the Constitution by repealing the 22nd Amendment - the one that confines the President to two terms. If the Republicans hold their current strength, or increase it, in the 2006 Congressional elections, expect this measure to pass allowing Bush to remain President...
Are Bush's Social Security Program and John Bolton Nomination Dumb Ideas or Diversions? (tags)
The Bush Social Security “reform” proposal is so ridiculous, and John Bolton is such a jerk, that you have to wonder: could there be a reason Bush is proposing such stupid things? Maybe they are meant to be outrageous, to keep us ineffectively spinning our wheels while the real dirty business gets done.
Gay Bashing: Its the Collaborators, Stupid (tags)
The necons, directed by Karl Rove and the Bush Faith-based Initive federal money, is wooing black preachers willing to be puppets in their homophobic campaign against 'gay marriage'
Tubbs Jones-Boxer Rebellion in Congress a Big Progressive Win (tags)
Despite the betrayal by conservative Democrats, Kerry and a slimy Democratic leadership, the successful protest in Congress delaying confirmation of Bush’s electoral win is a major progressive victory, permantly staining Bush’s second term with the stench of illegitimacy.
Sacrifice a Republican Congressman (tags)
KFI 640AM is having a vote on which of 5 Republican congressmen to sacrifice due to being "soft" on illegal immigration. However, we can cast our votes for entirely different reasons. Vote for Chris Cox. He is the congressional chair of Homeland Security and the infamous Patriot Act. Cox is also a draftdodging chickenhawk. So vote online and make him join Bush in the unemployment line.
New CIA chief has links with 911 terrorists (tags)
This is a repost from the Village Voice regarding the dubious actions our new CIA chief Porter Goss on the day of September 11th 2001.
Our $8 Trillion Headache (tags)
Since taking office, George W. Bush taking has taken the national debt (in decline thanks to four years of surpluses) on an upwards trajectory -- and now he needs a $690 billion. Grand total? $8 TRILLION!
Secrets and Lies Becoming Commonplace (tags)
The initial refusal of President Bush to let his national security adviser appear under oath before the 9/11 Commission might have been in keeping with a principle followed by other presidents -- the principle being, according to Bush, that calling his advisers to testify under oath is a congressional encroachment on the executive branch's turf. (Never mind that this commission is not a congressional body, but one he created and whose members he handpicked.)
The World a Safer Place? Yeah Right! (tags)
Hey, They're Taking Slash-and-Burn to Extremes! (tags)
Republican leaders are deploying scorched-earth tactics, as if they ruled the nation 80-20, not 51-49, because cooperating with Democrats would cost even more votes from the conservatives.
''They want to ram their agenda down America's collective throat'' (tags)
With an extremist, dominating Republican party in control, we have lost our system of checks and balances, and ANY functional national forum for the meaningful public debate.
GOP gerrymandering: ''How unfair is unfair?'' (tags)
Pennsylvania, Texas and Florida are grappling with the fairness of a GOP gerrymandered Congress, causing Justice Antonin Scalia. to ask, "How unfair is unfair?"
Lawmaker disavows anti-Jewish comment (tags)
Rep. Max Burns (BA-R) tries to mend fences after failing to condemn supporter's "jew boy" remark about a political rival.
A Cure for Redistricting Woes (tags)
Besides fixing the fight over who can gerrymander, proportional representation has been shown to increase voter turnout, which is at an all-time low in Texas.
Libertarians say hearings into Iraq's weapons program are pointless (tags)
"Do we really need a congressional hearing to discover that politicians are adept at using words as weapons of mass deception?"
Members of U.S. Congress Urge Court to Proceed with Genocide Lawsuit (tags)
"This lawsuit was filed not to embarrass China, but to persuade the defendants to end their persecution of Falun Gong ... it is highly consistent with the goals set forth in [U.S. Department of State’s] annual review of human rights." -- Members of U.S. Congress
Inside the 'Country'-Club for Growth (tags)
In 2002, the fiscally conservative Club targeted 19 congressional races and won 17. The 9,000-member Club is the No. 1 source of campaign funds for Republican congressional candidates, aside from the party itself. It targets Republican incumbents whom its officers deem too liberal...
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Press Conference (tags)
Press conference on Republicans' attempt to link migration and immigration policies to Mexico's cooperation with US oil interests.
BTL:Soldiers, Their Parents and Lawmakers Sue to Stop U.S. Attack on... (tags)
...Iraq Without Congressional Declaration of War. Interview with John Bonifaz, lead attorney in Doe v. Bush lawsuit conducted by Between the Lines 'Melinda Tuhus
FARC gives empire a black eye. U.S. responds with threats and more lies (tags)
Will this be the excuse U.S. imperialism has been waiting for to directly intervene in Colombia's class war between a local mass based movement comprising 2 strong guerilla armies, a militant trade union movement, radical peasant organisations and the fascist paramilitary state?
If you haven't cheked out Williams River Pitts ' Nov. 8 posting "Worse Days" on > Truthout.com, please do so. Also consider this :
No 9-11 Conspiracy? -FBI's 8/01 Memo Names WTC as Target (tags)
Hey Chip Berelt and your fellow "non-conspiracists" - Read this mainstream media article and wake the fuck up !!
IRAQ: \\\ IMMEDIATE ACTION ALERT \\\ (tags)
Visit this Web page to quickly send a letter to Congressional leaders supporting the peace alternative to Bush's Iraq war resolution: http://www.progressiveportal.org/letters/global/iraq/indy.html
Josh Ruebner of Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel Speaks in LA (tags)
Josh Ruebner, Director and Co-Founder of Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel (JPPI) to Los Angeles. Ruebner has just returned from leading a delegation of Congressional staffers--who were originally denied entry--to Israel/Palestine. Monday, September 2 (Labor Day) at 1:15 PM at the Peace Center, 8124 West Third Street (near Crescent Heights)
Iowa labor maps Election 2002 fight (tags)
WATERLOO, Iowa – The 46th convention of the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, opened here Aug. 14 with a blistering attack on the policies of the Bush administration. It ended two days later with a plan of action aimed at electing worker-friendly candidates to Congress and the Iowa legislature, with a special emphasis on re-electing Sen. Tom Harkin.
ISRAEL & SAUDI BOOST U.S. WAR PLANTS (tags)
The money that U.S. gives to Israel go mainly to U.S.war plants. The Saudis buy $4 billion a year from the same "defense" manufacturing companies. The clout of the Israeli lobby is way overrated. is way o
ELF Press Office Booklet on Eco-Terrorism Subcommittee (tags)
A NEW BOOKLET BY THE ELF PRESS OFFICE HELPS SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE FEBRUARY 12, 2002 CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTS AND FOREST HEALTH.
...Protest Against U.S. Army's School of the Americas Will Proceed in November. (tags)
Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with SOA Watch founder Father Roy Bourgeois about the group's decision to go forward with their November demonstration, given the changed climate after Sept. 11th and the status of Congressional legislation to close the school.
911 Tragedy Demands Congressional Investigation (update iv) (tags)
A few pieces of the unsolved puzzle of the Tragedy on 9-11-2001 ('Global Hawk' remote flight control technology + CIA/Mossad foreknowledge/forewarning + insider trading + elder bush doing business with bin Laden) = sufficiently suspect coincidences which warrant a Full Congressional Investigation into wrong-doing which may lead to Impeachment of the Bush administration.
911 Tragedy Demands Congressional Investigation (update i) (tags)
A few pieces of the unsolved puzzle of the Tragedy on 9-11-2001 (CIA/Mossad foreknowledge/forewarning + insider trading + elder bush doing business with bin Laden) = sufficiently suspect coincidences which warrant a Full Congressional Investigation into wrong-doing which may lead to Impeachment of the Bush administration.
Senator Blocks Attempt to Pass Bill (tags)
Call congressional reps and senators now! Call Feingold and urge him not to give in! Read below, and compare Feingold's relatively minor objections and then compare those to the other totalitarian police powers described in www.aclu.org that he is NOT objecting to! The capitol switchboard number is 202.224.3121
There is now more than enough evidence of the Bush family's business dealings with Osama bin Laden, plus their history of collaborating with Nazi Germany to more than justify a Congressional investigation and impeachment.
On the 5th Anniversary of Welfare Reform, Poverty Rates Remain Unchanged... (tags)
On the 5th Anniversary of Welfare Reform, Poverty Rates Remain Unchanged Grassroots groups organizing to challenge congressional reauthorization (A RealAudio Version of this interview may be found At http://www.btlonline.org).
NAVY'S MISTREATMENT OF PROTESTORS ON VIEQUES (tags)
GUTIERREZ TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL PANEL ON NAVY'S MISTREATMENT OF PEACEFUL PROTESTORS ON VIEQUES Congressional Hispanic Caucus conducts hearings on abuse of demonstrators Navy representative admits that video tapes show Congressman cooperating with police, not resisting arrest
Photo: Public Power Activists Crash Democratic Party Energy Hearings in Oakland (tags)
While Bush did his thing in Southern California - Democratic Congressional Representatives did their thing at an "Energy Hearing" in Oakland. (Republished from SF Indymedia)
Photo: Public Power Activists Crash Democratic Party Energy Hearings (tags)
While Bush did his thing in Southern California - Democratic Congressional Representatives did their thing at an "Energy Hearing" in Oakland, CA.
I could only take so much crap. May you give them more of the same, until they understand.
Green Candidate For Upcoming Congressional Race (tags)
Congressman Julian Dixon Dies-Green Party Activist Donna Warren announces she is running for the 32 Congressional District Seat! Go Donna!!!
J10-12 Monterey, California (WTO) CONGRESSIONAL FORUM ON TRADE POLICY (tags)
The Third Annual MONTEREY CONGRESSIONAL FORUM ON TRADE POLICY January 10 – 12, 2001 at the Monterey Institute of International Studies Monterey, California