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This morning, on a vote of 218-212, the US House passed the Iraq Accountability Act, which sits a pullout date for troops in Iraq by August of 2008 at the latest. It also approves more funding for the war, which has been a major point of contention among those members of the Progressive and […]

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Yesterday, Republican Tom Latham and all of the other Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee voted AGAINST a portion of the Democratic Iraq supplemental funding bill. The portion they voted against? Making sure our troops were fully armored, protected, trained, and rested before they were sent back to Iraq to serve. […]

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I guess I’m mainly asking this question towards John Deeth and other easter Iowans here in the blogosphere, but Congressman Loebsack’s got a lot of attention since he came to DC not only on the issues and his leadership, but also on the amount of contributions he received. Jane Norman wrote in the Register […]

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The National Journal has a good story available online today called “The Value of a Vote” that discussed the importance of money in politics, particularly in the 2006 midterm elections and how expenditures impacted the electorate. It doesn’t necessarily reach any conclusions about self-funded candidates or the viability of candidates who spend more money […]

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Common Iowan notes that Loebsack is still adhering to the same position that he started articulating last summer during his campaign for Congress. Like I pointed out earlier, the idea that he was walking to the center was just not necessary. While I appreciate an effort to keep him honest, we can’t just […]

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This post is probably going to be a bit jumbled, so forgive me, but there is so much to write about in terms of escalation right now that I’m going to try and put it all together.
First of all, Vilsack gets the fantastic title from Atrios of being “shrill” about escalating the war in Iraq […]

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Kyle brought to my attention today this post from an Iowa blog called Popular Progressive entitled “Who did we elect?” The subject of the post is newly sworn-in Congressman Dave Loebsack and his articulation of his position on the war in Iraq. Gark, the author of the blog, posts two brief passages. […]

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This is the text of an email I received earlier this morning:
“Dear Christopher:
More than 5 long years into President Bush’s short-sighted, cruel policy restricting stem cell research, America once again has the chance to reverse it — and strike a blow for hope.
On January 11, 2007, the House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 3, […]

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While searching through eBay last night, a friend of mine came across this amazing item. It is a campaign postcard from Mike Blouin’s congressional campaign in the 1970s.

The owner says it is from 1974, but the letter on the back of the postcard seems like it is from his 1978 campaign, which he lost […]

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It looks entirely possible that by the end of the year, President Bush might be having to use the veto pen/stamp for the second time while in office unless he finds a way to write a creative presidential signing statement that essentially negates every part of the bill, which I’m sure might actually piss off […]

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