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May 2, 2010 MCDCC Spring Ball Awardees Join your fellow Democrats to Celebrate our 2010 Awardees more...
Aug 11, 2009 Founder of the Special Olympics, Sister of JFK and Mother of Former Delegate Mark Shriver Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88 HYANNIS, Mass. - President John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died Tuesday morning, her family said in a statement. She was 88. more
Jul 28, 2009 Judiciary Committee OKs Sotomayor for high court WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted to approve Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice over nearly solid Republican opposition, paving the way for a historic confirmation vote. The panel voted 13-6 in favor of Sotomayor, with just one Republican, Sen.... more
Jul 1, 2009 Al Franken's win in Minnesota Senate race gives Democrats filibuster-proof majority ...Franken's victory over Republican Norm Coleman gives Democrats 60 Senate seats, the critical number needed to overcome Republican filibusters. When Franken is seated, which could come as early as next week, his party will have a majority not reached on either side of the aisle in some three... more
Jun 21, 2009 Luminary returns to Md. to lead state DNC Turnbull expected to keep war chests full, blocs united... She's spent more than a decade in the national arena, having risen to the vice chairwoman post at the Democratic National Committee, advising campaigns across the country and frequently appearing on talk radio and cable TV programs as a... more
Jun 17, 2009 Obama grants benefits to partners of gay federal workers President Obama is expected to sign a memorandum sometime today which will grant healthcare and other benefits to the partners of gay and lesbian federal workers ...Maryland’s Democratic Party held it’s annual gala last night in Greenbelt, just outside Washington. more
May 24, 2009 Governor, veterans commemorate D-Day invasion Event at Government House marks 65th anniversary. The fancy invitation to a Memorial Day event at the governor's mansion arrived in the mail the day that Charles J. Harris, a World War II veteran who lost his left arm on the beach at Normandy a few days after D-Day, was buried. His daughter,... more
May 21, 2009 Obama defends plan to close Guantanamo prison WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Thursday morning pledged to forge ahead with plans to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, dealing with detainees through a range of options including release, imprisonment at high-security American prisons, trials in federal courts and military... more
May 20, 2009 Navarro Triumphs in Special Council Election MONTGOMERY COUNTY - Board of Education member Nancy Navarro easily defeated low-tax advocate Robin Ficker yesterday to win an open seat on the Montgomery County Council, retaining an all-Democratic lineup on the nine-member panel. more
Mar 25, 2009 MDP Honors the Memory of Christine Sarbanes The Maryland Democratic Party lost a dear friend this weekend with the untimely death of Christine Sarbanes. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Sarbanes family during this difficult time. For decades, Christine Sarbanes was known throughout Maryland. She was always seen as a dear friend and... more...
Mar 5, 2009 Napolitano, Donovan announce millions for long-term hurricane recovery Two Obama cabinet members announced in New Orleans today that their departments will provide hundreds of millions to the state's long-range hurricane recovery efforts. more
Mar 2, 2009 Statement from MDP Chair Susan Turnbull On February 19th a new set of officers was elected to lead the Maryland Democratic Party and we have been busy ever since! Elections and politics are governed by three elements –Money, Organization and Message. We are planning all of our activities with those three elements in mind. To raise the... more...
Mar 1, 2009 Farewell to Former Maryland Democratic Party Chair Rosalie Silber Abrams (1916-2009) Maryland Democratic Party Chair Susie Turnbull asks us all to pause and celebrate the life of Rosalie Silber Abrams, former state delegate, state senator and the first female chair of the Maryland Democratic Party, who died on March 1st at the age of 92.... more...
Mar 14, 2008 Democratic Party embracing the faithful With a Pentecostal minister at the helm, the committee planning the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August is determined to demonstrate that the party has overcome its squeamishness about religion, and that its big tent will accommodate religious believers. Some Democratic... more
Jan 23, 2008 DemClips - Wednesday, January 23, 2008 more
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Dec 20, 2007 DCCC targets 40 GOP seats DCCC Targets 40 GOP Seats December 20, 2007 By David M. Drucker, Roll Call Staff The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, convinced that its vulnerable incumbents are now well-positioned for re-election, is shifting... more...
Dec 18, 2007 DemClips - Tuesday, December 18, 2007 more
Dec 17, 2007 Demclips - Monday, December 17, 2007 more
Dec 13, 2007 A galling grasp for power The decision by the Maryland State Board of Education to reappoint state schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick more than six months before her contract expires is both puzzling and galling. more...
Dec 6, 2007 Poll: Twice as many Hispanics prefer Dems to Republicans WASHINGTON (CNN) — More than twice as many Hispanic voters say they favor Democrats as Republicans – the lowest level of support for President Bush’s party since shortly before his first White House run, according to a new poll released Thursday.

Fifty-seven percent of registered... more...
Nov 29, 2007 Memorial Services Scheduled for Delegate Jane E. Lawton “We have lost both a rising legislative star and a long-time Democratic pillar of energy and strength in Montgomery County. Jane Lawton became a Delegate in 2005 but she was one of the most remarkable members of the Democratic Party’s long-time community of experienced and enthusiastic volunteer... more...
Nov 7, 2007 Beshear Unseats Fletcher in Landslide Beshear easily wins victory nearly 60% to 40% more
Nov 7, 2007 Democrats Seize Control of Virginia Senate Democrats wrested control of the Senate from the Republicans in yesterday's legislative elections, picking up the four seats they needed to give them a majority of at least 21 to 19 and end a decade of GOP dominance in the chamber. more
Oct 26, 2007 Baltimore Sun column on our October 24 Presidential Candidates Surrogates' Forum more
Oct 12, 2007 Al Gore wins Noble Peace Prize for fight against global warming OSLO, Norway - Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s climate change panel won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for spreading awareness of man-made climate change and laying the foundations for counteracting it. more
Oct 4, 2007 Democratic Senators, Governors Discuss Impact Of Bush's Children's Health Veto On States more
Oct 4, 2007 America Speaks Out on the War in Iraq more
Oct 3, 2007 Fact Check: President Spins More Inaccuracies on Vetoed Children's Health Insurance Bill Today President Bush spoke before the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and defended his baseless veto of the bi-partisan Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Bill. Below are highlights of the President’s speech and the corresponding facts. more
Sep 28, 2007 O'Malley's budget update Comprehensive solution for Maryland budget by Governor O'Malley more...
Sep 26, 2007 House Passes Children's Health Bill Despite Strong Republican Support, Threatened Veto Will Probably Stand By Christopher Lee and Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, September 26, 2007; Page A04 A broad House majority gave final approval last night to a $35 billion expansion of the... more...
Sep 24, 2007 Florida Democrats Affirm an Early Primary PEMBROKE PINES, Fla., Sept. 23 — The Florida Democratic Party announced Sunday that it would move ahead with its plan to hold its presidential primary on Jan. 29 despite the national party’s decision to block the state delegation from the 2008 Democratic convention. State party leaders said... more...
Sep 14, 2007 Editorial: No Exit, No Strategy Published: September 14, 2007 This was the week in which Americans hoped they would get straight talk and clear thinking on Iraq. What they got was two exhausting days of Congressional testimony by the American military commander, hours of news conferences and interviews, clouds of... more...
Sep 14, 2007 Democratic Response to President's Address CQ Transcripts Wire Friday, September 14, 2007; 1:09 AM SPEAKER: SEN. JACK REED, D-R.I. [*] REED: Good evening. I'm Senator Jack Reed from Rhode Island, and I was privileged to serve in the United States Army for 12 years. I opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning. It... more...
Sep 14, 2007 Democratic Reform Committee ‘On the Right Track' It's a delicate political balancing act: Finding a way to impose a code of civility on political campaigns without being accused of censoring candidates. And it's the Arlington County Democratic Committee up on the high wire. The party's Electoral Practices Commission held a public forum Sept. 12... more
Sep 6, 2007 'I am back' Sen. Johnson vows to keep working for S.D. more
Sep 5, 2007 Democrats Aim to Reframe Iraq Debate WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 — As Congress reopened for business on Tuesday, the Democratic leadership promised to force a change in President Bush’s war strategy, and lawmakers maneuvered to frame the debate over Iraq ahead of reports next week by Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C.... more...
Aug 31, 2007 Justice Dept. Probing Whether Gonzales Lied By Dan Eggen and Paul Kane Washington Post Staff Writer and washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Friday, August 31, 2007; Page A01 The Justice Department 's inspector general indicated yesterday that he is investigating whether departing Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales... more...
Aug 27, 2007 DNC Strips Florida Of 2008 Delegates No Convention Slots Unless Later Primary Is Set By Michael D. Shear Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, August 26, 2007; Page A01 The Democratic National Committee sought to seize control of its unraveling nominating process yesterday, rejecting pleas from state party... more...
Aug 23, 2007 Reid opposes coal-fired plants upwind of Utah PAHRUMP, Nev. - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said last Wednesday he has plans to stop three coal-fired power plants upwide of Utah but that he is not going to divulge his battle strategy. "We've got plans. I'm not going to telegraph my punches. We've got a month-by-month process,"... more
Aug 23, 2007 Congress should probe mine collapse When the time comes to lay blame for the Crandall Canyon coal mine tragedy, investigators should be mindful of an old adage: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." In other words, you can't blame the mountain for the massive cave-in that trapped six miners 1,500 feet... more
Aug 20, 2007 Translation of Iraqi Oil privatization law more
Aug 17, 2007 Another Bush fox guarding the henhouse The man who will oversee the federal government's investigation into the disaster that has trapped six workers in a Utah coal mine for over a week was twice rejected for his current job by senators concerned about his own safety record when he managed mines in the private sector. more
Aug 12, 2007 War Protesters March on Cheney’s Home in Wyoming more
Aug 9, 2007 Minorities Now Form Majority in One-Third of Most-Populous Counties By SAM ROBERTS Published: August 9, 2007 In a further sign of the United States’ growing diversity, nonwhites now make up a majority in almost one-third of the most-populous counties in the country and in nearly one in 10 of all 3,100 counties, according to an analysis of census... more...
Aug 8, 2007 Edwards Makes Courting Labor a Key Strategy in Bid for Nomination Backing Meant Little for 2004 Candidates By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 7, 2007; Page A05 CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 6 -- Former senator John Edwards of North Carolina came to a labor hall here Monday morning for a speech on trade policy, but he had... more...
Jul 24, 2007 Poll Finds Democrats Favored on War Most Americans see President Bush as intransigent on Iraq and prefer that the Democratic-controlled Congress make decisions about a possible withdrawal of U.S. forces, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. more
Jul 17, 2007 Obama Faces the Test Dean Failed: Broadening Support By Anne E. Kornblut and Perry Bacon Jr. Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, July 17, 2007; Page A01 He raises tens of millions of dollars over a few months. His supporters are passionate, almost fanatical. And his grass-roots movement threatens a more established... more...
Jul 17, 2007 On Tour to Highlight Poverty, Edwards Tries to Shift Race's Focus By Perry Bacon Jr. Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 17, 2007; Page A07 MARKS, Miss., July 16 -- From the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans to the Mississippi Delta to this town where Martin Luther King Jr. began his Poor People's Campaign almost four decades ago,... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Richardson courts women voters in N.H. By PHILIP ELLIOTT | Associated Press Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:23 pm CONCORD, N.H. — Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson said he will not concede the women’s vote to rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and opened his courtship of the important Democratic voting bloc Monday by pledging... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Democrats Plan to Keep Senate in Session All Night for Iraq Vote By CARL HULSE Published: July 17, 2007 WASHINGTON, July 16 ï¿½ Senate Democrats said Monday they would keep the Senate in session through the night on Tuesday in an effort to highlight Republican resistance to allowing a simple majority vote on a plan to withdraw troops from Iraq .... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Obama’s Camp Cultivates Crop in Small Donors By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK , MIKE McINTIRE and JEFF ZELENY Published: July 17, 2007 WASHINGTON, July 16 — Senator Barack Obama was the guest of honor at a dinner at the luxurious Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco this spring with a few hundred lawyers, executives and investors.... more...
Jul 3, 2007 Bush Commutes Libby's Prison Sentence By Amy Goldstein Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 3, 2007; Page A01 President Bush commuted the sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby yesterday, sparing Vice President Cheney 's former chief of staff 2 1/2 years in prison after a federal appeals court had refused... more...
Jul 3, 2007 Only Libby smiling today Robert Novak column - President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence pleased but did not fully satisfy restive conservatives, while enraging his liberal critics. Libby himself can breathe a sigh of relief that he does not have to serve prison time, but hardly anybody else is all that... more
Jul 1, 2007 Editorial: Congress rightly holds executive branch accountable The president's claim to executive privilege is far from absolute and Congress is right to finally begin holding this administration accountable. Read the entire NY Times editorial here: more
Jun 28, 2007 Senators Subpoena The White House Panel Demands Papers On NSA Wiretapping By Michael A. Fletcher Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, June 28, 2007; Page A01 A Senate committee investigating the National Security Agency 's warrantless wiretapping program issued subpoenas yesterday ordering the White... more...
Jun 26, 2007 GOP blocks Union Bill in Senate The outcome was not a surprise, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., saying for months that he would stop the legislation in the Senate. The White House also made it clear that if the bill passed Congress it would be vetoed. more
Jun 20, 2007 Coal-to-Liquid Provision Stalls The Senate yesterday rejected two additions to an energy bill that would have pumped billions of federal dollars into efforts to ramp up production of a coal-based fuel for cars and trucks, which proponents had called an important alternative to petroleum. more
Jun 19, 2007 Bush Aides' Misuse of E-Mail By Michael Abramowitz White House aides made extensive use of political e-mail accounts for official government business, despite rules requiring that they conduct such business through official communications channels, according to new evidence disclosed yesterday by congressional investigators. more...
Jun 13, 2007 Gonzales should resign Alberto Gonzales, attorney general of the United States, ought to have the decency to resign. Not only is Gonzales virtually powerless (Congress is unlikely to support any new Justice Department initiatives as long as he is in charge), but he has conducted himself shamefully during the entire... more
Jun 11, 2007 A Test of the Senate Published: June 11, 2007 The Senate has scheduled a no-confidence vote today on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. No one who has followed the news needs to be told why it is necessary. Mr. Gonzales is the Michael Brown of the Justice Department, smilingly presiding over incompetence,... more...
Jun 6, 2007 Libby Given 30 Months for Lying in C.I.A. Leak Case WASHINGTON, June 5 — I. Lewis Libby Jr. , the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney and one of the principal architects of President Bush’s foreign policy, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison for lying during a C.I.A. leak investigation that became part of a... more...
Jun 4, 2007 Democrats Focus on Iraq In Contentious Second Debate By Anne Kornblut and Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, June 4, 2007; Page A01 GOFFSTOWN, N.H., June 3 -- Democratic presidential candidates clashed sharply over Iraq in the second debate of the campaign Sunday night, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ( N.Y. )... more...
May 25, 2007 Democrats trusted more than Republicans on 10 key issues According to a Rasmussen Report poll released this week, Democrats are currently trusted more than Republicans on all 10 issues measured in Rasmussen Reports tracking surveys. Democrats even have slight advantages on National Security and Taxes, two issues owned by Republicans during the... more
May 24, 2007 Democrats Banking on a Bush vs. Kaine Turnout Virginia Democrats are hoping two men will become the face of the party's efforts to make substantial inroads in the General Assembly this year. The first is a popular Democratic governor who has just completed a remarkable series of high-profile events. The second is a Republican president who... more...
May 22, 2007 Richardson's Bid Is Now Official LOS ANGELES, May 21 -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson established another landmark in the 2008 campaign Monday, becoming the first Hispanic Democrat to seek the presidency of the United States. Richardson, 59, the son of a Mexican mother and half-Mexican father, made his candidacy official at... more...
May 22, 2007 Richardson's Bid Is Now Official LOS ANGELES, May 21 -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson established another landmark in the 2008 campaign Monday, becoming the first Hispanic Democrat to seek the presidency of the United States. Richardson, 59, the son of a Mexican mother and half-Mexican father, made his candidacy official at... more...
May 16, 2007 Clinton, Obama to Back Vote to Cut Off Funding for Troops in Iraq By Shailagh Murray Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, May 16, 2007; Page A04 Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton ( N.Y. ) and Barack Obama ( Ill. ) announced yesterday that they will support a symbolic vote to cut off funding for combat troops in Iraq within a year, an... more...
May 11, 2007 Mr. Bush Alone The difference between mainstream hawks and mainstream doves on Iraq seems to have boiled down to two months, with House Democrats now demanding visible progress by July while moderate Republicans are willing to give White House policies until September, but no longer, to show results. Then... more...
May 11, 2007 Michelle Obama's Career Timeout By Anne E. Kornblut Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, May 11, 2007; Page A01 CHICAGO -- For the first time in her adult life, Michelle Obama is about to be unemployed. She never aspired to be a stay-at-home wife or mother. For years she wrestled with the issues that... more...
May 10, 2007 Number of Fired Prosecutors Grows Dismissals Began Earlier Than Justice Dept. Has Said By Amy Goldstein and Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A01 The former U.S. attorney in Kansas City , Mo. , Todd P. Graves, said yesterday that he was asked to step down from his job by... more...
May 9, 2007 Governor Sebelius' concerns about National Guard readiness shared by all governors While the White House has been critical of Kansas Governor Sebelius for pointing out equipment shortages due to the war in Iraq left the Kansas National Guard unable to promptly respond to natural disaster, the truth is all 50 governors called on the president in a letter sent in 2006 to more... more
May 8, 2007 Richardson points to N.H. plant as potential model By PHILIP ELLIOTT | Associated Press Sun May 6, 2007 2:48 pm PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) _ Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson traipsed up a mountain of woodchips and called for increased investment in alternate energy sources, such as the wood-burning power plant he toured Sunday. The... more...
May 8, 2007 How Big a Stretch? For Barack Obama, Winning the White House Would Mean Bridging The Biggest Gap Of All By Lynne Duke Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 7, 2007; Page C01 They watch him. They listen to him talk. Is he the kind of person they think he is? The kind of black man? The stakes... more...
May 8, 2007 On Poverty, Edwards Faces Old Hurdles Critics Say He Brings Few Fresh Ideas to Signature Issue By Alec MacGillis Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 7, 2007; Page A01 ALLENDALE, S.C. -- His rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination were busy April 26 preparing for their first televised debate, but... more...
May 6, 2007 O'Malley Taps Adkins to Head Veterans Affairs Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) is scheduled to announce the appointment of James Adkins as his new secretary of Veterans Affairs tomorrow, say several sources with knowledge of the decision. more...
May 2, 2007 Democratic Field Seeks New Moves to Halt War Clinton and Obama More Cautious Than Rivals By Dan Balz and David S. Broder Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, May 2, 2007; Page A06 Democratic presidential candidates urged Congress yesterday not to yield to President Bush's veto of an Iraq funding bill that included a... more...
Apr 29, 2007 Young aide's link to Abramoff sheds new light on Marianas bill
The guilty plea last week by a former senior committee aide to Rep. Don Young sheds new light on the circumstances surrounding Young’s success seven years ago in blocking reforms of the sweatshop industry on the Mariana Islands.

But the plea also raises new questions about why... more
Apr 26, 2007 Protesting Cheney's policies then off to work for Pelosi Diane Bailey, a student at BYU, has walked a fine line since the school announced that Vice President Cheney had been invited to speak at graduation ceremonies. But the line will fade fast when the campus protest she organized ends and she boards a plane for Washington, D.C., and starts to work... more
Apr 25, 2007 Abramoff Scandal Closes in on Young more
Apr 23, 2007 Democrats challenge Bush on Iraq bill A historic veto showdown assured, Democratic leaders agreed Monday on legislation that requires the first U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by Oct. 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later. more...
Apr 20, 2007 Attorney General: Iglesias firing didn't surprise him By JENNIFER TALHELM | Associated Press April 19, 2007 WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales confirmed Thursday that he discussed with President Bush concerns about U.S. Attorney David Iglesias of New Mexico, but he could not remember precisely why or when Iglesias was added... more...
Apr 20, 2007 Warming and Global Security People who give short shrift to environmental matters pay attention when national security becomes part of the conversation. So the debate over global warming took a useful turn this week as diplomats and retired military officers drew persuasive connections between climate change and the very... more...
Apr 20, 2007 Wolfowitz Backed Friend for Iraq Contract in ’03 By THOM SHANKER and STEVEN R. WEISMAN Published: April 20, 2007 WASHINGTON, April 19 — Paul D. Wolfowitz , while serving as deputy secretary of defense, personally recommended that his companion, Shaha Ali Riza, be awarded a contract for travel to Iraq in 2003 to... more...
Apr 17, 2007 Ex-aide contradicts Gonzales A leading congressional critic accused Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales on Monday of making misleading statements about a conversation with President Bush regarding a U.S. attorney who has said he was fired for political reasons. more...
Apr 17, 2007 Ex-aide contradicts Gonzales A leading congressional critic accused Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales on Monday of making misleading statements about a conversation with President Bush regarding a U.S. attorney who has said he was fired for political reasons. more...
Apr 17, 2007 Final War Funding Bill in Works: U.S. Divided on Pullout, Favor Congress to Set Policy, Poll Finds Democrats appear to be standing on firm political ground, as they work toward a final bill. A Washington Post-ABC News poll of 1,141 adults, conducted April 12-15, found that 58 percent trusted the Democrats in Congress to do a better job handling the situation in Iraq, compared with 33 percent... more
Apr 5, 2007 Dispatch - Boehner, Hobson clash on Pelosi trip; Ohio Republicans disagree on mission to Syria Rep. David L. Hobson of Springfield, who joined Pelosi and other lawmakers in a meeting yesterday with Syrian President Bashar Assad, disagreed with Boehner that Pelosi "came here to embarrass Bush. I think she came here to reinforce certain policies, understand the region better and have the... more
Apr 4, 2007 THE HILL: N.M.’s Domenici, Wilson face more questions about Iglesias The testimony of former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Gonzales, Kyle Sampson, before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week suggests that congressional pressure may have played a significant role in the firing of a New Mexico prosecutor. more...
Apr 4, 2007 THE HILL: N.M.’s Domenici, Wilson face more questions about Iglesias The testimony of former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Gonzales, Kyle Sampson, before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week suggests that congressional pressure may have played a significant role in the firing of a New Mexico prosecutor. more...
Mar 30, 2007 Ex-Aide Says He’s Lost Faith in Bush
AUSTIN, Tex., March 29 — In 1999, Matthew Dowd became a symbol of George W. Bush’s early success at positioning himself as a Republican with Democratic appeal.

A top strategist for the Texas Democrats who was disappointed by the Bill Clinton years, Mr. Dowd was impressed by... more
Mar 29, 2007 GOP forces halt to Judiciary Committee hearing after Gonzales implicated GOP Senators invoked a rarely used Senate rule to bring a halt to a Judiciary Committee hearing after two hours of testimony from the Attorney General's former chief of staff after he made clear Gonzales was involved in the decision to fire eight U.S. attorneys. Kyle Sampson, Gonzales' former... more
Mar 27, 2007 Maryland Primary Date Now February 12 February 12th "mid-Atlantic Primary" Bill Passes House and Senate; MD Senate votes 46 - 1 for Final Passage; Maryland and Virginia Link with DC Expected to Join more...
Mar 8, 2007 Unions To Delay Supporting A Candidate By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 8, 2007; Page A14 Leaders of the AFL-CIO pledged yesterday to consult more widely with workers before making a decision about endorsing a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination and strongly urged... more...
Mar 8, 2007 Inquiry Into Ouster of U.S. Attorneys Moves Toward Subpoenas at Justice Department By DAVID JOHNSTON Published: March 8, 2007 WASHINGTON , March 7 — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday took the first step toward issuing subpoenas to five Justice Department officials whose names have surfaced in Congressional testimony about the dismissals of eight... more...
Feb 21, 2007 Health care costs set to rise dramatically The Associated Press is reporting by 2016 health care spending will account for $1 out of every $5 spent in the US. Out of pocket expenses such as copays will likely rise from $850 annually to around $1,400, a 5.3% annual increase. Premiums will rise even more dramatically if nothing is done at... more...
Feb 15, 2007 GOP Electoral College advantage may be disappearing According to regular Gallup polling done to determine which party adults identify with in the United States, Democrats have opened up a significant lead over Republicans, particularly among independent voters indicating they lean Democratic. According to political analyst Charlie Cook, this may... more
Feb 12, 2007 DNC Announces Creation of State-of-the-Art Nationwide Voter File Interface Today, the Democratic National Committee announced that it has signed a deal with Voter Activation Network (VAN) to create a nationwide voter file interface for the DNC's national voter file. more...
Feb 9, 2007 Democrats Set House Debate to Rebuke Bush Over Iraq Policy By JEFF ZELENY Published: February 9, 2007 WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 — House Democratic leaders persuaded members of their party on Thursday to limit the scope of an Iraq war resolution next week to a simple repudiation of President Bush’s troop buildup plan, hoping to temporarily set... more...
Feb 9, 2007 Webb: “Intelligence Manipulated to Support a Political Objective” A statement by Senator Jim Webb regarding the Department of Defense Inspector General’s review of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy’s activities prior to the invasion of Iraq. more...
Feb 6, 2007 Dispatch - Audit of Blackwell office requested The shredding of documents before J. Kenneth Blackwell left office as secretary of state is one reason his successor wants a complete audit of the office. The new secretary of state, Jennifer L. Brunner, hand-delivered a letter yesterday to Auditor Mary Taylor seeking a top-tobottom review of... more
Feb 6, 2007 G.O.P. Senators Block Debate on Iraq Policy By CARL HULSE and JEFF ZELENY Published: February 6, 2007 WASHINGTON , Feb. 5 — Republicans on Monday blocked Senate debate on a bipartisan resolution opposing President Bush’s troop buildup in Iraq , leaving in doubt whether the Senate would render a judgment on what... more...
Jan 30, 2007 Senate to Consider Minimum Wage Bill With Tax Breaks WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 — The Senate is expected to clear the way on Tuesday for an increase in the minimum wage that Democrats and some Republicans agree is overdue. But the Senate’s approval may not mean that workers will actually start receiving bigger paychecks in the immediate future.... more...
Jan 30, 2007 Senate to Consider Minimum Wage Bill With Tax Breaks WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 — The Senate is expected to clear the way on Tuesday for an increase in the minimum wage that Democrats and some Republicans agree is overdue. But the Senate’s approval may not mean that workers will actually start receiving bigger paychecks in the immediate future.... more...
Jan 23, 2007 A Powerful Response Jonathan Alter Comments on Webb's response to the State of the Union more...
Jan 22, 2007 N.M. Governor Joins Presidential Race New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson began a run for the Democratic presidential nomination yesterday, betting that his long résumé and Hispanic heritage will boost his chances in a field already stocked with better-known candidates. "I am taking this step because we have to repair the damage... more...
Jan 20, 2007 Hillary Clinton launches White House bid: 'I'm in' WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton jumped into the fray as a 2008 presidential candidate with the words "I'm in" posted on her Web site. more...
Jan 17, 2007 Race and Gender Make Democrats' Field Historic Democrats moved a step closer yesterday to what shapes up as one of the most historic and compelling contests ever for their party's presidential nomination, a study in contrasting styles and candidacies in which race and gender play central roles in the competition. At center stage stand Sen.... more...
Jan 17, 2007 Race and Gender Make Democrats' Field Historic Democrats moved a step closer yesterday to what shapes up as one of the most historic and compelling contests ever for their party's presidential nomination, a study in contrasting styles and candidacies in which race and gender play central roles in the competition. At center stage stand Sen.... more...
Jan 9, 2007 Feingold, Obama push ethics package WASHINGTON - Sen. Russ Feingold introduced legislation with Sen. Barack Obama on Monday to strengthen ethics laws for members of Congress, getting an early start as the new Democratic majority in the Senate takes up the issue. more...
Jan 6, 2007 Madam Speaker: Pelosi First Female House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 66, was sworn in Thursday as speaker of the House, becoming the highest-ranking woman in U.S. government in history. She jokes that she's cracked the "marble ceiling." more...
Jan 1, 2007 U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 3,000 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The day after Saddam Hussein's execution, the death toll for Americans killed in the Iraq war reached 3,000 as President Bush struggles to salvage a military campaign that has scant public support.
The death of a Texas soldier, announced Sunday by the Pentagon, comes as... more...
Dec 11, 2006 In New Congress, Seniority Takes Back Seat to Spirit The young Democrats played an important role in helping their party take control of Congress, and now they are beginning to reap the benefits. Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat who will become speaker of the House when her party assumes control of Congress next month, is making room for these... more...
Dec 11, 2006 Obama dips his toe deeper into presidential waters Manchester, N.H. - When Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the first political sensation of the 2008 campaign, made his first trip Sunday to New Hampshire, home of the nation's first primary, the result was a perfect storm of attention. more...
Dec 6, 2006 O'Malley's brother to join Smith's staff
Governor-elect Martin O'Malley's brother will be Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith's chief of staff, Smith announced in a statement today. Peter O'Malley will replace Ann Beegle effective January 2, 2007
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Nov 29, 2006 Feds to Toughen E-Voting Standards? more
Nov 28, 2006 Reid: Ethics, Stem Cells Atop Senate Agenda more
Nov 17, 2006 With new majority in House & Senate, Democrats find their teeth again. U.S. Senator Patric Leahy requests new documents from Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez regarding U.S. interrogation procedures and potential abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody around the world. more...
Nov 17, 2006 Carville Simply Wrong on Howard Dean and DNC I find it difficult to express my severe disappointment with my former hero, James Carville. When Carville appeared on the national political scene, he was a real breathe of fresh air. more...
Nov 11, 2006 O'Malley got boost from Baltimore County Executive
O'Malley's campaign said that Baltimore County Democrats - most prominently Smith and east-side County Councilman John Olszewski Sr. - were instrumental in the win.
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Nov 10, 2006 Democrats Take Control of U.S. Senate As Allen Concedes to Webb in Va. Democrat James Webb, who campaigned for Virginia's U.S. Senate seat by opposing the war in Iraq and calling for economic fairness, yesterday succeeded in his improbable bid to unseat Republican George Allen, giving the Democrats a 51-seat majority and control of both houses of Congress. more
Nov 9, 2006 A Steele Democrat Looks Back
The ugly, last-ditch efforts by Republicans Bob Ehrlich and Michael Steele to win over black voters in Prince George's County were "over the top," "foolish," "counterproductive," and "an unnecessary attempt to confuse voters," says one of the five prominent black Democrats who switched sides... more
Nov 8, 2006 Baldwin calls win part of larger victory U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin is celebrating not just her own victory over Republican challenger Dave Magnum, and not just the Democratic Party's achievement in winning a new majority in the House of Representatives. more...
Oct 25, 2006 Bushism research more
Oct 19, 2006 Hispanic Voter Intimidation by the GOP GOP uses scare tactics to keep Hispanic Voters away from the polls more
Oct 13, 2006 Worst Political Environment for GOP Since Watergate It's bad weather for the GOP. more
Oct 10, 2006 Poll: Dems gain big lead more
Oct 6, 2006 Democrats say 2004 Election Data was Altered JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Democratic Party officials say the 2004 election data they sued the state to get may have been changed this year, and they want to know why. more
Aug 31, 2006 New York Times - Ohio to Delay Destruction of Presidential Ballots With paper ballots from the 2004 presidential election in Ohio scheduled to be destroyed next week, the secretary of state in Columbus, under pressure from critics, said yesterday that he would move to delay the destruction at least for several months. Since the election, questions have been... more...
Aug 14, 2006 Dispatch - Liberal, moderate faith groups team to counter religious right Liberals and moderates who feel their faith has been co-opted are organizing to counter what they say is the religious right's overemphasis on hot-button topics at the expense of other social justice matters. more...
Aug 3, 2006 Editorial: A cynical election ploy Balking at raising the minimum wage for years, congressional Republicans have shifted tactics this election season. They will throw the working poor a pay hike if, and only if, they can dish out yet more tax cuts to multimillionaires. more...
Jul 24, 2006 Bush violating Constitution The president has overstepped his authority in attaching challenges to hundreds of new laws. more
Jul 14, 2006 Most Americans Plan to Vote for Democrats Republicans are in jeopardy of losing their grip on Congress in November. With less than four months to the midterm elections, the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that Americans by an almost 3-to-1 margin hold the GOP-controlled Congress in low regard and profess a desire to see... more...
Jul 14, 2006 Poll: Americans want DEMOCRATS in power Republicans are in jeopardy of losing their grip on Congress in November. With less than four months to the midterm elections, the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that Americans by an almost 3-to-1 margin hold the GOP-controlled Congress in low regard and profess a desire to see... more...
Jul 12, 2006 Ivins: Republicans feed politics of greed while poor go hungry I don't get it. What's the percentage in keeping the minimum wage at $5.15 an hour? After nine years? This is such an unnecessary and nasty Republican move. Congress has voted seven times to raise its own wages since last the minimum wage budged. Of course, Congress always raises its own salary... more...
Jul 7, 2006 Beacon Journal - Democratic flag bearers Ohio-bound Sen. John Edwards and Sen. Hilary Clinton will be featured speakers at a national convention starting this weekend in Columbus. more...
Jul 5, 2006 Deeds and Words Michael Steele, the lieutenant governor, is currently a man of few words, and it's easy to see why. Nearly every time he opens his mouth in public, something slips out that shows either willful ignorance or breathtaking insensitivity.
Steele has estimated that he will need some 25 percent of... more
Jun 13, 2006 Post - Democrats closing fundraising gap with Republicans A surge in small, individual contributions is lifting Democratic campaigns this year and is helping close a Republican fundraising advantage that has existed for years in national politics. more...
Jun 13, 2006 Biden Effort Creates “Special Envoy” to Help End Genocide in Sudan Today Congress approved the establishment an office for a Special Envoy for Sudan at the Department of State. The provision, authored by Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., was approved as part of the FY 2006 Supplemental spending bill. more...
Jun 10, 2006 Dems pamper neglected reds Holland said the DNC's resources have already allowed the party to reach rural parts of the state where it has been absent for years, it has revived atrophied local party organizations and recruited a record number of candidates.
Specifically, Holland cites progress in building the... more...
Jun 9, 2006 Dems hold united rally after divided primary The state’s top Democrats, including a few former rivals, joined hands Thursday morning to show support for gubernatorial nominee Chet Culver and lay out a plan of attack against Republican opponent Jim Nussle. more...
May 24, 2006 Daily News - Democrats unveil TV ad against Blackwell The Ohio Democratic Party has launched a TV ad attacking Republican J. Kenneth Blackwell right where Blackwell is supposed to be strongest — as a man of strongly held beliefs who sticks to them. more...
May 22, 2006 A Restive Base Throws the GOP Off Balance Dismay, and hints at rebellion, in the party's conservative core don't bode well for November. more...
May 17, 2006 Confidence In GOP Is At New Low in Poll Democrats Favored To Address Issues more...
May 3, 2006 Dispatch - It's Blackwell vs. Strickland Congressman Ted Strickland rolled to an easy primary victory, setting the stage for what will be an expensive, highly contested general election battle against Ken Blackwell. more
May 1, 2006 Dean's Broad Brush Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean's much-debated "50 state strategy" made its national debut on Saturday with more than 1,000 voter-canvassing events across the country, designed to spread the party's message through neighbor-to-neighbor contact. more...
May 1, 2006 Blade - Dems push for takeover in U.S. House The push to take back the U.S. House begins in Ohio, as Democrats are targeting up to five Congressional seats for victory. more
May 1, 2006 Poll: Gas Prices, Iraq Weigh Down Bush May 1, 2006 (CBS) With gas prices sky-high and no end of the Iraq war in sight, President George W. Bush's approval rating hits an all-time low in a new CBS News poll. Only 33 percent approve of his job performance, Mr. Bush's lowest approval rating yet in CBS News polls. A majority – 58... more
May 1, 2006 Can Techie Oust Orrin Hatch? This has all the makings of a classic Old West showdown between Hatch -- seemingly beholden to the entertainment companies who contribute to his campaigns -- and... more...
Apr 26, 2006 Democrats call for new energy laws WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As the debate over what to do about high gas prices continued on Capitol Hill, Democrats on Wednesday called for a new energy bill and federal legislation to punish price gougers. "There's no reason why we can't put forth a real energy policy that addresses... more...
Apr 20, 2006 White House Shifts Into Survival Mode In a White House known for both defiance and optimism, yesterday's senior staff changes represent a frank acknowledgment of the trouble in which President Bush now finds himself. more
Apr 19, 2006 White House spokesman stepping down White House spokesman Scott McClellan says he's "ready to move on." more
Apr 18, 2006 Biden, Democratic Senators Blast Bush for Gasoline Prices WASHINGTON, April 18, 2006 (AFP) - Democrats on Tuesday accused President George W. Bush of an "absence of leadership" for failing to slow the rapid rise of US gasoline (petrol) prices, which now have breached the three dollars per gallon mark in parts of the country. more
Apr 18, 2006 Democrats File Lawsuit To Get 2004 Election Records Anchorage - The Alaska Democratic Party filed suit in Superior Court today seeking to force the Division of Elections to release public records needed to verify the 2004 election results. more...
Apr 17, 2006 E-Mails Tie chief of staff to Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah), to Abramoff In April 2002, when Safavian was chief of staff to Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah), he and Abramoff exchanged e-mails about Safavian's interest in working for Abramoff's law firm, Greenberg Traurig. Then, on April 17, Safavian e-mailed: "you and I need to talk. I was just offered the chief of staff... more...
Apr 17, 2006 Local office seekers get pointers on campaigning Political candidates are made rather than born, according to Joseph Casados, a New Mexico State Democratic Party regional organizer. more...
Apr 17, 2006 Anger at Bush May Hurt GOP At Polls; Turnout Could Favor Democrats Intense and widespread opposition to President Bush is likely to be a sharp spur driving voters to the polls in this fall's midterm elections, according to strategists in both parties, a phenomenon that could give Democrats a turnout advantage over Republicans for the first time in recent years. more...
Apr 17, 2006 Rumsfeld under renewed attack WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior Democrats sought to raise the heat on embattled Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Sunday as Republicans and the Pentagon came together to defend him and the way he has conducted the war in Iraq. more...
Apr 17, 2006 Guv: Rumsfeld should resign Gov. Bill Richardson is adding his voice to the call from a group of former generals for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to resign. more...
Apr 15, 2006 Associated Press - Most Americans Still Say Tax System Unjust People think the middle class, the self-employed and small businesses pay too much in taxes, the poll found. And they think those with high incomes and big businesses don't pay enough. The survey was conducted in the days before the mid-April deadline for filing income tax returns. more
Apr 14, 2006 Iraq Speeches Have Done Little To Buoy Iraq War Support USA Today article on Bush's inability to boost his ratings with talk about the war in Iraq. more...
Apr 11, 2006 Records in N.H. Election Phone Jamming case show White House ties Democratic National Committee spokesman Damien LaVera said Monday: "With every development in this case, there are new questions about the extent to which key national Republicans had knowledge of or were involved in a criminal scheme to keep New Hampshire voters from getting to the polls. The... more...
Apr 10, 2006 Leaker-in-Chief After long denouncing leaks of all kinds, Bush is confronted with a statement - unchallenged by his aides - that he authorized a leak of classified material to undermine an Iraq war critic. more
Apr 7, 2006 Molly Ivins: Time to hit the panic button Time magazine warns us to "Be Worried. Be Very Worried." On the other hand, my sister is on the Global Warming Committee of the Unitarian Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They go around replacing old light bulbs with more energy-efficient models. My money's on my sis. more...
Apr 4, 2006 Republican Rep. Tom DeLay says he's leaving US Congress WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - Republican Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas, the House of Representatives' fallen majority leader, announced on Tuesday the end of a re-election fight he was in jeopardy of losing and said he would soon step down from the U.S. Congress. more...
Apr 2, 2006 Gen. Clark: Bush took U.S. on 'path to nowhere' more
Mar 31, 2006 Democratic Governors Call For Tough, Fair and Practical Immigration Policy; Gov. Richardson Sends Letter to Frist, Reid Democratic Governors Association (DGA) Chair New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson wrote, "No one understands the importance of border security more than border state governors like me. With my law enforcement overwhelmed by smugglers, drug runners, and other criminals, I declared a State of Emergency... more...
Mar 30, 2006 Taxation discussed without taxpayers Public not invited to meeting on revenue amendment Germantown - Two state senators held an invitation-only meeting Wednesday that largely excluded the public from discussion of a constitutional amendment that would clamp strict limits on government spending. The Republican lawmakers, Glenn Grothman of West Bend and Alberta Darling of River... more
Mar 29, 2006 Abramoff gets 5 years, 10 months in fraud case. Lobbyist in Washington's latest corruption scandal sentenced in Miami MIAMI - Disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced Wednesday to five years and 10 months in prison for fraud related to the 2000 purchase of the SunCruz Casinos gambling fleet. The sentence was the minimum under his plea agreement in the case. Abramoff arrived in court several... more
Mar 28, 2006 Mr. President, meet your censurer. The high political stakes of the NSA domestic surveillance program WASHINGTON - As Sen. Russ Feingold urges the Senate to censure President Bush, the alleged misdeed that moved the Wisconsin Democrat to propose censure continues: the Bush administration keeps conducting surveillance of calls by suspected al Qaida operatives to and from people in the U.S.... more
Mar 27, 2006 Dispatch - Bush showing signs of losing support among Ohio Republicans Almost a third of Ohio’s registered Republicans now dis-approve of Bush’s handling of Iraq, a new Dispatch Poll taken in the days surrounding the war’s third anniversary shows. more...
Mar 24, 2006 Some GOP flee from Bush, but not his money Even as some Republicans are becoming increasingly defiant on a range of issues, they're still lining up dutifully for the president's campaign dollars. "I would be shocked if a legitimate Republican candidate, not just a fringe candidate, who got word that the president was coming to do a... more...
Mar 23, 2006 Democrats create website critical of Republican Jim Nussle Last year Republicans created a website to criticize Democrat Governor Tom Vilsack's out-of-state travel. Now, Democrats have created a website to criticize the Republican candidate for governor's actions in Washington, D.C. more...
Mar 22, 2006 New Mexico Democrats call for Bush impeachment ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - The New Mexico Democratic Party is calling for President Bush's removal from office. Party Chairman John Wertheim said Tuesday that delegates to Saturday's state party convention supported a call for the president's impeachment largely because of "perceived abuses of power... more...
Mar 22, 2006 Spend-and-spend Republicans Our Position: U.S. can't afford any more 'get tough' pledges. more...
Mar 14, 2006 Grassroots movement sets Democratic record for Phil Avillo’s Congressional candidacy YORK, PA – Phil Avillo, candidate for the 19th Congressional District, said he was humbled and honored by the record number of nominating signatures gathered for a Democratic candidate for this office in recent history. “This was a real grassroots effort,” said the York College professor, a... more...
Mar 13, 2006 Blue Crab Newsletter, March 13, 2006 Steele's Deal, Regulating Ehrlich, Comcast Networks, Letters to the Editor more...
Mar 10, 2006 Md. House Approves Paper Ballots The Maryland House of Delegates unanimously passed legislation yesterday to ditch the state's touch-screen voting machines for the coming election in favor of a system that uses paper ballots. more
Mar 7, 2006 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll - Democrats Stretch Lead in Vote for Congress Fourteen-point Democratic lead is among the widest since 1994 more...
Mar 5, 2006 Jensen trial may hurt the GOP Chuck Chvala? He's yesterday's news. Brian Burke? Never heard of him. But Scott Jensen: Isn't he the guy who put all those state employees to work on campaigns? He and all his Republican friends? As the trial of the former Assembly speaker heads into its third week, with its daily... more
Feb 26, 2006 Democrats Look for Historic Shift in Governors' Races Republicans face a potential upheaval in the states this November, with Democrats positioned to capture a majority of the governorships for the first time since 1990 and seize an early advantage in the 2008 presidential contest. more...
Feb 6, 2006 Handful of Races May Tip Control of Congress Not since 1994 has the party in power -- in this case the Republicans -- faced such a discouraging landscape in a midterm election. more
Feb 4, 2006 Coretta Scott King honored About 50 honor King's widow Tribute recalls ways she served more
Feb 1, 2006 More Dishonesty from Bush in State of Union President Bush riddled his State of the Union speech with dishonest presentations, and he failed to adequately address the crucial issues facing this country. On Iraq, Bush said “we are winning” and we are on “a clear path to victory.” Saying so doesn’t make it so. The number of attacks against... more
Feb 1, 2006 Bush Signals the GOP's Play Bush Signals the GOP's Play - From the DLC Commentary & Analysis Page more...
Jan 31, 2006 Congressman Hoyer, Attorney General Madrid Attack Drug Plan A top U.S. House Democrat on Monday made a campaign stop for 1st Congressional District candidate Patricia Madrid, joining her at an Albuquerque senior center to complain about a Medicare drug program that's off to a shaky start. more...
Jan 31, 2006 Democrats offer $111 million energy plan House Democrats proposed Monday the state invest more than $111 million in an alternative energy and renewable fuels plan that would expand the use of ethanol and biodiesel, create jobs, invest in research and development and establish a renewable fuel standard. more...
Jan 28, 2006 Democrats' radio address: Medicare program should be overhauled A California Democrat says corruption and incompetence ruled the day when the new Medicare prescription drug plan went into effect this year. In the Democrats' weekly radio address, Congressman Henry Waxman urged an overhaul of the drug plan. Waxman says America's seniors deserve honesty,... more
Jan 22, 2006 Editorial: John Gard is DeLay's man U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay may have stepped down as House majority leader and as the kingpin of congressional Republicans. But before scandal forced DeLay out of the leadership of his party's legislative forces, he established a ruthless political operation that had as its goal the nomination and... more
Jan 21, 2006 America needs honest leadership, Reid says in broadcast Democrats are urging President Bush to reform politics in Washington and end his party's "pattern of deceit." Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid says Republicans enjoy "absolute power" in Washington, and that power has led to corruption throughout the party. In the weekly Democratic address,... more
Jan 19, 2006 Support he Democratic Honest Leadership and Open Government Act End ALL Gifts from Lobbyists. Skyboxes at football games. Steak dinners at the most expensive restaurants in town. Golf trips at the finest courses in the world. Such are the perks that have greased the wheels of Republican corruption, and it ends now. more...
Jan 19, 2006 Former EPA Republicans: Get it together, Bush The U.S. is failing to take the lead in confronting global warming, a "dishonest" and "self-destructive" approach that only worsens the problem, say former federal environmental chiefs. "We need leadership, and I don't think we're getting it," Russell Train said Wednesday at an Environmental... more
Jan 19, 2006 Enquirer - Howard Dean calls Ohio the center of corruption DNC Chairman Howard Dean called Ohio the national center of corruption scandals during a visit to the Statehouse Wednesday to unveil an eight-point congressional ethics petition. more...
Jan 17, 2006 Gore Assails Domestic Wiretapping Program Former Vice President Al Gore called Monday for an independent investigation of President Bush's domestic spying program, contending the president "repeatedly and insistently" broke the law by eavesdropping on Americans without court approval. Speaking on Martin Luther King Jr.'s national... more
Jan 15, 2006 Democrats preparing proposal to tighten code of conduct Democrats intend to unveil a sweeping plan this week to tighten the code of conduct in Congress. Officials familiar with the proposals say the plan will call for a ban on lobbyists' gifts to lawmakers, as well as crackdown on special interest provisions slipped into legislation in the final... more
Jan 13, 2006 Democrats Try to Slow Alito Confirmation Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court is gliding toward confirmation despite a week of hearings in which Democrats tried and failed to hobble his prospects with withering questions on abortion, presidential power and ethics. Democrats argue that the former Reagan administration lawyer is... more
Jan 13, 2006 Impeachment Calls Grow Louder Last Saturday, I went to a town hall meeting on the Iraq War and impeachment in Madison, Wisconsin. This one was sponsored by Veterans for Peace. More than 150 other events around the country on January 7 were co-sponsored by Progressive Democrats of America and afterdowningstreet.org. In... more
Jan 12, 2006 Fair Share Health Care Veto Override Votes The Senate and House of Delegates voted to override Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s veto of legislation requiring Wal-Mart to pay more toward employee health care. Here's how our Senators and Delegates voted: more...
Jan 11, 2006 Democrats Say Alito's Answers Inconsistent Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday they were troubled by what they see as inconsistencies in Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's answers on issues ranging from voting rights to ethics to his membership in a conservative organization. On the third day of confirmation... more
Jan 11, 2006 Kohl questions Alito on 1985 application Senator Russ Feingold questioned Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito today about ruling on a case involving a company that managed his investments. Alito, a federal appeals court judge, pledged in 1990 that he would recuse himself from cases involving Vanguard, but participated in a 2002 case... more
Jan 7, 2006 Poll: Most Say U.S. Needs Warrant to Snoop A majority of Americans want the Bush administration to get court approval before eavesdropping on people inside the United States, even if those calls might involve suspected terrorists, an AP-Ipsos poll shows. Over the past three weeks, President Bush and top aides have defended the electronic... more
Jan 7, 2006 Abramoff plea boosts reform proposal Congressional reform proposals unveiled last year by two Wisconsin Democrats are getting increased attention in light of the criminal plea bargain of lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Rep. David Obey has laid out a plan to change internal House rules, while Sen. Russ Feingold would clamp down on lobbyists... more
Jan 7, 2006 On radio, Democrats charge GOP has corrupted Congress Democrats are accusing Republican congressional leaders of corrupting the government. In the party's weekly radio address, New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter says, "Under Republican guidance, America has truly been put up for sale to the highest bidder." Congress has been consumed by the... more
Jan 5, 2006 Women's Groups Launch Campaign Against Alito Nomination NEW YORK - Leading women's rights groups in the United States are starting a nationwide campaign this week to block the Supreme Court nomination of a conservative judge who is known for his extremist views on women's reproductive rights. more...
Jan 5, 2006 3 GOP Senators Blast Bush Bid to Bypass Torture Ban WASHINGTON -- Three key Republican senators yesterday condemned President Bush's assertion that his powers as commander in chief give him the authority to bypass a new law restricting the use of torture when interrogating detainees. more
Dec 27, 2005 Impeachment Buzz What sense does it make that some of the same Washington media and political leaders who countenanced the Clinton impeachment over a semen-stained dress, somberly intoning about the "rule of law," consider impeaching Bush beyond the pale? No sense at all. The question about impeaching Bush has... more
Dec 20, 2005 Both Parties Call For Bush Spy Probe Five members of the Senate Intelligence Committee called Tuesday for a major Senate investigation into President Bush's approval of electronic spying on American citizens, reports CBS News' Tom Foty. California Democrat Dianne Feinstein wants the Intelligence and Judiciary committees to jointly... more
Dec 20, 2005 Democrats say briefings on domestic wiretapping weren't approvals Some Democrats in Congress say the briefings they got on domestic wiretaps shouldn't be interpreted as approvals. They're taking issue with suggestions by President Bush and his senior advisers that the plan to eavesdrop without warrants was fully vetted. West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller,... more
Dec 14, 2005 War Costs Poised To Reach $500B The Pentagon is in the early stages of drafting a wartime request for up to $100 billion more for Iraq and Afghanistan, lawmakers say, a figure that would push spending related to the wars toward a staggering half-trillion dollars. Reps. Bill Young, R-Fla., the chairman of the House... more
Dec 8, 2005 O'Malley Picks Brown as Running Mate Prince George's County Del. Anthony G. Brown has accepted an offer to be the running mate of Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley in next year's governor's race, O'Malley's campaign manager said this morning. more
Dec 7, 2005 Bush speech gets cold shoulder from Pelosi President Bush's latest speech on Iraq is getting a cool response from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats. Pelosi says, "Just because he says thing are improving there, doesn't make it so." The California Democrat is suggesting the president is out of touch with reality.... more
Dec 4, 2005 Dean says G-O-P will use immigration to divide voters Democratic party chief Howard Dean is predicting the Republicans will use the problems caused by illegal immigration to try to divide the country ahead of next year's midterm election. And he told members of the Democratic National Committee meeting in Phoenix that the G-O-P has created problems... more
Dec 2, 2005 Stench of sleaze rises from Congress It takes two to commit bribery — the person who takes the bribe and the person who gives it. more...
Nov 20, 2005 What I Knew Before the Invasion By Former Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Bob Graham more...
Nov 16, 2005 Wellstone Action For Change Wellstone Action is a national training center for people interested in progressive change. Our goal is to help activists win on issues and elect progressive candidates. more
Nov 15, 2005 Democrats: 'Take Training Wheels Off Iraqi Government' Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said it's time to "take the training wheels off the Iraqi government." Senate Democrats want the Bush administration to set benchmarks by which progress in Iraq can be measured, with an eye toward having Iraqis take more responsibility for their own... more
Nov 14, 2005 Shreveport Times: Abandon cuts to student loans (Editorial) Proposed cuts to student loans are a tiny part of the overall federal budget but a really big issue for the poor college student struggling to make ends meet and looking toward post-graduation expenses. more
Nov 14, 2005 CNN: Poll: Bush approval mark at all-time low (CNN) -- Beset with an unpopular war and an American public increasingly less trusting, President Bush faces the lowest approval rating of his presidency, according to a national poll released Monday. more
Nov 14, 2005 Supreme Court Refuses to Lift Ban on Voting Rights for Convicted Felons more
Nov 13, 2005 Washington Post: The Right Way in Iraq (Op-Ed) An op-ed by former Senator and 2004 Vice Presidental nominee John Edwards (D- NC) more
Nov 12, 2005 Times-Picayune: Vote of Confidence (Editorial) New Orleans has long been a contender for national political conventions; making the short list for both parties in recent years and hosting the 1988 convention that nominated the first President Bush. more
Nov 10, 2005 Democrats score election victories across U.S. NEW YORK - Democrats made strong gains in the United States' off-year elections, sinking a state governor's candidate who embraced U.S. President George W. Bush in the final days of the campaign. They also turned back the efforts of California's Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to... more
Nov 10, 2005 The Inconsistency of the Morally Dizzy--by Sister Joan Chittister An Episcopalian church in Pasadena is being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service for violations of its tax-exempt status because last year during presidential election season, its former rector, the Rev. George Regas, gave a sermon against war. The IRS has not taken action, however, in... more
Nov 10, 2005 Kaine Puts Roads at Top of Agenda, Says Virginia GOP's Ads 'Backfired' Kaine savored the latest Democratic win in a state known for its fidelity to the GOP in recent years. At a morning news conference in Richmond, he declared that voters had rejected the Kilgore campaign's attacks on his record. more
Nov 10, 2005 For GOP, 2006 Now Looms Much Larger Tuesday's election results intensified Republican anxiety that next year's midterm contests could bring serious losses more
Nov 9, 2005 AP - Democrats win elections in NJ, VA., California Democrats cleaned up big in off-year elections from New Jersey to California, sinking the candidate who embraced President Bush in the final days of the Virginia governor's campaign. more...
Nov 9, 2005 Voters reject Schwarzenegger initiatives In a stinging rebuke from voters who elected him two years ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to reshape state government were rejected during a special election that darkened his prospects for a second term. more
Nov 9, 2005 Democrats celebrate governor wins; Republicans look ahead The head of the Democratic Party says voters "want the nation to go in a different way." more
Nov 7, 2005 Daschle: Democrats must offer fresh ideas Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota told Iowa Democrats Saturday their party must offer fresh ideas in 2006 if it hopes to capitalize on what he called the “incompetence’’ of the Republican Party. more...
Nov 4, 2005 CNN: 'Can I quit now?' FEMA chief wrote as Katrina raged; E-mails give insight into Brown's leadership, attitude WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Louisiana congressman says e-mails written by the government's emergency response chief as Hurricane Katrina raged show a lack of concern for the unfolding tragedy and a failure in leadership. more
Nov 3, 2005 The Hill: The Democrats stand for change (Op-Ed) An op-ed by DCCC Chairman Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) more
Oct 31, 2005 Should Rove resign? Vice President Dick Cheney, moving swiftly to replace an indicted aide, on Monday named attorney David Addington as his chief of staff and John Hannah as his national security adviser. Both positions had been filled by I. Lewis Libby, who resigned Friday when he was indicted on perjury and other... more
Oct 30, 2005 Deal Near on Democratic Presidential Schedule A plan to shuffle the 2008 Democratic presidential calendar -- placing several states between the traditional Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary -- is gaining momentum on a commission studying the party's nominating process. more...
Oct 28, 2005 Full Text: U.S. v. Libby Indictment Vice president's chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby faces obstruction of justice, false statement and perjury charges. President Bush's top political strategist, Karl Rove, is spared. more...
Oct 27, 2005 Miers withdraws nomination to Supreme Court President Bush on Thursday accepted the withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, according to a statement from the White House. more
Oct 25, 2005 Senate Hearings on Ellen Sauerbrey News on Ellen Sauerbrey more...
Oct 24, 2005 Biden seeks support in Ky. a visit here Saturday by Sen. Joe Biden, a Delaware Democrat testing the waters for a possible 2008 presidential run, attracted a large crowd of supporters that included some of the party's top state and local leaders. more
Oct 21, 2005 Students protest potential cuts in aid On a brisk, sun-filled afternoon, students wearing black-and-white striped shirts informed passersby of a chilling proposal. Introduced by Rep. Jim Nussle, R-Iowa, and Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., the Budget Reallocation bill proposes to eliminate $9 billion in student aid programs, according to the... more...
Oct 20, 2005 Rep. DeLay to appear in Texas for booking Rep. Tom DeLay is expected to turn himself in to the sheriff's office in his home county of Fort Bend, Texas, on Thursday for booking on state conspiracy and money-laundering charges. more
Oct 19, 2005 Texas Court Issues Warrant For DeLay A Texas court issued a warrant Wednesday for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to appear for booking, where he is likely to face the fingerprinting and photo mug shot he had hoped to avoid. Bail was initially set at $10,000 as a routine step before his first court appearance on conspiracy... more
Oct 14, 2005 Bush approval rating dips to 39 percent President George W. Bush's job approval rating has fallen to a new low of 39 percent in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday. more...
Oct 13, 2005 Democrats See Dream of '06 Victory Taking Form Suddenly, Democrats see a possibility in 2006 they have long dreamed of: a sweeping midterm election framed around what they describe as the simple choice of change with the Democrats or more of an unpopular status quo with the Republican majority. more...
Oct 11, 2005 Do Democrats Need Their Own Gingrich Democrats have discovered a new rallying cry: The GOP is the party of "incompetence, cronyism and corruption." Recent headlines suggest that the mantra may prove to be an easy sell... more...
Oct 7, 2005 How A Bill Becomes a Law: By Congressman Joe Barton According to a New Report Today, Americans Are Paying More at the Pump but Getting a Free Lesson in How a Bill Becomes a Law in the Republican Congress more...
Oct 5, 2005 Can This Nomination Be Justified? washingtonpost.com Can This Nomination Be Justified? By George F. Will Wednesday, October 5, 2005 ; A23 Senators beginning what ought to be a protracted and exacting scrutiny of Harriet Miers should be guided by three rules. First, it is not important... more...
Oct 3, 2005 High Gas Prices Threaten Md. Transportation Funding Higher gas prices and the trend toward smaller cars is slowing the growth of the Maryland Transportation Trust Fund, prompting officials to warn that they're going to be tight-fisted about new highway, bridge and mass transit projects. more...
Sep 28, 2005 Breaking News: House Majority Leader Tom Delay Indicted Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Indicted on Criminal Charges DCCC 9/28/2005 Tom DeLay, the most powerful Republican the House has ever seen, is under indictment for criminal conspiracy related to illegal corporate fundraising. Senate Leader Bill Frist and White House... more...
Sep 22, 2005 Able Danger : What Lurks Behind Bush's Stonewall This week the Bush Administration prevented witnesses from providing public testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee about Able Danger, "a secret military unit that is said to have identified four of the Sept. 11 hijackers more than a year before the terrorist attacks." more...
Sep 16, 2005 New Challengers in Missouri, Arizona Two vulnerable incumbent Republican senators in key states are sweating in the late summer heat this week after exciting new Democratic challengers announced bids to unseat them in 2006. more...
Sep 10, 2005 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at the Sierra Club's National Convention and Expo in San Francisco A transcript of a speech by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at the Sierra Club's National Convention and Expo on September 10, 2005 in San Francisco. Kennedy received the Sierra Club's William O. Douglas Award on behalf of the Waterkeeper Alliance. more...
Sep 1, 2005 Wesley Clark Promotes The Democratic Party Retired Army General Wesley Clark stumps in Madison for his party. The former NATO Commander stresses the importance of foreign affairs as well as domestic issues in this day and age. Wesley Clark says the Democrats need to have a full-service party, dealing with healthcare, education, national... more
Jul 12, 2005 GSA/FDA Dedicate Center for Drug Evaluation And Research (CDER) Office Building I in White Oak, Maryland GSA/FDA Dedicate Center for Drug Evaluation And Research (CDER) Office Building I in White Oak, Maryland Tuesday July 12, 11:35 am ET Ceremony Marks Completion of the Largest Building on Campus more...
Jun 24, 2005 At Blair, local Democrats hold press conference to counter President Bush When the presidential motorcade, the long line of buses carrying audience members, and most of the protesters left the vicinity of Blair, high-profile Maryland Democrats including Senator Ida G. Ruben set up their own press conference to voice their opposition to President George W. Bush's Social... more
Dec 13, 2004 MD Democrats Elect Lierman Chairman The Maryland Democratic Party’s Central Committee unanimously elected Terry Lierman, a Bethesda businessman and community activist, as its new party chair to kick off the next election cycle. Mr. Lierman thanked the Democratic state committee for their support, heaped praise on outgoing Chair... more...
Dec 13, 2004 MD Democrats Elect Lierman Chairman The Maryland Democratic Party’s Central Committee unanimously elected Terry Lierman, a Bethesda businessman and community activist, as its new party chair to kick off the next election cycle. Mr. Lierman thanked the Democratic state committee for their support, heaped praise on outgoing Chair... more...
Nov 29, 2004 Where’s the Truth? Ehrlich caught in web of misinformation. Last Monday, Nov. 22nd, on WBAL’s Chip Franklin show, Governor Ehrlich accused Baltimore Sun reporter David Nitkin (the author of a series of articles detailing Ehrlich’s secret land deal) and columnist Michael Olesker of journalist fraud. “When a series of stories is written with incredibly... more...
Feb 6, 2004 Bush Budget Cuts Programs Vital to Hispanic Families President Bush sent Congress a budget proposal that would cut vital programs for the same Hispanic families that President Bush is asking to vote for him. more...
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