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Why Does Bobby Bright (D-AL) Hate Women And Children And Love Republican Ideology?
DownWithTyranny! —
... Last Friday Congressman Bright participated in his first roll call votes as a member of Congress. Generally speaking he showed himself to be a perfect little dupe for the Republican Party. He voted with them on their parliamentary tactics to kill Democratic legislation. When the GOP attempted to derail the bill to make sure women who are not paid fairly have some kind of recourse under the law, Bright joined 8 other extreme right wing Democrats to cross the aisle and vote with the Republicans. And when that bill, the Paycheck Fairness Act came up for a vote, Bright and two other ...
Blue America-- Sam Bennett Has Some Plans
DownWithTyranny! —
... There have been several contested votes in the House so far. Dent voted to sabotage the Paycheck Fairness Act with a parliamentary maneuver, although he later voted for it when it was clear it would pass. He the ...
Blue America Welcomes Back Sam Bennett (PA-15)
Firedoglake —
This morning the Lehigh Valley has been in the news because a former congressman, Club For Growth president Pat Toomey, has given Arlen Specter a pass in terms of his right flank. The somewhat demented Toomey, a right wing extremist who preceded Charlie Dent as PA-15's rep, said he's not going to primary Specter (and run for governor instead).
This morning we're welcoming back a dear Blue America friend, Sam Bennett, who ran against Dent in the last cycle. Yesterday she told me that "After getting around 128,000 votes, which is significantly more than any other Democrat candidate has garnered in a congressional race in ...
