To say the vote in the House earlier this week to approve the debt ceiling capitulation legislation was highly publicized and scrutinized would be an understatement. After Speaker John Boehner’s own debt ceiling legislation passed the House by a narrow margin and was promptly killed in the U.S. Senate, lawmakers worked hard to find some [...]
Continue Reading →“The debt ceiling will be raised… I won’t allow it not to be lifted… [I'd do what I have to do], then go home, punch myself in the stomach, then throw up.”
– Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, appearing on Hardball
For what it’s worth, Rep. Cleaver voted against the debt ceiling “compromise” legislation, [...]
Continue Reading →I’ll given Dan Sebring credit; he’s certainly not afraid to take a chance at offending voters. You’ll remember Sebring as the Republican “Tea Party” candidate who failed miserably in his quest to unseat Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore in 2010, but you may also remember Sebring from the press release he issued announcing his candidacy in [...]
Continue Reading →Tonight Reps. Gwen Moore, Tammy Baldwin, Barbara Lee, and Jan Schakowsky will hold a Congressional listening session to hear from citizens regarding the need to create good jobs in our communities.
The meeting will be held tonight from 6:30 to 8:00pm at Vincent High School, which is located at 7501 N. Granville Road.
I’ll be [...]
Continue Reading →Apparently extreme far-right conservative Dan Sebring, not content with the electoral drubbing he received in his race against Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore in 2010, is primed for another run against Rep. Moore in 2012. You’ll remember Sebring ran as a write-in candidate in 2008 and was absolutely crushed by Rep. Moore in 2010, having [...]
Continue Reading →I have heard about this before, now it is starting to get some play. This from Redstate.com:
During the 2010 election cycle, Wisconsinites received a revelation: The members of our state’s congressional delegation, we learned, had an “Unwritten Rule.” According to Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R, 5th CD), members of said congressional delegation, [...]
Continue Reading →Watch as Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore grills Republican Gov. Scott Walker during Walker’s appearance in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last week:
See also: Rep. Dennis Kucinich rips Gov. Walker a new one.
Continue Reading →Watch as Rep. Gwen Moore shares her thoughts on the tax deal reached by President Obama and Congressional Republicans:
Continue Reading →By a vote of 333-79, the House of Representatives voted yesterday to censure Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel after Rangel was found guilty on 11 counts of violating House rules, including failing to pay taxes on a vacation home in the Dominican Republic and improperly using his office to raise money for an educational center [...]
Continue Reading →Despite losing to Rep. Gwen Moore by 82,000 votes on Tuesday (A result I rightly predicted, by the way), Dan Sebring, the far-right Republican challenger to incumbent Rep. Moore in the Fourth Congressional District, has refused to concede the election, alleging vote fraud on Facebook before taking the post down. Here’s [...]
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