Open Letter to Congressman Ed Towns
Congressman Towns, I challenge you to come with something more than tired phrases; you need to come to the community, with some ideas, programs or bills to seriously address the problems in Brooklyn.
Congressman Towns, I challenge you to come with something more than tired phrases; you need to come to the community, with some ideas, programs or bills to seriously address the problems in Brooklyn.
Mary Lyon | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics
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Linda Bergthold | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
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Bennet Kelley | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics
The current disconnect between the Democratic Congressional leadership and the party base over amendments to FISA can be best summarized numerically since,like pictures, numbers too can speak a thousand words.
Sarah van Gelder | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
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AFP | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics
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James Boyce | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics
Not only has Pelosi not done anything about the war, Majority Leader Reid has done nothing about it. They have failed to take Iraq as concrete blocks and tie them around McCain.
David Paul Appell | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
The scheme to move up the Florida primary is just the latest episode in the ongoing saga of this state's hapless Dems since they lost both executive and legislative branches back in the 1990s.
Ari Melber | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics
Tuesday's Washington Post reports that House Democrats are close to granting all of President Bush's demands for more domestic spying powers and telecommunications amnesty, in exchange for, well, nothing.
30-Something Democrats | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics
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Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics
Granite-staters are fed up with anything that constitutes politics-as-normal inside the Beltway and that includes anyone who is perceived -- rightly or wrongly -- associated with it.
Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 01.01.2008 | Home
Her motivation for coming was as much to see Obama as to give the exchange student she's hosting an opportunity to see the American political process.
Politico | Josh Kraushaar | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics
The Democratic Congressional campaign committees ended November with nearly five times as much cash-on-hand as their Republican counterparts. This mea...
Rep. Robert Wexler | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics
The idea that we are somehow inhibiting Congress from passing our agenda by holding impeachment hearings -- unfortunately -- is a false argument.
Rep. John Murtha | Posted 11.17.2007 | Politics
Two years ago, I was convinced that the president's lack of strategy in Iraq was harming our military, our international credibility, and the strength of our nation.
Donnie Fowler | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics
In less than a year, the Democratic Congress has accomplished quite a bit thanks largely to the leadership of Pelosi and Reid. These successes would have certainly not happened without them.
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Kevin Powell | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics