Tag Archives: House Democrats

The Hill: Kevin Cirilli: ‘New Democrats Looking to Strike Against The Warren Wing’

Source:The Hill– U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (Democrat, Massachusetts) “Centrist Democrats are gathering their forces to fight back against the “Elizabeth Warren wing” of their party, fearing a sharp turn to the left could prove disastrous in the 2016 elections. For … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: Shields & Brooks On CPAC & Homeland Security Shutdown

. As far as CPAC, the one thing I respect about that group is that they do actually bring in lets say Classical Conservatives or Conservative Libertarians and actual Libertarians. It’s not just about mushy-middle establishment Republicans who always play … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Blog: E.J. Dionne: A Conversation With House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: Strengthening The Financial Security of America’s Working Families

Brookings Institution: Blog: E.J. Dionne: A Conversation With House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: Strengthening The Financial Security of America’s Working Families Infrastructure investment, a national energy policy, education and job training for our low-skilled adults and low-income students, immigration reform … Continue reading

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USA Today: Susan Page Interviewing Howard Dean on the State of the Democratic Party

. Source:The New Democrat  I’ve been somewhat reluctant to write about why the Democratic Party lost so badly, because it was an election where I don’t know how they could’ve done better considering the state of the country and with … Continue reading

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FOX News: President Barack Obama’s Post Mid-Terms Press Conference

Source:The New Democrat  I believe President Obama did what he needed to do in this conference. Which was to graduate incoming Senate Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans for winning back the Senate for the first time since 2004. And … Continue reading

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The Hill: Report: Mike Lillis: Time For House Democrats to Elect New Leaders?

Source:The New Democrat  Nancy Pelosi has been the leader of the House Democrats for the last twelve years. Eight of them after this Congress as Minority Leader and of course four of them as the first female Speaker of the … Continue reading

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Prem Panicker: The West Wing: Why is Liberal a Bad Word?

. Source:The New Democrat  Matthew Santos played by Jimmy Smits, a great actor, doing a solid job of defending liberalism against Arnold Vinick played by the great actor and comedian Alan Alda. This of course was part of the last … Continue reading

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Jeremy Diamond & Eric Weisbrod: Congress Defined As: Useless, Worthless, A Joke

Source:CNN– with a look at the U.S. Congress. “It can be tough to agree on a single word to describe something that affects every single American. But when it comes to Congress, the task suddenly doesn’t seem so insurmountable. CNN … Continue reading

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Crooks & Liars: Dave Johnson: ‘Democrats Who Move Right Lose Elections’

Source:The New Democrat The former great, RIP, Progressive Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tip O’Neal, had a saying, “All politics are local.”  Well, of course, that is not all true but a lot of it is, especially when you … Continue reading

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Commonsense Capitalism: Representative Charles Rangel Debates Dr. Walter Williams – On The Minimum Wage

Source:The New Democrat  Sounds to me that whatever spin that Common Sense Capitalism wants to give it, that Representative Rangel was arguing not only in favor of the minimum wage, but empowering those workers to be able to get additional … Continue reading

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