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Fighting Back: “Democrats are calling on Republicans to drop this wrong-headed bill and work with us on real tax reform.”

December 16, 2017 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congressman Mike Thompson of California. (Rep. Mike Thompson emphasizes the cruel, devastating consequences of the Republican […]

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Fighting Back: “Democrats want to keep our government open.”

December 10, 2017 JanF 3

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Chris Coons of Delaware. (In the weekly Democratic address, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) talked about […]

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Fighting Back: Congresswoman Jackie Speier – #MeToo Congress Act

December 2, 2017 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congresswoman Jackie Speier of California. (In this week’s address, Speier highlights the ‘Me Too’ movement and […]

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Fighting Back: Sen. Bennet – “This week, we’ll need to raise our voices and fight for our future.”

November 26, 2017 JanF 1

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senatore Michael Bennet of Colorado. (Senator Michael Bennet (CO) delivered the Democratic Weekly Address, giving his […]

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Fighting Back: Rep. DelBene – “The Republican legislation is a bill of callous decisions and missed opportunities.”

November 18, 2017 JanF 3

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington state. (In this week’s Democratic Party Address, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene of […]

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Fighting Back: “The Republican #TaxScam will raise taxes on millions of middle-income taxpayers”

November 11, 2017 JanF 6

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address is being managed by the Senate side of Congress this week and is not available at publication time. So […]

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Fighting Back: “As Democrats, we will fight to build an economy that works for all.”

November 4, 2017 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, Co-Chair of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. (Rep. Rosa DeLauro […]

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Fighting Back: “Republicans Plan to Raise Taxes on Working Class Americans to Pay for Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest”

October 29, 2017 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also a News Open Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland. (Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) on tax cuts – note: clip does […]

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Fighting Back: “Democrats believe we can do better than a plan that provides 80% of the tax cuts to the top 1% and sticks our grandchildren with trillions in debt.”

October 21, 2017 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congressman Richard Neal of Massachusetts’ 1st Congressional district. (Congressman Richard Neal of Massachusetts, Ranking Member of […]

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Fighting Back: “The Republican president chose to raise people’s health premiums for no reason other than spite and cruelty”

October 14, 2017 JanF 3

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. Yesterday, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held a press conference on the latest health care sabotage from the Republicans. (Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader […]

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