MI-Sen BREAKING: Gary Peters Officially Announces!
This has been expected since the moment that Carl Levin announced his retirement, but moments ago, MI-14 (formerly MI-09) Representative Gary Peters officially announced that he is, indeed, running for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Here's how the IRS scandal could cost Uncle Sam billions
Revelations that IRS civil servants used biased criteria to target conservative groups seeking tax exempt status is rightly drawing bipartisan outrage. President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MI-Sen: The Michigan Credit Union League Endorses Gary Peters (D) For U.S....
Congressman Gary Peters (D. MI-14), who is running for Senator Carl Levin's (D. MI) seat, received a big endorsement today: http://www.cutimes.com/... The Michigan Credit Union League on Friday...
View ArticleI’m with Sen. Carl Levin
What could possibly be worse if the Republicans are angry about filibuster reform?Who would have thought that a responsible political party would use Senate rules that were invoked only a few times in...
View ArticleYes, my friends, Apple is still a soulless corporation run by plutocrats
From the Associated Press today:WASHINGTON – Apple Inc. employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rand Paul says Senate panel should apologize to Apple for bullying it over...
No tax gimmicks at Apple, says CEO Tim Cook. Apple executives, including CEO Tim Cook, testified before a Senate panel this morning amid revelations Monday that the company has avoided tens of billions...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MI-Sen: Debbie Stabenow (D) & Carl Levin Endorse Gary Peters (D) For U.S. Senate
Received this e-mail today from Senator Debbie Stabenow (D. MI) who is support Congressman Gary Peters (D. MI-14) in next year's Senate race to replace retiring Senator Carl Levin (D. MI): Michigan...
View ArticleDon't Cut Entitlements, Do This Instead
The Huffington Postreports that the Center for American Progress ("a pillar of the Democratic establishment in Washington") is walking away from negotiations aimed at reaching a grand bargain in the...
View ArticleWhich 19 Democrats opposed extending the PATRIOT Act in 2005 but then...
Over the past few days, I've been looking at old roll call votes on security state issues in order to discern which members of Congress have been resolute defenders of civil liberties, which have been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Old white man decides to leave military sexual assault decisions in the hands...
Sen. Carl Levin faces a panel of top military leaders during a Senate hearing on military sexual assault. Thanks to Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl Levin (D-MI), top military officers will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NC-Sen: Heidi Heitkamp (D. ND) Joins Kay Hagan's (D) Call To End Sexual...
Received this e-mail from Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D. ND) who is joining her colleague, Senator Kay Hagan (D. NC), in calling for cracking down on sexual assault in the military: Our brothers and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MI-Sen: Gary Peters (D) Can Help Make The Senate Greener
Last week, Greg Sargent pointed out that the new generation of Senate Democrats are more environmentally friendly: http://www.washingtonpost.com/... Tim Kaine, the new Senator from Virginia, published...
View ArticleThank you, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, for opposing Obama's...
Earlier this evening, the Senate voted to confirm Obama's nominee for U.S. Trade Representative, Michael Froman, a man that the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute described as an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ralph Nader: "Where is Corporate Patriotism?"
Last year Ralph Nader wrote to Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple: "Corporations and their attorneys like to be judged as 'persons' under our constitutions and laws. So it is entirely appropriate to judge the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
OR-Sen: Jeff Merkley (D) Fights For Dodd-Frank While House GOP Keeps Trying...
House Republicans continue to find ways to weaken and gut Wall Street reform, this time through an agriculture budgeting bill: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... Republicans in Congress have been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MI-Sen: Gary Peters (D) Rakes In More Than $1 Million For U.S. Senate Bid
Congressman Gary Peters (D. MI-14), who is running for Senator Carl Levin's (D. MI) seat, must be all smiles today: http://www.freep.com/... U.S. Rep. Gary Peters has already raised more than...
View ArticleReid told reporters he has the 51 votes he will need to change the rules.
I will not believe it until it's done. I will not believe it until it's done. I will not believe it until it's done.Even if it is right there in print.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., set the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gillibrand gets two unlikely allies in fight against military sexual assault
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is not giving up on her efforts to have military sexual assault dealt with by legal experts, not military commanders, and she has picked up some rather...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MI-Sen: Sierra Club Endorses Gary Peters (D) For U.S. Senate
Congressman Gary Peters (D. MI-14) received a big endorsement this week in his bid to succeed retiring Senator Carl Levin (D. MI): http://www.freep.com/... Michigan’s U.S. Senate election is 16 months...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MI-Sen: Gary Peters (D) Seeks Investigation Of Pet Coke Near Detroit River
Some times there are just too many stories out there about Senate and Gubernatorial candidates that I don't have the time to report on all of them. But I am glad to see Congressman Gary Peters (D....
View Article