Progressive Buttons Blog

Congressman Deal actually held a fundraiser right inside the D.C. offices of the lobbying firm, with corporate big shots coming right out and handing Deal checks for as much as $6,100 a piece – the “platinum” level of congressional access.

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This campaign button for Boxer creates a memorable alliterative slogan that will stick in voters minds better than a standard political button would: I’m Bananas for Boxer.

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Wall Street has sent out its lobbyists to pay off members of Congress who are willing to block John Tierney’s legislation. They’ve even got one of their own insiders, David Sukoff, a former hedge fund manager, to run as a Republican candidate against Tierney

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Congressman Paulsen, who “represents” the 3rd district in Minnesota, calls for lobbyists and political action committees to come and bring him money. Erik Paulsen seems to care more about his corporate masters than his constituents back in Minnesota.

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Jonathan Tasini pledges never to accept money from war profiteers, as too many politicians in Congress do.

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Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, Parker Griffith has proven that you can’t trust him. All Alabama can stand together against Griffith.

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Democrats will be even more reluctant to support Betsy Markey’s re-election, and Republicans will want their own candidate, no matter how far Markey swerves to the right.

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Progressives are mounting a new campaign – not for Lieberman so much as against him. Its rallying cry: Joseph Lieberman for Ex-Senator!

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Brett Guthrie voted to allow financial firms that are taking government bailout money to continue avoiding sensible reforms. Guthrie voted to encourage rotten high stakes gambling on financial markets using public money as collateral.

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Senator Bayh’s legislative record does not match the general vision of Democratic voters. Although Bayh is a Democrat, he has helped to support the Republicans’ worst policies. Tamyra d’Ippolito, on the other hand, is running as a progressive Democrat, supporting the issues that Democrats care about.

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