This month the House approved the Keeping All Students Safe Act, a bipartisan bill providing comprehensive protection for children against abusive disciplinary actions at schools, such as restraints, drugging, or being isolated in a locked room. Ken Calvert voted against this bipartisan bill. Ken Calvert voted for the continued use of abusive discipline in...
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Tags: Bill Hedrick, CA-44, Congressman Ken Calvert, Education, Elections, Ken Calvert Corruption Chronicles
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Even ‘Short Term’ escalation will Cost taxpayers tens of billions that America can’t afford said; Democratic Congressional candidate (CA-44) Bill Hedrick, reacting to the President’s speech at West Point Tuesday.
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Tags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan troop levels, Bill Hedrick, CA-44, President Barack Obama
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Remember when I told you about how our lovely South County (and Riverside) Congresscritter Ken Calvert (R-Hypocrisy) was trying to take credit for economic recovery projects that he voted against? Well, guess what? Now we can actually see for ourselves what Ken Calvert voted to deny his constituents!
Let’s take a look at what Ken...
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Tags: CA-44, Congress, Economic Recovery, economic stimulus, Inland Empire, Ken Calvert, Progressive Values, radical right, Republican Hypocrisy, Republican mistakes, Riverside, South County
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How lovely. Even though Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Scandal) proudly voted “NAY!” on the economic recovery bill, he has no problem giving himself a “YEA!” for supposedly ensuring economic recovery in the 44th District.
“It’s no surprise that House Republicans are betting on failure, while President Obama and Democrats are investing in success. But for...
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Tags: CA-44, Congress, economic stimulus, Inland Empire, Ken Calvert, Republican Hypocrisy, Republican mistakes, South County
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Our series on winning OC’s Congressional Districts continues today as we head down south (or is that east?) to the 44th District. Of all the OC districts, none shocked the pundits or challenged “conventional wisdom” more than this one. And if we Democrats are as smart as we say we are, we should be...
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Tags: 2010 election, CA-44, Congressional races, Ken Calvert, South County, WDYT, Winning Elections
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Wow. James L at Swing State Project is taking notice. Our own 44th Congressional District shocked not just the OC politicos, but the entire national punditry. Bill Hedrick nearly unseated 16 year entrenched GOP incumbent Ken Calvert.
So what do we do now? We are so tantalizingly close to winning here. What can we do...
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Tags: 2010 election, Bill Hedrick, CA-44, Democrats, Inland Empire, Ken Calvert, Republican mistakes, Riverside, South County
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(Proudly cross-posted at C4O)
This week has been nothing short of amazing! Barack Obama will be our next President. More and better Democrats will be going to Congress. The electoral map has undergone a major blue shift.
So why has this whole experience been bittersweet at best for me? Well, all is not well in my...
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Tags: Bill Hedrick, C4O All-Star Democrats, CA-44, CA-46, California, Clintonistas for Obama, Debbie Cook, Democrats, Dina Titus, Nevada, NV-03, Progressive Values, winning
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