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Posts Tagged 'Neil Abercrombie'

Abercrombie Condemns Patriot Act Renewal

Posted on March 1 2010 by Congress Watcher

Abercrombie condemned the bill, saying, “Instead of carefully and thoughtfully strengthening laws that actually work to thwart terrorists, we’re giving government a blank check to trample civil liberties.”

Neil Abercrombie, Set to Resign, Maintained Imperfect but Solid Progressive Record

Posted on December 11 2009 by Congressional Aid

How will progressive Americans react to the announcement that Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii is resigning from the House of Representatives? Democrats seem to have little to fear: although a Republican, Congresswoman Pat Saiki, held Abercrombie’s seat for four years in the late 1980s, she has been the only Republican to occupy a Hawaiian seat in [...]

Aloha, Boom! says Neil Abercrombie

Posted on January 23 2009 by Congress Watcher

Did Congressman Neil Abercrombie realize what he was saying when he declared that military research “touches the global community?”

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.

Abercrombie Links FISA Amendments Act With Bush Abuses

Posted on June 26 2008 by Congress Watcher

Thanks to Representative Abercrombie for his important defense of the fourth amendment and its guarantee that we shall all be protected from unreasonable search and seizure of the sort that have been typical of the Bush warrantless wiretapping program.

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 [...]

Congressman Tom Udall Is a Real Wildcat

Posted on May 21 2008 by Congress Watcher

It’s especially important to conserve wild cats and dogs, because they’re predators. As such, they help to preserve balance within ecological systems. When predators go extinct, their prey species go through wild boom and bust cycles that endanger large number of animal and plant circles. So, the Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2008 is arguably the most important conservation legislation to be presented to Congress this year.

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