5 Tips for Calling Congress on Marijuana Policy Reform
September 142009
Watch as MPP’s Aaron Houston walks through the things you should know before calling Congress to express your opinions and support for marijuana policy reform.
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U.S. Sudan Talks Senator John Kerry s Visit
September 82009
As chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry will lead a congressional delegation to Sudan’s Darfur region, and will hold talks with senior members of the Sudanese government. [John Kerry, U.S. Senator]: “It’s a pleasure for me to be in Sudan and I am looking forward to some very in-depth discussions. There are obviously some very important issues for us to begin to talk about. Now it’s my opportunity, representing the Congress of the United States Senate to be here to engage on humanitarian issues and obviously issues pertaining to the conflict that has so seriously pulled at the country over these last years. We are all very hopeful that we can make progress on these issues, I think everybody will benefit from that.” Washington has had tense relations with the Islamist government of Bashir, who came to power in Africa’s largest country in a 1989 coup. The United States imposed economic sanctions on Sudan in 1997 and labeled it a state sponsor of terrorism. Ties were strained further by the conflict in Darfur, which both Obama and his predecessor, George W. Bush have called genocide, a description Sudan’s government rejects
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congress objects to W.Bush but Gore+Senate won’t support it
September 82009
members of congress object to certifying the george w. bush election results in 2000 due to election fraud + massive disenfranchisement but NO senator NOR Al Gore support the fight… “sad day in america”
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Civil Liberties and your Congress
September 52009
http://www.bordc.org/involved/concerned/votingrecords.php
Check out their voting records on important bills right up there.
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US State Senator Earth Is 6,000 Years Old
August 272009
Al Gore Testifies in US Congress about 350
August 272009
On January 21, 2009, former Vice President Al Gore testified in front of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It was the first hearing that the Committee held after Barack Obama was elected president. Here, at the beginning of the question and answer period, they discuss the 350 parts per million target, agreeing that it should be the agreed-upon goal for an international agreement. For more info, check out 350.org.
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President Cory Aquino’s historic speech before the U.S. Congress (2 of 3)
August 242009
On September 18, 1986, just 7 months after she was swept to power by a popular revolt against dictator Ferdinand Marcos, president Corazon C. Aquino addressed the joint session of the United States Congress during her first visit to the country since she came home to bury slain opposition leader and husband Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino, Jr. in August 1983.
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President Cory Aquino’s historic speech before the U.S. Congress (1 of 3)
August 212009
On September 18, 1986, just 7 months after she was swept to power by a popular revolt against dictator Ferdinand Marcos, president Corazon C. Aquino addressed the joint session of the United States Congress during her first visit to the country since she came home to bury slain opposition leader and husband Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino, Jr. in August 1983.
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Workers Allege ACORN actively campaigned for Senate candidate Claire McCaskill
August 182009
ACORN workers allege that they were instructed to tell people to vote for U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill while registering voters in support of the proposed minimum wage increase.
This video report comes from http://www.pubdef.net, a non-partisan political website based in the City of St. Louis, MO.
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IA Sen. Jack Hatch delivers letter to Congress
August 152009
Iowa State Senator Jack Hatch speaks at a Capitol Hill press conference at which a he delivered a letter from 700 of his colleagues urging health care reform including the choice of a public insurance plan. Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and Wisconsin Congressman Steve Kagen accepted the letter on behalf of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively.
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