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Archive for May, 2009

How Long Is Too Long for a Member of Congress to Respond?

Posted on May 30 2009 by Congressional Aid

I’d like to post a request for your feedback, citizen: How long is too long for a member of Congress to respond to a written request for information by a constituent? Does it matter if the request is for a stated position on a bill versus a request for other information? Does it matter if [...]

H.R. 2595: Electronic Waste Recycling Reform Question Mark

Posted on May 29 2009 by Congressional Aid

Representative Mike Thompson, who helped organize yesterday’s electronic recycling day on Capitol Hill, is one of five members of Congress to sign on in support of H.R. 2595, an electronic waste recycling reform bill. This bill is the only ewaste recycling reform bill sitting before the U.S. Congress… and there is concern that even this [...]

Electronic Recycling Day For An Empty Congress

Posted on May 28 2009 by Congress Watcher

I guess that having an ewaste recycling day on Capitol Hill while all the decision makers are away is a step in the right direction, but it sure is an awfully small step.

Jeremy Cloward Gives Unequivocal Support To Same Sex Marriage

Posted on May 27 2009 by Congress Watcher

Unlike many of his rivals for the 10th district’s seat in Congress, Jeremy Cloward has given a clear, unambiguous statement in support of full marriage equality for all couples, heterosexual and homosexual alike

Senator Roland “I Know I Could Give Him A Check” Burris, Resign

Posted on May 27 2009 by Congressional Aid

“Tell Rod to keep me in mind for that seat, would ya?…. I know I could give him a check myself.” – Roland Burris, in a phone call with Robert Blagojevich, November 13, 2008, prior to his being appointed by Rod Blagojevich to the United States Senate. Senator Burris, it’s not like you’ve been busy [...]

Green Cloward Running For Tauscher’s Seat

Posted on May 26 2009 by Congress Watcher

Liberated from the restricting structures of the Democratic and Republican parties, Jeremy Cloward has come up with a number of specific, innovative ideas about how to deal with the most serious problems Californians, and the rest of America, are now dealing with.

Lynn Woolsey’s Wiser Memory

Posted on May 26 2009 by Congress Watcher

These days, Americans are asking the questions that they’re not supposed to ask. What will be remembered about these wars? Was war really worth the sacrifice?

Shimkus Would Sacrifice The Earth For Two Coal Mines

Posted on May 25 2009 by Congress Watcher

The entire planet, in the view of Shimkus, should defer to the profitability of those two coal mines.

The Buffoonery of Paul Broun

Posted on May 24 2009 by Congress Watcher

If he were more reflective, Representative Broun might see that efforts to mix church and state in defiance of the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights doesn’t help Christianity at all, but turns people off, leading them to look for alternatives to following the Bible.

Senate Acts To Conceal Future Torture By US Military

Posted on May 22 2009 by Congress Watcher

Amendment 1157 creates a loophole in the Freedom of Information Act. With this loophole, the Secretary of Defense is granted the power to conceal photographs of any torture of prisoners of the U.S. military – whether those photographs were taken in the past, or will be taken in the future.

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