March 12, 2009: Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona congressional district 6 votes to cut the pay of American construction workers working on government contracts so that they are paid less than the local prevailing wage. July 31, 2009: Jeff Flake votes to deny the right of American shareholders who own a corporation to vote against [...]

“Please don’t tell me I’m a Republican tool.” So said Tea Party Express head Mark Williams last week as he announced his organization’s list of “Tea Party Heroes” and “Tea Party Targets” for the congressional races of 2010. Every single one of the 11 Tea Party Express targets for 2010 is a congressional Democrat. Not [...]

In Reuters today, Delaware Representative Michael Castle launches his effort to land a Senate seat next year by recasting himself as a Republican “moderate.” This effort is a more than bit strained: reporter Thomas Ferraro justifies the “moderate” label by noting Castle’s public willingness to state that no, President Barack Obama was not born in [...]

On December 8, 2009, 4 major candidates are vying for the Democratic Party nomination for Senate in Massachusetts. Only 2 of those candidates strongly support a woman’s right to choose legal abortion. The Stupak Amendment to health care reform legislation in the House was added in order to prohibit any private insurance plan (even those [...]

On Saturday, November 21 2009, author and public advocate Lois Herr drew attention in her congressional campaign against Republican congressman Joseph Pitts when she appeared at a rally to speak against the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. This amendment, which would prohibit private health care plans paid for with private money from covering abortion, is a major effort [...]

Senate Candidate Amy Klobuchar, 2006: “I would have advocated for changes to the Patriot Act, including provisions that protect libraries from government searches. With those changes, I would have voted for the renewal of the Patriot Act. In the future, however, I will advocate for additional protections for civil liberties”. Will Senator Amy Klobuchar keep [...]

“I think that life starts at conception, but you don’t have to build a platform off that.” – Charles Lollar, chairman of the Charles County Republican Central Committee in Maryland There are practical consequences of such a belief that have the potential, if enacted, to radically restrict Americans’ liberty. Mr. Lollar has recently declared his [...]

Representative Jane Harman has a spotty record when it comes to the defense of American liberty. She voted for the USA Patriot Act before she read it, and had no problem supporting the warrantless surveillance enabled by the Patriot Act and FISA Amendments Act until it turned out that she was a target of it. [...]

Barack Obama wants to attract Republican voters to his campaign, and so he is continuing his shift to the Right, away from the progressive voters who gained him the Democratic nomination. Obama is supporting offshore drilling not because it’s the right thing to do, but because it’s the politically convenient thing to do at this particular moment.

When I read that Vermont Congressman Peter Welch would be facing a general election challenge from Thomas Hermann because of Welch’s failure as a progressive in Congress, I have to admit I blanched. It had been my impression that Peter Welch was a progressive. Had I misjudged Peter Welch? A consultation of Welch’s Congressional record [...]