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Fri, 10 May 2013 16:34:15 -0400

Organize. Mobilize. Win.

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:25:52 -0400

Organize. Mobilize. Win.

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Wed, 08 May 2013 19:11:42 -0400

whitehouse: Our immigration system has been broken for too...

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:47:42 -0400

whitehouse:

Our immigration system has been broken for too long, and it’s time to fix it.

WH.gov/Immigration

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Tue, 07 May 2013 17:40:28 -0400

OFA collects 1.4 million signatures for gun control

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:52:28 -0400

OFA collects 1.4 million signatures for gun control:

(CNN) - The political group formed from President Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has collected more than 1.4 million signatures on a petition urging congressional leaders to reconsider and pass legislation expanding background checks on gun sales.

First District Voter Guide Know before you go: Polling place...

Tue, 07 May 2013 07:52:22 -0400

First District Voter Guide

Know before you go: Polling place changes, voter ID laws, sample ballots.

LOL Of The Week: House GOP Prepares Its 37th Useless Vote To Kill Obamacare

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:14:11 -0400

LOL Of The Week: House GOP Prepares Its 37th Useless Vote To Kill Obamacare:

Nobody told House Minority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) that the Republican Party was joking. He apparently read the GOP’s 2012 “Growth and Opportunity Project”

Vote from abroad | 25 JUNE 2013: MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL ELECTION TO REPLACE JOHN KERRY

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:38:02 -0400

Vote from abroad | 25 JUNE 2013: MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL ELECTION TO REPLACE JOHN KERRY:

The general election to select candidates to fill the seat vacated by John Kerry will take place on Tuesday 25 June. If you have not sent in an FPCA since January 2013, you must act NOW to vote.

You can STILL request your ballot!

Go to www.votefromabroad.org, fill-out the information, download your FPCA and email your FPCA to your local election official by June 5 and they will email you the blank ballot. The ballot can then be emailed or faxed back to your local election official by 8:00 pm June 25. (It can be mailed back if postmarked by midnight June2 5 and received within 10 days of the election).

Vote from Abroad | 4 JUNE 2013: MISSOURI SPECIAL ELECTION

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:33:11 -0400

Vote from Abroad | 4 JUNE 2013: MISSOURI SPECIAL ELECTION:

Attention Missouri voters in the 8th Congressional District:
The general election to select candidates to fill the seat vacated by Jo Ann Emerson will take place on Tuesday 4 June. If you have not sent in an FPCA since January 2013, you must act NOW to vote because you now must register to vote in each and every calendar year.

You can STILL register to vote and request your ballot!

Go to www.votefromabroad.org, fill-out the information, download your FPCA and mail or fax your FPCA to your local election official by May 8. and they will email you a blank ballot The ballot must be mailed back to your local election in time to arrive by 7:00 pm on May 8.

For additional information, please go to:http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/military/#reqBallot

There is no primary. The parties are selecting their candidates without a primary.

Election Day: MAY 7th Make Calls | Volunteer | Contribute | Find...

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:05:00 -0400

Election Day: MAY 7th

Make Calls | Volunteer | Contribute | Find your Precinct

whitehouse: Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Sun, 05 May 2013 11:03:36 -0400

whitehouse:

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

74% of lobbyist spending on Kansas lawmakers unaccounted for | Wichita Eagle

Sun, 05 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400

74% of lobbyist spending on Kansas lawmakers unaccounted for | Wichita Eagle:

Lobbyists seeking to influence state laws have spent $380,000 feeding, entertaining and giving gifts to legislators in the first three months of this year.

But you will never know how three-fourths of that money was spent because the state disclosure law doesn’t require it.

Records obtained from the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission show that more than 74 percent of lobbyist spending, almost $285,000, was reported as “unitemized” on state forms, meaning that it can’t be linked to any particular lawmaker or event.

Share this if you agree: It’s time to fix our broken...

Sat, 04 May 2013 11:34:47 -0400

Share this if you agree: It’s time to fix our broken immigration system. http://wh.gov/zWn7

President Obama says at news conference that he supports recognizing gay unions in immigration bill

Fri, 03 May 2013 20:17:05 -0400

President Obama says at news conference that he supports recognizing gay unions in immigration bill

Social media emerge as players in state capitols

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:06:22 -0400

Social media emerge as players in state capitols:

In a most basic way, social media — especially Twitter — shrink the sometimes already small world of statehouse politics. There are fewer secrets. More bruised feelings. And everyone can can see story lines play out in real time from any corner of the capitol where someone has a smartphone. The influences run from subtle to pronounced.

BROWNBACK TAX PLAN: WORST TAX BILL IN AMERICA From day one, the...

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:36:00 -0400

BROWNBACK TAX PLAN: WORST TAX BILL IN AMERICA

From day one, the Kansas Democratic Party, tax policy experts, and Kansas workers have decried Gov. Sam Brownback’s ill-conceived 2012 tax bill that threatens education funding and core services while blowing a projected $2.5 billion hole in state budget by 2018. This special interest giveaway to big business and the wealthiest Kansans deserves all the scorn that has been heaped upon its festering back, but even we were surprised to read this quote in Governing magazine’s article “What’s wrong with Kansas’ tax reform:

At a recent Urban Institute forum, two policy analysts who follow state and local finances were asked a simple question: What’s the worst and best tax bill a state passed this past year? Without hesitation, both Nick Johnson, an economist with the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Joseph Henchman, a lawyer with the right-leaning Tax Foundation, gave the same answer. Kansas, they said, was the worst.

Economists on the both sides of the aisle agree: Sam Brownback got it exactly wrong. That helps explain why over the past few weeks, Governor Brownback has made it a habit to lie about his policies and ignore the economic realities facing Kansas. Worst of all, Brownback is doubling down on the worst tax plan in America, arguing for bigger tax breaks for the richest Kansans while trying to raise our sales tax, kill tax relief for hard working Kansas homeowners, and slash the Earned Income Tax Credit, the best work promotion policy in Kansas.

Let Governor Brownback know he must stop balancing his budget on the backs of Kansas’s working families. Call 877-579-6757 or click here to email his office.

38 consecutive months of private-sector job growth under President Obama.

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:34:00 -0400

The U.S. added 165,000 jobs in April, lowering the unemployment rate to a four-year low of 7.5%.

>>Rhode Island House approves marriage equality legislation 56-15; Governor Lincoln Chafee to immediately sign bill into law on House steps, effective August 1st

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:33:41 -0400

>>Associated Press now projects Ed Markey the winner of the Democratic primary in the Massachusetts Senate race.

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:09:29 -0400