So let's compare and contrast. Exhibit A, our senior Senator. Leading, as elected officials are supposed to do. Exhibit B, our junior Senator. Hedging, mumbling, and following. Kerry, two weeks ago. Senator John … [Read more...]
Vennochi whacks Obama
Wow. Venocchi slices and dices Obama in a piece on Kerry and deservedly so. But I think she may also subconsciously be displacing some residual resentment against Kerry onto Obama here. After years of dithering, Kerry's got a lot of make-up … [Read more...]
Constituent Services
I just called my Senators to comment on the Food Safety Modernization Act, and the possible extension of the Treasury 1603 program for renewable energy financing. For Senator Brown, I was placed on hold for 10+ minutes on the DC line (I … [Read more...]
John Kerry, post-1971
Ineffably Kerryesque:"I'm not going to prescribe without greater in-depth analysis and briefing,'' he said. "I want to make that judgment very, very carefully.'' … [Read more...]
Climate Crisis Catastrophe
This disaster has many authors. (1) Republicans: There's the fact that not a single Republican Senator would back a bill. Senator Graham backed away from the bill he originally helped to produce with Senators Kerry and Lieberman. Senator … [Read more...]
NYT: Kerry protects loophole for wealthiest
Well-informed BMG folks: is this claim in a 6/14 New York Times editorial as bad as it sounds?You heard right. Desperately needed unemployment benefits have been held hostage to a tax break for the rich, and the Senate's Democratic … [Read more...]
Help Restore Youth Jobs! Rally Tuesday at Boston City Hall Plaza
Why Now? Over the past six years, thousands of Boston teens have participated in campaigns to restore funding for youth employment and to prevent further cuts. They have consistently named employment as a major strategy for ending the … [Read more...]
I Support Youth Jobs and I vote! Join me! (And Thank Senator Kerry too!)
If you can still spare a moment after calling Senator Scott Brown, call Senator Kerry and thank him for making our young people's lives a priority. This year in Boston, 27 people have been murdered. But this is not just a Boston problem. As … [Read more...]
Climate: Lindsey Graham is right. (??)
Graham pulls support for the tri-partisan climate bill because Reid puts immigration reform in front: Graham (R-SC) charged that Obama and Senate leaders have signaled immigration is their priority. Graham said that "has destroyed my … [Read more...]
Why Young People Must Call Congress About Climate – Repeatedly
This weekend, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said that kind of thinking could get the G.O.P. in trouble with young people. Indeed, he said one of the central reasons he is reaching across the aisle on clean energy and … [Read more...]
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