Posts Tagged ‘Kathy Castor’

Prejudice in the name of human rights

June 7th, 2011 | No Comments

Every week opensecrets.org highlights some group.  This week, in honor of President Obama declaring this month “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month”, opensecrets targeted the Human Rights Campaign: Among them. the Human Rights Campaign, which was founded in 1980 and boasts more than 1 million grassroots supporters, has some of the deepest pockets. During [...]

When the heavy lifting is over

August 2nd, 2010 | 1 Comment

7/22/2010: “Now that the heavy lifting is over, we can go out and make our case,”, Joe Biden.  The legislative season is over.  The big stuff is all done.  No more contentious votes for a fwe months.  Nancy Pelosi even went so far as to completely skip the funding process because of the increbible issue [...]

Congress goes where no Congress has gone before

September 15th, 2009 | 2 Comments

It’s reached an all-time low. The House of Representatives, on the heels of an impassioned and lively debate, voted Tuesday to formally admonish Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., for accusing the president of lying during a joint session of Congress a week ago. The vote was 240-179. Five lawmakers voted “present.” Here’s what they voted on: [...]