Certainly there are those who have admired Sen. Cory Booker from afar who are now somewhat flummoxed at his decision not to support President Barack Obama’s historic deal with Iran.
At issue is a Grand Canyon State law, passed in 2012, that prohibits most abortions, except in medical emergencies, after 20 weeks. This past May, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, located in San Francisco, deemed the law unconstitutional.
The House of Representatives will lose one if its truly great, progressive voices at the end of this year as Rep. George Miller (D-CA) announced on Monday that he will retire from Congress and not seek reelection.
In a recent radio interview, Sen. Mitch McConnell laughed at the unemployed who recently lost their benefits as he promised to vote no on any UI extension. Listen to how heartless the Senate Republican leader really can be.
Senator Al Franken’s (D-MN) office released his 4th quarter fundraising numbers today, and they show that Franken is truly running a grassroots operation, just like his office claims.
Progressives scored a big win in New Mexico as the Koch Brothers have laid off staff and closed down their Americans For Prosperity political operation in the state.
President Obama will be sitting down with Senate Democrats for a discussion about priorities, and odds are keeping the heat on Republicans in 2014.
Republicans claim they will offer a conservative policy to fight the war on poverty. They don’t have one right now, except to say NO to anything that the Democrats offer including extending UI.
Freedom Industries knew the 70 to 80 year-old tanks were in desperate need of replacement and did not want to spend the money to repair them because regulations did not require them to.
Things just keeping getting worse and worse for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is investigating Christie’s use of Sandy relief funds to see if there was any improper use of Sand relief funds.
