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- The money swamp created by Citizens United: Dark Money, corporate shell gam...
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Congresswoman Barbara Lee on Opposition to Chained CPI
Written by Rep. Barbara Lee | Press Release
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee released the following statement regarding the President’s inclusion of chained CPI in his 2014 budget proposal. The chained CPI is a cost index which helps to calculate the cost of living adjustments for benefit levels.
House liberal leader: Say No to the Grand Bargain
Written by Greg Sargent | The Washington Post
Let’s say that at the end of the day, liberals face a choice: Which is worse, extended sequestration or a Grand Bargain that cuts Social Security and Medicare in exchange for new revenues, as Obama’s forthcoming budget seems designed to secure?
Ten Years Ago and Today: A Warfare State of Mind
Written by Norman Solomon
On a plane circling Baghdad in gray dawn light, a little Iraqi girl quietly sang to herself in the next row. “When I start to wonder why I’m making this trip,” Sean Penn murmured to me, “I see that child and I remember what it’s about.”
Congresswoman Lee Marks 10th Anniversary of Iraq War on House Floor
Written by Rep. Barbara Lee | Press Release
Washington, D.C.— Today, on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, Congresswoman Barbara Lee delivered the following statement on the House floor:
Rep Lee Battles Against Ryan Budget - Joins in Unveiling Progressive Alternative to Republican Budget
Written by Rep. Barbara Lee | Press Release
Washington, D.C.— During a day-long mark up of the Ryan bill, as a member of the Budget Committee, Congresswoman Lee offered an amendment to eliminate the Overseas and Contingency Operations (OCO) account in order to provide transparency and accountability to war spending and to bring it back into the base Pentagon budget.
House Democrats demand Obama release ‘full legal basis’ for drone strikes
Written by Eric W Dolan | The Raw Story
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) is leading a small group of House Democrats in calling on President Barack Obama to release information regarding the Administration’s use of drone strikes.
Lee Statement on FY2013 Continuing Resolution, Defense and Military Construction/VA Appropriations Bill
Written by Rep. Barbara Lee | Press Release
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Lee released the following statement regarding the FY2013 Continuing Resolution, Defense and Military Construction/VA Appropriations Bills:
“As a member of both the Appropriations and Budget Committee, I rise in strong opposition to this Continuing Resolution.
Sequester threatens American dream
Written by Rep. Barbara Lee | Politico
This week, all eyes are on Congress. Sequester is looming, and these indiscriminate cuts would not only hurt the poor first, but hurt them the most. Nearly 50 million of our neighbors — almost 16 million of them children — live in poverty; in the richest nation in the world, this is deplorable, unconscionable, but above all, solvable.
Conyers Introduces Legislation to Cancel Disastrous Sequestration
Written by Rep. John Conyers, Jr. | Press Release
(DETROIT) – Today, Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) introduced the “Cancel the Sequester Act of 2013.” This one sentence legislation would repeal the across the board cuts that are scheduled to go into effect on March 1, 2013. Rep. Conyers issued this statement following introduction of the bill:
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Praises Passage of Reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act
Written by Rep. Barbara Lee | Press Release
Washington, D.C.— In reaction to the passage of a bi-partisan reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, Congresswoman Barbara Lee issued the following statement:
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Jim McGovern's Constitutional Amendments To Repeal Citizens United Gain Steam On Reddit (VIDEO)
Written on Friday, 01 February 2013 20:05 Read more...
Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern last Tuesday proposed two Constitutional amendments on the House floor that would overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which lifted limits on political spending and unleashed a flood of funding into political organizations starting in 2010.
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U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern Introduces Two Constitutional Amendments To Overturn Citizens United
Written on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 20:31 Read more...
U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) today introduced two Constitutional amendments to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United case, which unleashed a flood of corporate and special interest money into the American political system.
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'We the People’ Can Overturn Citizens United
Written on Saturday, 21 January 2012 18:29 Read more...
THE FIRST three words of the preamble of our Constitution are “We the People.’’ Two years ago today the US Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission upended that promising vision. Corporations — which do not have mouths, minds, or consciences — won a “free speech’’ right to spend unlimited money to influence elections.
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U.S. Rep. James McGovern Looks Ahead to New Term that Includes Western Mass
Written on Wednesday, 04 January 2012 14:39 Read more...
U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern said he will never forget a tip he received from an old boss about the way things work on Capitol Hill.