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Senator Kerry was way ahead of the curve on Libya. Brown, not so much.

March 20, 2011 By David

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012, brown, kerry

Vennochi whacks Obama

March 16, 2011 By hubspoke

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: kerry, obama

Constituent Services

November 19, 2010 By syphax

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: brown, kerry, senate

John Kerry, post-1971

July 27, 2010 By hubspoke

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: afghanistan, kerry, quagmire

Climate Crisis Catastrophe

July 25, 2010 By historian

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 350.org, cap-and-trade, clear, climate-change, democrats, kerry, national, obama, republicans

NYT: Kerry protects loophole for wealthiest

June 19, 2010 By hubspoke

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: kerry, loopholes, rich

Help Restore Youth Jobs! Rally Tuesday at Boston City Hall Plaza

June 14, 2010 By cl-berg-powers

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: kerry, massachusetts, scott-brown, youth-jobs, youth-opportunity, youth-violence

I Support Youth Jobs and I vote! Join me! (And Thank Senator Kerry too!)

June 7, 2010 By cl-berg-powers

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: john-kerry, kerry, scott-brown, youth-jobs, youth-opportunity, youth-violence

Climate: Lindsey Graham is right. (??)

April 26, 2010 By Charley on the MTA

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, environment, global-warming, john-kerry, kerry, lindsey-graham

Why Young People Must Call Congress About Climate – Repeatedly

March 3, 2010 By heather-taylormiesle-nrdc-action-fund

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, climate, kerry, lindsey-graham, nrdc-action-fund

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