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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent led a parade of most of the region’s prominent Republicans who crowded into Kemoll’s banquet room Tuesday to help local GOP lawyer Ed Martin — who’s expected to announce next week that he’s running for Congress. full story at St. Louis Beacon – Kinder, Talent, [...]
High Court Hears Campaign Finance Arguments : NPR
Thursday, September 10th, 2009I’ll be interested to see how this debate trickles down to the Missouri legislature – CJ Not waiting for the first Monday in October, the Supreme Court returned Wednesday for arguments in a case that could transform American politics. In its ruling, the court could reverse decades of its own decisions that have blocked corporate [...]
Calif. Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban : NPR
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. But it also ruled that an estimated 18,000 gay couples who wed before the law took effect will remain married. via Calif. Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban : NPR.
Obama chooses Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009from my.BarackObama.com: I am proud to announce my nominee for the next Justice of the United States Supreme Court: Judge Sonia Sotomayor. This decision affects us all — and so it must involve us all. I’ve recorded a special message to personally introduce Judge Sotomayor and explain why I’m so confident she will make an [...]
Diversity in Supreme Court?
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009from Brennan Center for Justice: A recent poll shows that most Americans do not feel strongly about the role that diversity should play in the selection of a Supreme Court nominee. Sixty-four percent of respondents said it “doesn’t matter” to them if President Obama nominates a woman; sixty-eight percent were uninterested in whether Obama had [...]
Call to support public health insurance option
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009from Moveon.org: Conservatives are running $1 million in ads, starting today, to crush the public health insurance option1—the heart of Obama’s health care plan. And they’ve promised to spend tens of millions more.2 To win against the powerful insurance lobby, we’ll need to be everywhere. Hundreds of thousands of MoveOn members have already made calls, [...]
“Card Check” Bill Forces Congress to Address Workers’ Rights
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009via Congress.org -. When lawmakers return the week of April 20, they’re sure to face a fight over whether to make it easier for workers to unionize. The “Employee Free Choice Act” would allow employees to join a union if a majority of workers sign a card signifying their intent to do so. It would [...]
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