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December 4, 2015
And, the closeness..
Senators voted 52-47 to pass the bill. Two moderate Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Mark Kirk of Illinois joined Democrats in opposing the bill. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was absent.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/12/03/senate-votes-repeal-key-obamacare-provisions-defund-planned-parenthood/76719174/
Exactly.. the significance. "Senate votes to repeal key Obamacare provisions, defund Planned
Parenthood."And, the closeness..
Senators voted 52-47 to pass the bill. Two moderate Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Mark Kirk of Illinois joined Democrats in opposing the bill. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was absent.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/12/03/senate-votes-repeal-key-obamacare-provisions-defund-planned-parenthood/76719174/
December 3, 2015
Perez added, "In the coming months, I look forward to hitting the campaign trail to highlight the progress we've made as a nation, the unfinished business, and why Hillary Clinton is the fighter we need leading that effort."
snip//
Perez is the third Obama Cabinet member to endorse Clinton, joining Thomas J. Vilsack, the secretary of agriculture and a former governor of Iowa, and Julián Castro, the secretary of housing and urban development and a former mayor of San Antonio.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/12/03/labor-secretary-perez-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president/
And, the second Latino Cabinet Member..
Perez served as Sec of Labor in Maryland when O'Malley was Gov.
It's a total surprise and has me grinning wide!
You know Sec of Labor Thomas Perez must have thought long and hard before he decided to make the unprecedented(AFAIK) move to endorse Hillary in the primary!Perez added, "In the coming months, I look forward to hitting the campaign trail to highlight the progress we've made as a nation, the unfinished business, and why Hillary Clinton is the fighter we need leading that effort."
snip//
Perez is the third Obama Cabinet member to endorse Clinton, joining Thomas J. Vilsack, the secretary of agriculture and a former governor of Iowa, and Julián Castro, the secretary of housing and urban development and a former mayor of San Antonio.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/12/03/labor-secretary-perez-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president/
And, the second Latino Cabinet Member..
Perez served as Sec of Labor in Maryland when O'Malley was Gov.
December 3, 2015
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Jury Results.. Brawawaaaa..
Stockholm Syndrome.http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=867923
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Deal with it.
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December 2, 2015
I googled for more pics and that came up and I wanted to post it for you but it wouldn't
come up when I pasted.. and I didn't feel like saving it to my pics.. so..
Thank you!
Oh SOTU.. I wondered! So sweet!
December 2, 2015
Hillary is honoring Rosa Parks.. leave it to BS fans campaigning in his name to whine about that.
You think you're doing him a favor.. you're not.
Wonder if Rosa would have objected?
OH dear.. honoring the White House celebrating the SC decision on Gay Marriage!
December 2, 2015
And, some more Hs..
And, the link to where we discussing this back in October..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110722906
Mahalo~
Truly! both my Senators have already endorsed her~ Here's my son surfing in Indonesia..
And, some more Hs..
And, the link to where we discussing this back in October..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110722906
Mahalo~
December 1, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets and gives a thumbs-up to Fred Gray, Rosa Parks' former attorney, before speaking at the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, Dec. 1, 2015, in Montgomery, Alabama.
Thank you, riversedge~
Poignant honor and wonderful pic of Hillary and Fred Gray~
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets and gives a thumbs-up to Fred Gray, Rosa Parks' former attorney, before speaking at the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, Dec. 1, 2015, in Montgomery, Alabama.
Thank you, riversedge~
December 1, 2015
Exactly.. and who's doing the "spinning"..
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