Earlier this month during the din of the health care debate, the House quietly passed a bill that, if enacted into law, will help secure our country from terrorist attacks on chemical plants and waste and drinking water treatment plants. The bill, H.R. 2868, is called "The Chemical and Water...

Freshman representative Mark Schauer (D-MI) had a grueling schedule last week. He held four town hall meetings in two days to discuss the House's health care reform bill and to answer questions from his constituents. Schauer, who narrowly defeated the very conservative...

Cross-posted at Eclectablog.

Nearly 35,000 Detroiters converged on Cobo Hall last Wednesday to claim one of the 5,000 applications for federal aid set aside for people in poverty, giving Rush Limbaugh a chance to mock "Obama's America."

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October 3, 2009, the Washtenaw County Democratic Party in Michigan held its annual dinner. Three U.S. Congressmen were in attendance. The first was freshman Representative Mark Schauer, a young, vibrant and optimistic Congressman. The second was Representative John Dingell, the longest-serving member in Congress today and a man who has...

The Associate Press reports that a memorial service for slain anti-abortion activist James Pouillon will be followed by a large protest outside the local offices of Planned Parenthood in Owosso, Michigan.

Pouillon was shot to death on September 11, 2009 by Harlan Drake, who also shot another man the...

Yesterday was the BIG DAY for Michigan's "Energy Citizens"! Yes, the giant groundswell of corporately-funded astroturf outrage at climate change legislation that would put a serious hurt on the profit statements of Big Oil concerns found its way into Livonia, Michigan.

It was going to be big. At least that's...

The USA Today is reporting that "thousands" of Americans are moving to Mexico to receive inexpensive health care:

As the United States debates an overhaul of its health care system, thousands of American retirees in Mexico have quietly found a solution of their own, signing up for the...

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Last fall, one-term U.S. Representative Tim Walberg was defeated in a hotly...

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UPDATE: Although some have defended Commissioner Phil Duckham's swastika sign by saying it had a cross through it and...

It's been widely reported that Kenneth Gladney, the African American man who claimed he was beaten during a scuffle at a St. Louis health care town hall did not have health insurance. His attorney, David Brown actually solicited funds for his medical bills:

Kenneth Gladney sat in a wheelchair...

On August 6, 2009, Representative John Dingell (D-Detroit) held a health care town hall meeting in Romulus, Michigan. The event was held at the Romulus Athletic Center which sits at the end of one of the runways of Detroit Metro Airport. As we neared the venue 30 minutes before it...

I looked around my house the other day and realized that by becoming so immersed in Barack Obama's Campaign for Change, my wife and I have literally put most of the rest of our lives on hold. Our kitchen sink is perpetually full of dirty dishes. Our garden is fully...

A business trip to Europe last week forced me to take a break from American politics and the nightly canvassing and phonebanking that has consumed my life for the past two months. I thought being away from the USA for six days would allow me a bit of respite from...

There are three separate pieces of information about the presidential race in Michigan that, taken as a whole, point to very good news for the Obama campaign in November:

1. The registration of young people is HUGE and getting EVEN BIGGER.

2. The percentage of young people who...

Until recently, the closely watched race for incumbent Tim Walberg's (R-Tipton) 7th District House seat in central lower Michigan appeared to be his to lose to his opponent, Michigan Senate Democratic Leader Mark Schauer (D-Battle Creek). Walberg beat a popular moderate Republican incumbent, Joe Schwarz, in the 2006 primary and...

As I wrote in a previous article, one of the big advantages that Senator Barack Obama has going into this year's election is the tremendous amount of support he's getting from new, young voters. If you travel to college towns and visit the Obama headquarters there, you inevitably see...

There are three pieces of information about the presidential race in Michigan that, taken as a whole, point to very good news for the Obama campaign.

1. The registration of young people is huge and growing;

2. The percentage of young people who voted in the primary in Michigan was...