This Stroke goes out to Rep. Gabby Giffords, my Congressperson. Gabby fought for expansion of health care to children from families with low incomes through SCHIP. Americans United For Change recognized her stand on the issue and cut a radio ad supporting her because she has been targeted by the insurance industry as a result … Read more
Harry can’t seem to catch a break. Under fire from members of his own party for pandering to the right on the Iraq war, tax cuts and the Bush Administration’s illegal wiretapping of Americans, Harry’s now catching hell from those same Republicans he’s trying to court over an overtime switch of his vote on a … Read more
Harry Mitchell and Gabby Giffords are hearing radio ads telling them to straighten up and fly… er, left on the Iraq war. Some Democrats are doing more than complaining about Harry and Gabby’s votes to continue funding Bush’s folly in Iraq. Here’s the ad: Listen to Voided.mp3 Get out your checkbook now and send Harry … Read more
I had a conversation (if me yelling a lot can be called a conversation) with Seth Scott, Representative Harry Mitchell’s Press Secretary about Harry’s co-sponsorship of a tax cut plan to keep Capital Gains taxes at their current Bush-mandated rate, and to decrease estate taxes by increasing the exemption to 3.75 million and graduating the … Read more
Link: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords gets SCAAP Funding Restored. SCAAP is the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, which reimburses local law enforcement agencies for the cost of imprisoning undocumented aliens. You may remember the flap that Gov. Napolitano created by sending overdue bills to Washington for over $300 million in unpaid SCAAP reimbursements. Well, Gabby scored … Read more