Discover why the Growing Inequality Threatens our Democracy

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The Rich Few

Jim Dvorak Honored

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Just when thought the R's could get any more extreme/Newt says US should have attacked Iran/ NKorea

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Doctors Now Allowed to Keep Information About Birth Defects from Women in Order to Stop Abortions

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Dennis Pavella & Democratic Nominee Tom Wright serve up breakfast at headquarters

Dennis Pavella & Geauga Endorsed Appeals Court Candidate Tom Wright serve up breakfast at our new headquarters this morning

Barbara Moser with Bill O'Neill and Bill's field director, Tyler, at the Public Official's breakfast

Judicial Candidate Barbara Moser with Bill O'Neill and Bill's field director, Tyler at the public officials breakfast this morning

Check Out how the hard earned money being contributed to the Republicans is being spent

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John Kasich's Lehman didn't pay 600 million in taxes to NYC!

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LaTourette is twice as CONSERVATIVE as Voinovich

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Congressional Voting Records

  House or   Progressive          
CONGRESSIONAL VOTING RECORDS 2009-2010 Senate Outcome Position Sutton Ryan LaTourrette Brown Voinovich
Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act H/S Y Y Y Y N Y N
Paycheck Fairness Act--Allow gender-based pay discrimination victoms to sue for more money H Y Y Y Y N    
SCHIP Children's Health Insurance H Y Y Y Y Y Y N
American Recovery/Reinvestment Act--stimulus bill H/S Y Y Y Y N Y N
Volunteerism & Education Act--reform & reauthorize national service programs, promote volunteerism H Y Y Y Y Y    
Impose tax on bonuses received from TARP recipients H Y Y Y Y N    
Edward Kennedy Serve America Act--national service bill S Y Y       Y Y
Curb bonuses on executives at TARP financial institutions H Y Y Y Y N    
Local Hate Crimes Prevention Act--funds to localities to prosecute hate crimes H Y Y Y Y N    
Helping Families Save Their Homes Act--prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit avialability H/S Y Y Y Y N Y Y
Amendment to Helping Families Save Their Homes Act--to allow judges to cut mortgage principal of homeowners S N Y       Y N
Water Quality Investment Act--authorizes funding to help states build water treatment facilities H Y Y Y Y Y    
Serve America Act--national service bill to increase number of AmeriCorps volunteers and designate 9/11 as a national day of service and remembrance S Y Y       Y Y
Amendment to curb bonuses of executives at TARP institutions H Y Y Y Y N    
Family Smoking Prevention & Tobacco Control Act--grants FDA authority to regulate tobacco H/S Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
American Clean Energy and Security Act--establishes a cap-and-trade program H Y Y Y Y N    
Food Safety Enhancement Act--expands FDA oversight and role in food inspections H Y Y Y Y Y    
Anti--torture amendment to require videotaping of all interrogations of detainees under control of Defense Dept. H Y Y Y Y N    
Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court S Y Y       Y Y
Defense Dept Authorization Bill--includes expanded definition of hate crimes to include sexual preference and gender orientaiton H Y Y Y Y N    
Affordable Healthcare for America Act--the major healthcare reform act H Y Y Y Y N    
Stupak amendment to healthcare reform bill--to restrict ability of insurance companies to fund abortions  H Y N N Y Y    
Senate vote on cloture to begin debating healthcare bill S Y Y       Y No vote
SCORE (% AGREEMENT ) 100 94 28 100 56

This information was complied and published by the Summit County Progressive Democrats and we thank them for the information.