1. Religious Education
2. Capitalism
3. The Tax Bill (the part congress played in it)
4. Healthcare
5. SNAP
6. Government Assistance (Other)
7. Veteran Wave
8. Where Democrats Stand
2. Capitalism
3. The Tax Bill (the part congress played in it)
4. Healthcare
5. SNAP
6. Government Assistance (Other)
7. Veteran Wave
8. Where Democrats Stand
9. Candidates
10. GOTV and Nancy
10. GOTV and Nancy
I have been collecting these articles throughout the year. The part in green is a direct quote from the article in the link before or after it. I also very specifically stuck to reliable news sources. Actual fact based news sources like Politico, CBS News, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The LA Times and others.
Where Democrats Stand:
Democrats haven’t
been able to get much through over the last two years. But, they have been
fighting hard for those who need a voice in congress. Those who can’t afford to donate
thousands of dollars or more a month to their campaigns. They are fighting for
the overall health and safety of everyone.
I really liked what Joe Kennedy said in his state of the union rebuttal speech. Personally, I think he is a strong candidate to replace Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the house. It's an important message that democrats have held true to this year.
“We choose a better deal for all who call our country home,” Kennedy said. “We choose the living wage, paid leave and the affordable child care your family needs to survive. We choose pensions that are solvent, trade pacts that are fair, roads and bridges that won’t rust away, a good education you can afford. We choose a health care system that offers you mercy, whether you suffer from cancer or depression or addiction. We choose an economy strong enough to boast record stock prices and brave enough to admit that top CEOs making 300 times the average worker is not right.” – Joe Kennedy (State of the Union Rebuttal)
Democratic demands are ambitious, topped by a legislative shield for the
young undocumented immigrants whose Obama-era protection from deportation was
ended by Mr. Trump. They are also pushing for broader intervention in the
opioid epidemic, a boost for veterans’ care, disaster relief to
hurricane-stricken areas, and financing for the Children’s Health Insurance
Program.
“Nothing is agreed to until
everything is agreed to,” Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the
Democratic leader, said in an interview on Tuesday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/us/politics/senate-democrats-government-shutdown-immigration.html
“People should not be intimidated by the F.C.C. simply saying it has
pre-emptive authority, and we need to dig into the sources of that claim, which
are a lot weaker than the F.C.C. makes it out to be,” said State Representative
Drew Hansen, a Democrat who has introduced one of two net neutrality bills in
Washington in recent weeks.
Democrats want to
restore Net Neutrality. It’s a customer protection that forbids providers from
slowing down or not opening certain websites, charging websites for faster
speeds, and limits pricing. I have noticed Verizon slowing down some pages
consistently. You might remember my February blog post “Confronting Verizon”.
They falsely advertise their fast speeds. Once they add fine print, it’s time
to pressure congress to restore net neutrality!
As of February 27th,
All Senate Democrats, both Independents, and Susan Collins (R) had all signed
on to the bill. In the politico link below, it talks about how they fought for
that last vote!
In May, the
Senate took a vote on a bill to restore net neutrality to save us from
unchecked high bills, website lock outs, and “slow and fast lanes”. 52-47 it
passed. But, the republican-led house refused to pick it up. If democrats can control the house again, the internet gets easier for all of us! It makes doing business easier and it makes it easier for small businesses to access customers without being priced out of the higher speed abilities.
I have done blog
posts on this in January and February. I
don’t know about you, but, I have noticed changes in some webpage internet
speeds. Some pages never open on the first try anymore.
After the
Parkland shooting there was more pressure than ever on representatives to write
gun laws. But, financed by the NRA, Republicans did little to nothing. In the
meantime, democrats renewed pressure for something common sense. It’s not about
no guns. It’s about common sense gun safety laws.
In December,
house republicans passed the “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017”.
Meaning, if you can legally carry a concealed gun in your state, you can do it
in any state. It was paired with a light background check bill. As of February
the Senate hadn’t even looked at it. They considered a stricter background bill
separate from the concealed carry reciprocity act. Because they never would
have the votes to pass anything with the concealed carry part in there. Too many
states have too weak gun laws for this to be supported by most voters.
https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=8B3E8400-766E-4B5E-B59B-C800BB52A973
What about
government assistance? Democrats are doing the best they can do stop the
decimation of these programs. While republicans are saying they want to pay for their tax cuts to the rich with cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, and Social Security, democrats are refusing to let them steal from the poor to give to the rich.
Democrats, however, are refusing to consider
“extreme, partisan policies” that they say would slash spending on food stamps
— a bulwark of the social safety net for more than 50 years. The program
currently helps more than 40 million low-income Americans buy groceries each
month. Support for the status quo also comes from the country’s biggest
retailers and food companies, who see the program as a substantial chunk of
their business. Farm groups, too, are unlikely to support big changes with the
understanding they would threaten the whole bill.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/28/food-stamp-fight-kill-farm-bill-446477
Democrats don’t
want immigrant families separated. They want common sense gun safety laws. Not
to ban guns but, to regulate guns for societies’ protection just like cars are
regulated. They want everyone to be able to afford health care, food, and
housing. They want everyone to make a living wage. A big thing they
want to do is preserve affordable coverage for those with pre-existing
conditions. Below is one example of many in the link below.
In
2010, Mr. Manchin’s pro-West Virginia iconoclasm meant standing up to his
party’s leadership. Now, it means protecting a core provision of the Affordable
Care Act. The words “Affordable Care Act” don’t appear in the ad — neither does
Obamacare. But the Manchin campaign has bet big that health care politics in the state have
changed.
Instead of vowing to repeal part of Obamacare, he’s promising to protect its
most popular provision. In fact, West Virginia has benefited more than nearly every other state from the health care
law, and it’s the state with the largest share of residents with pre-existing
health conditions, according to estimates from the Kaiser Family
Foundation.
Next week, I will take stances on issues strait from five candidate websites. Bob Menendez (NJ Senate), Beto O'Rourke (TX Senate), Mikie Sherrill (NJ11 Congress), Phil Bredesen (TN Senate), and Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ2 Congress). I recommend checking out the websites for the democrats running to represent you.
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