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Fighting Back: “Children are dying in our schools … all this Congress has to say is, let’s have a moment of silence.”

February 17, 2018 JanF 1

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference and the topic was the mass shooting in Florida and the weak Republican Party response to it. She was joined by Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) […]

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Fighting Back: Infrastructure Weak! “Trump’s plan is embarrassingly small”

February 11, 2018 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon. (Rep. Peter DeFazio knows infrastructure is a critical piece of any […]

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Fighting Back: Shutdown Redux “Republicans have once again revealed their utter incompetence in governing.”

February 3, 2018 JanF 5

  The government is being funded with a Continuing Resolution that will expire on February 8th, next Thursday. No progress has been made on the issues that need to be resolved to come up with […]

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Fighting Back: Rep. Joe Kennedy III – “This is not right, this is not who we are”

January 31, 2018 JanF 10

Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) speaking from Fall River, Massachusetts gives the Democratic Party response to the State of the Union Address: Many have spent the past year anxious, angry, afraid. We all feel the […]

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Fighting Back: “Republicans who control the House, the Senate and the White House are refusing to govern”

January 27, 2018 JanF 3

  The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Representative Adam Smith of Washington state. (Congressman Adam Smith of Washington, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this […]

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Fighting Back: “Republicans’ total inability to govern is harming our country.”

January 20, 2018 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland. (“This weekend marks the anniversary of President Trump’s first year […]

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Fighting Back: “You deserve A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, and a Better Future”

January 13, 2018 JanF 1

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congresswoman Terri Sewell of Alabama. (For Congresswoman Terri Sewell, the Republican Tax Scam is a stark […]

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Fighting Back: Senator Hassan “We need to act on the Opioid Crisis because people are dying”

January 6, 2018 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire. (Senator Maggie Hassan Delivers Weekly Address) “As negotiations continue on […]

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Fighting Back: Rep. Tim Walz: “Seasons Greetings to the Troops”

December 30, 2017 JanF 4

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Representative Tim Walz of Minnesota. (Congressman Tim Walz of Minnesota, Ranking Member on the House Committee […]

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Fighting Back: “Senate Democrats will fight like hell to protect your earned benefits”

December 24, 2017 JanF 4

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania. (In the weekly Democratic address Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) talked about […]

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