Top conservative California blogger Jon Fleishman gets it. In a post yesterday he asks, “What is Calvert Thinking?” Good question. Fleishman writes, “Calvert is a very big proponent of this Appropriations-driven model of governance that we have in the House…
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CA-44: Ken Calvert — Portrait of a Hypocrite
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“We can’t forgive what occurred between the President and Lewinsky.“ Those are the 1998 words of my representative in Congress, Ken Calvert, member of the Christian Coalition and co-chair to the Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine. It’s interesting…
CA 44: Ken Calvert Pigs Out
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The Office of Management and the Budget defines earmarks as “funds provided by the Congress for projects or programs where the congressional direction … circumvents the merit-based or competitive allocation process, or specifies the location or recipient.” In other words,…
Bellwether
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RBC member and Clinton supporter Garry Shay, former Chair of the Los Angeles Democratic Party and Chair of the CDP’s Rules Committee, has an email announcement list to which I subscribe. Apparently back from his weekend trip to the RBC…
March, April, May
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March: Democrat Bill Foster wins the seat that Illinois Republican Dennis Hastert has held for 20 years. Since the district’s creation in 1959 it has continuously been in Republican hands. April: In Mississippi’s 1st District, in which Bush received 62%…
They’re Going to Denver!
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Wondering who won the delegate elections today to represent you in Denver? Here’s what my pajaritas are telling me: 40th CD, Obama: Gustavo Delgado and Meghan Maher 40th CD, Clinton: John Hanna and Marti Schrank 42nd CD, Obama: Sally Stevens…
DNC Press Release on Florida Delegates
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For Immediate Release April 2, 2000 [See also "UPDATE" below] Joint Statement from DNC Chairman Howard Dean, Florida Democratic Chairwoman Karen L. Thurman and the Florida Congressional Delegation on Seating Florida’s Delegates Washington, DC – After a joint meeting today…
