Time to Raise the Minimum Wage

by | Jun 13, 2006 | Uncategorized

Today the House Appropriations Committee surprised everyone with a 32-27 vote to raise the minimum wage over a three year period from the current $5.15 an hour to $7.25 an hour. See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13302871/ for details.Unfortunately, Republican leaders...

Congressman Burridge? I think so …

by | Jun 13, 2006 | Uncategorized

3rd Congressional District Candidate Christian Burridge has had a couple of interesting posts on his blog the last few days. The two most recent are my two most favorite: The Real Cancer on Societyand the Cannon Brothers Myth Making Machine

Save NPR and PBS (again)

by | Jun 12, 2006 | Uncategorized

From MoveOn.org House Republicans just voted to slash funding for NPR and PBS this year–and eliminate funding altogether in two years. We stopped them last year. We can stop them again. Sign our petition to Congress opposing these massive cuts to public...

Compassionate Conservatism?

by | Jun 9, 2006 | Uncategorized

Some Republican legislators responsible for keeping continued funding of dental care for the poor from coming up for a vote are now scoffing at the Governor’s efforts to raise the money from private sources. According to KCPW House Majority Leader Jeff Alexander...