NewsWatch: Energy reports on May 15 the Texas Legislature has allowed convenient technicalities to halt a bill designed to improve Texas electric rate payers. The Electric lobbyists have succeeded in trumping the voters and rate payers, yet again. Texas voters should be outraged!
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In a very good article update of how undoing the Tom DeLay gerrymandering of Texas to dilute Democratic voters impact, The Final Stretch: A Look At Texas Congressional District 21, the author, Vince Leibowitz, kinda misses the whole Vote Out Incumbents point, in describing the new District 21 as a more solid Republican district.
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Nelson Walker Provides Good Reasons for Voting Out Incumbents.
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The House narrowly passed what has long been considered to be an impossible bill to push through during a recession. It was bi-partisan in its passage, as 8 Republicans voted for it, and 44 Democrats voted against it. However, this sweeping energy innovation and climate protection bill, faces a short life as it heads to the Senate later this year.
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When selecting candidates to support and elect, the things many people consider are their political views, their experience, and their training. One thing many don't considered strongly enough is their attitude towards the position they seek. Are the candidates we elect politicians or are they representatives? Is politics their career or are they in service of their constituents? These are important questions that deserve voters' attention.
Sen. Diane Feinstein canceled a campaign fundraiser after the Roll Call published a Lobbyist's invitation to constituents inviting them to attend. The invitation to donate to Feinstein's campaign listed Feinstein's various Committee roles as meal courses on the fundraiser's luncheon menu (i.e. power on the menu to be bought).
Iran appears to have an American voting problem. They can't seem to use their vote to remove politicians from office. Regardless of how the people vote, the incumbent wins. That is the claim of many in Iran.
