After Senate Republicans failed to weaken the Violence Against Women Act to exclude immigrant, Native American, and LGBT women from its full protections, attention now shifts to the House, where Republicans are pushing to do the same thing. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney refuses to take a firm stand. Just how much violence against women are they […]

Karen Menke gets it. Everyone that is honest with one self knows there has been a war on women from the inception of this country. Things have improved over time for women as they fought for what they should not have had to fight for as inherent rights. It is true that women fought for […]

"Path to Poverty" For America This week, Republicans in Congress are back in their home districts desperately trying to convince their constituents that voting to disinvest in America to pay for more millionaire tax giveaways is really putting our country on the so-called "Path to Prosperity." The Republican budget puts America on a Path to […]

Clear Contrast As Mitt Romney plods on toward the GOP nomination, President Obama set forth his vision for America in a key speech yesterday — adding that he couldn’t “remember a time when the choice between competing visions of our future has been so unambiguously clear.” Let’s make that contrast clear. Working families paying more […]

All in one day on Capitol Hill, House Republicans voted for the Romney-Ryan-Republican plan to end Medicare as we know it and Senate Republicans voted to protect $24 billion in tax giveaways for Big Oil. Here they go again: taking away Medicare to give more taxpayer money to Big Oil. After a lifetime paying into […]

  Harris County rejecting fewer voters, but Dems want proof By Lise Olsen Updated 09:01 p.m., Thursday, March 29, 2012 Harris County officials have rejected far fewer would-be voters since 2008, but Democrats are demanding more proof that voter rolls are not being illegally suppressed – particularly among Hispanics – as another U.S. presidential election […]

What Americans Stand to Lose If Obamacare gets taken away, American families will pay the price. Health care should be about ensuring all parents can take their kids to the doctor when they get sick, not scoring political points. Republicans want the courts to strike down Obamacare because it would cost the President politically, but […]

  Friend — Yesterday was the second anniversary of health care reform, or Obamacare, which is under threat of repeal by each of the GOP candidates. Mitt Romney said he’d "kill it dead." So each tip this week focuses on how this landmark reform is working to help people — from young people to seniors […]

  My fellow Democrat Deborah Mowrey sent me an email last night with a link to the article below titled “5 Words And Phrases Democrats Should Never Say Again”. The article is well written and is a must read. The GOP has been destroying the middle class for the last 30 years yet because of […]