Legislative News- H.R. 3745, Putting All of a Credit Union’s Eggs in the Collection Basket
- Have You Forgotten Obama’s Broken Promise On Corporate Immunity From Prosecution?
- Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson Take Different Approaches To Opposing SOPA
- Barack Obama Approves Law Subjecting Americans To Imprisonment Without Criminal Trial
- Americans Organizing Recalls Of Senators Who Voted For Imprisonment Without Criminal Trial
- Which of 3 Caucuses (Tea Party, Constitution, Progressive) Most Opposes Indefinite Detention in the USA?
Only 26 Stand For Separation Of Church And State In Congress
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve H.R. 2070, the Prayer Act of 2011. The legislation, if passed in the Senate and signed into law by the President, would not only allow, but mandate the creation of a government-sponsored expression of religious worship on public land on the National Mall in Washington ...
Voters Want Less Military, Fewer Lobbyists, Sanders Poll Finds
U.S. Senate Bernard Sanders is conducting a survey this week to find out what the priorities of the American people are in the time before Barack Obama's State of the Union Address.
So far, the most important issue has to do with the spread of corrupting forces within Washington D.C. 88.12 percent of respondents so ...
Mo Brooks Says Non-Religious Americans Are His Foes
"They are our foes." That's what U.S. Representative Mo Brooks wrote about "agnostics, atheists and their sympathizers". These harsh words were in a letter written by Brooks and posted by an organization advocating the coercion of public school students into acts of Christian religious worship.
In response, the Secular Coalition for Alabama has written ...
January 31 Campaign Finance Deadline Will Bring Only Partial Story
It used to be that, during federal election years, quarterly deadlines for campaign finance reports were a big deal. Journalists and other interested citizens could look at the campaign finance reports to determine the character of the financial support particular candidates were receiving.
We have one such deadline coming soon, on January 31. Don't expect ...
Kucinich Proposes Constitutional Amendment For Public Funding Of Elections
Today is a day of protest against the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling which created the current mess of anonymous, unlimited independent expenditures in federal elections. Nationwide demonstrations, under the banner of Occupy The Courts, will be taking place outside, despite the winter's cold.
Occupy protesters can take some consolation from the fact that some ...
Barney Frank Blasts Martin Luther King Day Hypocrites
This week, we heard many Republican presidential candidates make statements about the importance of Martin Luther King Day. That's an improvement from what most Republicans were doing a generation ago - making hateful statements about boycotting the holiday.
Still, the Republicans seem only able to accept one part of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision: ...
Holt, Grijalva and Moran Oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act
Is online activism against H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, working?
Today, in response to the day of protest against the proposed law, Congressman Rush Holt declared, "The so-called Stop Online Piracy Act (H. R. 3261), SOPA, would make the internet less secure, less competitive, and - worst of all - less free. It will ...
Two Hearings On Spending In the U.S. House Today – One For, One Against
There are two hearings being held in the U.S. House of Representatives today. Though they're not arranged to be related to each other, upon a moment's reflection, the connection is quite clear.
At 3:00 PM, the House Armed Services Committee will hold a "Panel on Business Challenges within the Defense Industry, Doing Business with DOD". ...
Who Cares? Apparently, You. Top 3 Congressional Bills in Jan 2012 regard Civil Liberties
A common declaration in intellectual circles is that the American people don't care about their freedoms as long as they get money or entertainment. But is that true?
The top three bills searched for on Thomas, the online database of the U.S. Congress, each pertain to civil liberties. The National Defense Authorization Act takes ...
Susan Davis Linking Herself to Occupy Movement in Word While Opposing it In Deed
An organizer for the January 17 political action called Occupy Congress reports on a call from Rep. Susan Davis:
Congresswoman Susan Davis’ office called. She wants to meet with us in DC on #J17. “I want to support OSD you while you’re here”
"OSD" refers to Occupy San Diego, the California encampment in Davis' district that has ...