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Our Grassroots Grows

August 24, 2010 By congressman-jim-mcgovern

Wednesday at midnight marks the last federal reporting deadline before the September primary. It's the last chance before the fall to show that our campaign has the widest range of supporters and the true grassroots momentum. Whether it's … [Read more...]

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Question Afghan policy

August 6, 2010 By congressman-jim-mcgovern

Last December, President Obama told the American people that we would begin to withdraw our forces next July. The American people deserve to know if that plan is still in place, and how we're going to get there. So last month, U.S. Rep. … [Read more...]

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Have you Heard? – by Ed Augustus

July 28, 2010 By congressman-jim-mcgovern

# On Monday night, Jim appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss the war. # Today, he was quoted in Maureen Dowd's New York Times column, # The Washington Post, # Bloomberg, # The Boston Globe, # and the Associated Press. Jim has … [Read more...]

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Why I’m with Jim McGovern – by Ed Augustus

June 30, 2010 By congressman-jim-mcgovern

I came back for Jim because there is nobody who works harder for his district, nobody who does more for Massachusetts, and nobody who is a more effective voice for progressive causes in Congress. I came back for Jim because we need his … [Read more...]

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Time for an Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable

April 14, 2010 By congressman-jim-mcgovern

More than eight years after the United States launched our involvement in Afghanistan, I am very concerned that continuing to operate a military-centric nation-building strategy in that country is not in our national security interests, and … [Read more...]

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Why I’m with Martha…

January 14, 2010 By congressman-jim-mcgovern

As one who is strongly opposed to the U.S. military escalation in Afghanistan, I am asking you to join with me in voting for Martha Coakley on Tuesday, January 19th. Martha shares my view that our national security interests will not be … [Read more...]

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It’s time for a U.S. exit strategy in Afghanistan

September 14, 2009 By congressman-jim-mcgovern

Our mission continues to grow and grow, with no clear sense of where we are ultimately going. It has been eight long years. We have lost too many brave men and women. And we have spent billions and billions of dollars. The government of … [Read more...]

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Ending Hunger

October 29, 2008 By congressman-jim-mcgovern

Hunger must be on presidential plate By George McGovern and Jim McGovernMore people die from hunger in the world today than from war. Yet in all the presidential debates, there was not a single question to the candidates on their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: george-mcgovern, hunger, jim-mcgovern, presidential-election

A message from Jim McGovern and Barney Frank

January 31, 2008 By congressman-jim-mcgovern

We wanted to take just a few words to make our case - as fellow committed progressives - for Hillary Clinton.  We have fought hard to end the awful war in Iraq, to promote economic fairness and social justice; and to elect fellow … [Read more...]

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A big THANK YOU from Congressman Jim McGovern

October 27, 2006 By congressman-jim-mcgovern

I wanted to thank all of you who attended Wednesday's rally in Worcester for helping to make it such a great event. I know that Deval and Tim were thrilled with the attendance and the energy, and President Clinton called to say how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bill, clinton, mcgovern, murray, patrick, worcester

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