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Supporting A Constitutional Education

Posted on September 18 2009 by Congress Watcher

H.R. 3591, the Constitution and Citizenship Day Act, creates four million dollars for competitive grants to educational programs that teach about the federal constitution and state constitutions.

For Peace Against Waste, Just 23 Democrats

Posted on August 2 2009 by Congress Watcher

230 Democrats in the House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill stuffed with pork barrel, expanding the military, and providing for the continuation of wars that will soon have lasted an entire decade.

Six Democrats Defy Pelosi on Rules Changes in U.S. House

Posted on January 7 2009 by Congress Watcher

Six House Democrats voted against the new rules for how the U.S. House will operate, but have yet to explain why.

Thank The Defenders of the Constitution

Posted on June 28 2008 by Congress Watcher

The FISA Amendments Act completely unravels the fourth amendment to the Constitution. It makes protection from unreasonable search and seizure a mere privilege for those that please the government, not an inalienable right.

Status of the Equal Rights Amendment

Posted on May 28 2008 by Congress Watcher

You are probably not aware of it, but the Equal Rights Amendment did not die back in the 1980s. It has been brought back to the House of Representatives and to the Senate.
Both the Senate and House versions of the proposed constitutional amendment state that:
“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied [...]

Hank Johnson the Even Handed Progressive

Posted on May 13 2008 by Congress Watcher

Many of these representatives are progressive Democrats, but some of them are right wing Republicans. Hank Johnson included people from both sides of the political spectrum because he realized that the human tragedy of the fighting in northern Uganda merited a unified approach that transcended domestic politics.

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