Topic: Congress

What hurts our troops!

By Bill Larson | March 23, 2007 |

The House debates the U.S. Troops Readiness, Veterans’ Health and Iraq Accountability Act. The House of Representatives has a choice: either endorse the President’s open-ended commitment to the war in Iraq or demand accountability, support our troops and set a timeline for the phased redeployment of our troops. It passed 218-212. Of course George W. Bush Jr. says he will veto the measure.

This is a portion of the debate from Rep. John Murtha  (D-PA)

This is a good example of why people who really support the troops are also peace activists. You don’t send our troops into harms way when they are not trained, equipped, and ready for combat. You don’t send them to war without an achievable plan for victory. You definitely don’t send them into combat without support systems in place for when they come home again. You don’t send them into battle while at the same time cutting the medical benefits that were promised to them and their families. «Read the rest of this article»

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It’s time for hard questions about Iraq

By Bill Larson | November 2, 2006 |

With new reports of Iraq descending into chaos, the DCCC released a new advertisement about the continued failure of the Bush White House to come up with a strategy to win in Iraq and the Republican Congress to ask a single question or perform any oversight.

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An Oversight Hearing on the Planning and Conduct of the War in Iraq

By Bill Larson | September 26, 2006 |

The Democratic Policy Committee held hearings on Monday September 25th on the Planning and Conduct of the War in Iraq. Witnesses included Major General John R.S. Batiste, U.S. Army (Retired); Major General Paul D. Eaton, U.S. Army (Retired); and Colonel Thomas X. Hammes, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired). «Read the rest of this article»

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Voting Rights Act protects all Americans

By Terry McMoore | July 26, 2006 |

No matter who you are, as an adult, you have a right to vote.

There has been a lot of talk about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 being due to expire in 2007 and how it would revoke African Americans’ right to vote. Well, this story, urban legend or whatever else you may want to call it, is not true. Not entirely true anyway. There are some sections of this act that were due to expire in 2007 that have been addressed by the U.S. Congress since 2005 in a proactive move to ensure the renewal of those sections of this act.

However, while many believe that this just affects the rights of African-Americans, nothing could be further from the truth. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 actually protects all of us from being subjected to unnecessary measures that could restrict or prevent our ability to vote as a whole. «Read the rest of this article»

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