House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was drowned out by disability activists at her speech at a progressive gathering. The activists stood up and began shouting shortly after Pelosi took the stage, and they did not stop until she completed her speech more than 30 minutes later. At the America’s Future Now! Conference, an annual gathering of [...]
Progressives will gather in Washington, DC this week to assess the role of progressives during a Democratic led government. The three day America’s Future Now! conference begins Monday in Washington, DC. Speakers and participants plan to analyze political achievements and shortcomings in the time of a crippled economy, two wars, and economic disaster. Progressives intend to debate whether [...]
Much of the debate in Washington and in border states like Arizona have been framed around a need to stem the violence caused by unlawful immigrants and drug cartels. Senator Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) told NJP Wednesday that “the violence has increased since 2007.” The violence has increased since 2007 – on the Mexican side of [...]
A debate is looming on Afghanistan war spending. A small number of Senators are raising concerns with the cost while others are opposed to the President’s war policy. The President asked Congress for $33 billion for an additional 30,000 troops for Afghanistan. That request has since been inflated to include $2.8 billion for Haiti, $5.1 [...]
In a system where money dominates politics, an interesting thing happened in Tuesday night’s primary elections – the winning candidate raised significantly less money than their opponent. The race winner is in bold. In Pennsylvania‘s Senate race, party-backed Arlen Specter out raised competitor Joe Sestak 5 to 1. Arlen Specter: $15.4 million Joe Sestak: $3.4 [...]
