Back home in Oregon

Monday, September 8th, 2008

First of all, there’s a website that I need to add to my blogroll, and that’s SenateGuru.  They are pretty awesome - and this makes it much more so!  First off, there is an extensive interview with Oregon Dem Jeff Merkley, who is going up against Bush scapegoat/apologist Gordon Smith.  Merkley is up in recent [...]

Memo to Harry Reid: Strip Lieberman from his committee chairmanships!

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

By now, you have probably heard that Independent Senator Joe Lieberman will be speaking at the Republican National Convention.  That’s fine - he has the right to do it.  But because Lieberman was formerly a Democrat, and the Democratic Leadership has honored his past service and the fact that he will caucus with Democrats, with [...]

Filibustering against Telecom Immunity

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Okay - so several of our senators let us down when it came to fighting for the Constitution and against Telecom Immunity (I’m talking to *you*, Senator Obama! - even if there is a loophole to hold the companies criminally accountable).  However, two Senators who should be commended, Senators Dodd and Feingold, plan on filibustering [...]