Progressive Buttons Blog

Hank Johnson may be from Georgia, but he’s a solid progressive, earning a 75 percent rating from the Progressive Patriots legislative scorecard. He’s voted against dangerous bills like the Big Brother bill to establish government spying against Americans, ironically entitled the Protect America Act. Representative Johnson stands for straightforward, common-sense support for Head Start preschool programs, and efforts to abolish the use of child soldiers.

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Politically, Vito Fossella ought to be judged according to his actions in Congress, not according to his private actions during his time away from his job. That’s just the approach that has been taken by Steve Harrison, a Democrat challenging Fossella for New York’s 13th district seat in the House of Representatives.

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Unfortunately, right wing Supreme Court justices appointed by Republican candidates saw things differently, and ruled to overturn the power of the Clean Water Act to protect a huge number of American waterways and wetlands. Some in Congress are working to overcome that problem with a new piece of legislation to restore the integrity of the Clean Water Act. The bill is called the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007.

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The Wyoming Democratic Party has become reinvigorated with news that Gary Trauner will be confronting incumbent Republican Barbara Cubin, who currently occupies Wyoming’s seat in the House of Representatives. The Wyoming Democrats’ blog declares, “When faced with a choice of what is best for Wyoming, and what the far right wing leadership of the Republican Party tells her to do, Cubin ALWAYS caters to the far right.”

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