Washington's Home - Down the river from DC
Sen. Reid: The Senate has three days left before going on a month-long break. They have a lot on their schedule, but need to find time to pass S. 1257, DC House Voting Rights Act.
Sen. McConnell: We need you to agree not to lead the first filibuster of a voting rights bill since 1964 - 43 years ago. That was a shameful episode in Congressional history -- both Democrats and Republicans were to blame. Do the right thing now.
Washington, DC was named after George Washington, who lived down the river at Mt. Vernon (see photo). Does anyone think he would have wanted to fight for our nation's freedom and then allowed his neighbors up the river to lose one of those freedoms?
Hooray for Fridays!
Five Republican assemblymen have introduced National Popular Vote legislation in the New York legislature.
Hanover, New Hampshire, the home of Dartmouth College, and other small neighboring towns are considering implementing community broadband.
In New York state the energy industry has spent more than $11 million in lobbying expenses and campaign contributions.
Possible illegal campaign contributions are causing scandals in Wisconsin and Missouri.
Former North Carolina state representative Michael Decker pleaded guilty to accepting payment for switching his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, thereby swaying a House Speaker vote.
DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton appeared on The Colbert Report, talking about District of Columbia voting rights.
Denver, Colorado, politicians think transparency is a pretty good idea.
Wisconsin gubernatorial "reform candidate" Mark Green didn't sign our Voters First Pledge.
The Department of Justice is sueing the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, for denying equal voting rights to minority citizens.
Confusion still reigns in Ohio over voting guidelines laid out by Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell.
Limited Liability Corporations (LLC) in New York make circumventing campaign finance laws a piece of cake.
This week I'm specifically soliciting news from Michigan, for the sole reason that I rarely hear anything related to reform or ethics coming from that state. Use the Comments section, and bring on the Wolverine State news. Unless there is none...in which case, bring on some tidbits about Iowa. Why?
Why not?
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