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Thursday July 13, 2006
Washington, DC-Today, Congressman José E. Serrano again called for the pullout of our troops in Iraq to prevent further casualties, and to cut our financial losses in the sands of Iraq. He released numbers showing the fiscal tradeoffs this war has caused our nation to make – citing the public services that could have been provided in the 16th Congressional District if we had not gone into Iraq.
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Thursday June 15, 2006
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey, Co-Chairwomen of the 64-Member Congressional Progressive Caucus, (CPC) and U.S. Representative Maxine Waters, Chairwoman of the 74-Member Out of Iraq Caucus, today led the way in giving voice to the growing majority of more than 60% of the American people who believe that it was a costly mistake for the U.S. to go to war in Iraq and who want a redeployment of American troops out of Iraq.
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Saturday June 10, 2006
The theme of this historic gathering is: "ARMING OUR YOUTH WITH WEAPONS OF MASS INSTRUCTION."
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Thursday May 25, 2006
(Washington, DC- May 25) – The Co-Chairs of the 62-Member Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) hosted the first in a series of open forums on Capitol Hill yesterday where experts discussed the possible consequences of a preemptive attack on Iran. Video of the forum is available online at: http://politicstv.com/blog/?p=32.
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Monday May 08, 2006
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin reminds seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries that the deadline to enroll in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program is May 15. Those eligible, who do not have other creditable coverage and do not enroll before the deadline, face penalties in the form of permanently increased premiums.
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Thursday May 04, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio organized a bipartisan group of 62 members of Congress to send a letter to President Bush today calling on him to seek congressional approval before making any preemptive military strikes against Iran.
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Wednesday May 03, 2006
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee wrote President Bush requesting a White House bipartisan and bicameral Immigration Summit. “The nation you lead has arrived at a critical moment in history. Hanging in the balance is whether the United States will continue into the 21st century a confident, unified, forward looking nation proud of its ancient heritage as the global beacon of immigrants everywhere or renounce this heritage and attempt to seek refuge from the world behind barricades to be erected on its southern borders,” wrote Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.
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Monday May 01, 2006
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-35) sent a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations requesting an appropriation of $610 million for the Minority AIDS Initiative in fiscal year 2007. A bipartisan group of 119 Members of Congress signed the letter. The text of the letter follows:
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Monday May 01, 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Pete Stark (D-Fremont), a member of the Out of Iraq Caucus, issued the following statement on the third anniversary of President Bush’s aircraft carrier landing and “Mission Accomplished” address.
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Monday May 01, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Pete Stark (CA-13), Ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to the 2006 reports of the Board of Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds.
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Thursday April 27, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democrat on the House Committee on Homeland Security, today expressed disappointment with the decision by the House Republicans to prevent a vote on his amendment to ban funding in the Intelligence Authorization Act for the extraordinary rendition that facilitates the outsourcing of torture to foreign countries. This decision comes on the same day that the European Parliament investigators announced that they have evidence that the C.I.A. rendition program had flown more than 1,000 flights through European airspace since 2001. Markey’s amendment would have generally restricted the use of diplomatic assurances – simply taking the word of foreign governments that no torture will take place, regardless of the country’s track record on this issue – as the basis for renditions of persons to countries that are known to use torture.
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Wednesday March 29, 2006
Washington, DC – March 29, 2006 – Late yesterday Congressman José E. Serrano introduced “The Child Citizen Protection Act,” a bill to restore partial discretion to immigration judges in cases where removal of an immigrant is clearly against the best interest of a child that is a United States citizen. Serrano called the bill “common sense legislation,” that would protect children and families from unnecessary separation.
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Tuesday March 21, 2006
The Bronx, March 21, 2006 – Today, Congressman José E. Serrano helped release 200 alewife herring into the Bronx River calling it “a historic moment.” The reintroduction, which came as the culmination of years of cleanup and restoration, marks the return of a native species of herring to the river for the first time in living memory. The fish are expected to be the seed colony for a breeding population
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Tuesday March 14, 2006
Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick has secured $7 million in funding for NextEnergy, a non-profit organization created to enable the commercialization of advanced alternative energy technologies that positively contribute to economic competitiveness, energy security, and the environment. Kilpatrick, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, is committed to the development of alternative energy sources in an effort to reduce energy costs and create jobs for America’s families.
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Thursday March 09, 2006
WASHINGTON (March 9, 2006) - At the request of President Bush, Congressman Bobby L. Rush and several other bipartisan Members of Congress, most of whom who sit on the House Energy & Commerce Committee, met with the president to discuss his Advanced Energy Initiative, which was outlined during his State of the Union Address
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Friday February 03, 2006
This morning Congressman Sam Farr welcomed a critical assessment of recent ocean policy efforts from the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative, noting that the longer the Administration delays enacting broad reforms, the harder the job of reviving and protecting our oceans becomes.
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Thursday January 26, 2006
Atlanta, GA. - Congressman John Lewis, himself a former subject of unwarranted FBI surveillance as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement and an outspoken critic of the recently revealed NSA domestic spying program, was highly critical of alleged covert Pentagon initiatives that targeted peace activists in Atlanta. He made the following statement in light of this new evidence:
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Thursday November 17, 2005
“Congressman Murtha is one of the most highly regarded members of Congress on defense issues. In his remarks delivered before the Democratic Caucus earlier today, Congressman Murtha described the war in Iraq as ‘a flawed policy wrapped in an illusion.’ He said that ‘the future of our country is at risk,’ ‘that we cannot continue on the present course,’ ‘that intelligence was misused’ and that it is time to bring U.S. troops home now.
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Monday November 07, 2005
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This past Tuesday evening, November 15, the Ways and Means Committee, by a party-line vote of 24-15, favorably reported to the floor of the House H.R. 4297, a $56.6 billion tax reconciliation package whose marquee features include a capital gains and dividend tax cut extension that gives 53% of the reckless windfall to one-fifth of one percent of the country’s population.
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Thursday October 27, 2005
(Washington, DC)— Fifteen members of the Congressional Black Caucus joined Congresswoman Diane E. Watson (CA-33rd) in signing a letter addressed to the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The letter calls on the Committee to address the issue of universal access to digital television (DTV) and the equitable allocation of spectrum when it considers the upcoming DTV bill.
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Tuesday October 25, 2005
As the number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq reaches 2,000, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) this week will introduce legislation to prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to deploy United States Armed Forces to Iraq. The bill will allow funds to be used for the safe and orderly withdrawal of our troops; for transitional security provided by other countries – including international organizations like NATO and the United Nations; and for continued support for Iraqi security forces and international forces in Iraq – as well as funding for reconstruction efforts.
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Thursday July 28, 2005
Washington, DC – Members of the “Tri-Caucus” – made up of Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) – today joined with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to introduce the “Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act,” ground-breaking legislation that addresses persistent healthcare disparities by providing access to quality medical treatment for minority patients across the country.
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Thursday July 14, 2005
Washington, DC -- In an effort to restore integrity and diversity to America's media system, Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today introduced the sweeping Media Ownership Reform Act of 2005 (MORA). Hinchey, who is the chairman and founder of the congressional Future of American Media (FAM) Caucus, authored the bill to fix what he sees as a broken media system in the United States in which only a select group of individuals get to determine what information Americans can receive via television, newspaper, radio, and other media.
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Thursday May 12, 2005
WASHINGTON - Senators McCain and Kennedy, and Representatives Kolbe, Flake and Gutierrez, joined by Senators Brownback and Lieberman today introduced The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act of 2005. The legislation follows months of thoughtful debate and negotiation, which has resulted in bipartisan, bicameral, comprehensive border security and immigration reform.
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Wednesday April 20, 2005
Washington, D.C. –Yesterday, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones joined Congressmen Rob Portman (R-OH) and Danny Davis (D-IL) in introducing new bipartisan prisoner re-entry legislation.
Washington, D.C. –Yesterday, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones joined Congressmen Rob Portman (R-OH) and Danny Davis (D-IL) in introducing new bipartisan prisoner re-entry legislation.
Washington, D.C. –Yesterday, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones joined Congressmen Rob Portman (R-OH) and Danny Davis (D-IL) in introducing new bipartisan prisoner re-entry legislation.
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Monday March 07, 2005
Whitehouse Spokesman defends sending prisoners to Uzbekistan when reporters turn up the heat on the U.S. practice of ‘outsourcing torture’
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