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Foreign pressure makes a difference in Venezuelan Congress

Opposition expects the Venezuelan Parliament to work again (AVN) There is much expectation about the regular session of the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) set for Tuesday. Theoretically, the right to speak of congresspersons for opposition ... El Universal Venezuela, 5 days ago

CNN

Chelsea's mother-in-law mulls Hill bid

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky is considering a run to reclaim her old seat in Pennsylvanias 13th Congressional district and this time she has a hefty political hand to play. Margolies-Mezvinsky, if she decides to run, can ...

Politico, 1 month ago Chelsea Clinton's mom (-in-law) to run for office? Channel4000, 1 month ago Chelsea Clinton's mother (-in-law) considering bid for office CNN, 1 month ago Chelsea Clinton's mother-in-law considering congressional bid The Hill, 1 month ago

Rachel Manteuffel: PostScript: Dionne and bummer democracy

This house is representing somebody. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) In E.J. Dionne Jr.'s column today, America's representative democracy isn't doing particularly well representing the demographics. Through years of spreading money shrewdly and ...

Washington Post, 1 month ago

Inter Press Service

U.S. Congress Inches Away from the Straight and Narrow

Even as the issue of gay marriage continues to make waves in the U.S., change is inexorably arriving in the halls of power, with a record seven openly homosexual or bisexual members of the new U.S. Congress. While still small, the number ...

Inter Press Service, 1 month ago

Joan Michelson: Water Pressures Rise Just in Time for World Water Day; U.S. Gets a 'D'

Will the major water main break in the D.C. area this week incentivize Congress to deal with our aging infrastructure? That's one heck of a way to commemorate World Water Day (Friday, March 22nd). When it hits home, people take notice. The water and ...

Huffington Post, 1 month ago

Roger Hickey: Tell Dems: Vote for Back to Work Budget -- And Win in 2014

Every American who cares about jobs and a healthy U.S. economy should pick up the phone right now, call your Congressperson's office, and tell whoever answers "I want my representative to vote this week for the Back to Work Budget introduced by the ...

Huffington Post, 2 months ago

The NRA's Terror Campaign against Congress Kicks into High Gear

*The dust had barely settled on the Senate's vote to shortstop the GOP filibuster against the compromise deal that some GOP and conservative Democratic senators brokered on the gun control bill before other GOP and conservative Democratic senators ...

EURweb, 1 month ago The NRAs Terror Campaign against Congress Kicks into High Gear American Chronicle, 1 month ago Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The NRA's Terror Campaign Against Congress Kicks Into High Gear Huffington Post, 1 month ago

Do you need to Primary your Congressperson?

As the month of April was ending, I was in the midst of constructing a table showing the ratings as compiled by the non-partisan organization Progressive Punch. I must confess that I really didn't know what to do with them. I was afraid that I would ...

Prairie State Blue, 2 weeks ago

CLIMATE CHANGE forces women into PROSTITUTION - US politicians

A group of American politicians has introduced a resolution into Congress saying that climate change (among many other bad things it does) forces women into prostitution, and that as a result the USA should use "gender sensitive frameworks" in ...

The Register, 2 weeks ago

Obamacare Failures Beg the Questions that 'Medicare-For-All' Answers

In recent days, many of us have read and tried to follow the reports that Congressional offices are engaged in discussions about how to make sure their health insurance coverage available under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) remains affordable ...

Common Dreams, 3 weeks ago

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