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 | New Ad by Common Cause : Behind it All: Fair Elections Now! Surprisingly, Senator Patty Murray has not indicated her support of this legislation. Senator Cantwell is a co-sponsor. Bob Burr, who is running against Senator Murray as a Democrat, has this to say: Burr stated that ever since Sen. Maria Cantwell and over half of the House Democratic caucus [...] Many Americans assume the new health care reform act will benefit mostly the poor and uninsured and hurt everyone else, according to polls. As Matt Yglesias wrote, “Basically, people see this as a bill that will take resources from people who have health insurance and give it to people who don’t have health insurance.” Those who still oppose the reform say that people ought [...] State Sen. Craig Pridemore (D-49, Vancouver), candidate for the open Congressional seat in the 3rd District, won the Washington State Labor Council’s (WSLC) sole 2010 endorsement over his opponent (presumed Democratic frontrunner) Denny Heck this afternoon. Sen. Pridemore needed a two-thirds majority vote of more than 400 delegates from across Washington at WSLC’s annual Committee on Political Education Convention to win the endorsement. [...] As Rob says, “Think Big”. You can read the whole article with detailed explanations here: Put all unemployed workers and their families on medicare. End Unemployment. Give ten million unemployed people jobs. Military Re-do End drug laws that involve victimless crimes. End the marijuana laws Throw out the USA’s participation in the WTO, the WB, NAFTA, CAFTA Throw out Corporate Personhood Open up or [...] While I disagree with Senator Pridemore that a bad bill with a couple of good provisions is better than no bill at all, Craig deserves praise for staking out a very clear position on health care reform. The Democrats have to pass legislation that will provide health care at a reasonable cost to both businesses and individuals. It [...] Top Two Primary System is Flawed Citing a desire to not “thin the field of Democrats” in the primary, Deb Wallace withdrew from the 3rd district race to replace Rep. Brian Baird. This is yet another example of why the “top two” primary system is undermining the electoral process. If we did not have political parties, the top two primary would make sense. [...] |      | ||||
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