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FISA Legislation: Another trench

by Henry Barru [courtesy of Blog for America]

The Senate's Tuesday vote against closing debate on the Intelligence Committee version of FISA legislation was encouraging.  But it's still possible that this awful legislation will pass the Senate with the worst provisions (telecom immunity and blanket warrants) essentially intact.

There is another fallback if that happens.  The Senate version will have to be reconciled with the House version,  and the latter is a much better bill that does not include retroactive immunity or blanket warrants.  (Much closer in fact to the Senate Judiciary Committee version, that Harry Reid refused to send to the full Senate) 

Speaker Pelosi has final say on which House members will sit on the Conference Committee.  We need to urge her to appoint people who will not compromise on the rule of law or supporting the constitution.  Her office just told me that a 15-day extension has passed the House, to give the Senate more time to hammer out a bill.  So, along with contacting our Senators, we have some time to let our Reps and Speaker Pelosi know how we feel about this issue.  

The Speaker's Washington office is (202) 225-4965; District office in SF is (415) 556-4862.

California doesn't like Congress much either

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

We know that California doesn't much care for the President, but who does, really? It turns out that we don't feel much better about Congress either. In the latest Field Poll (PDF), we find out just how poorly we view them. And it's really bad.  Just 20% of Californians approve of the Congress's performance.  Interestingly, when you ask about the specific parties those number rise to 23% approval for the GOP and to 30% for the Democrats. As for the Speaker, she's at 35% approval. If you head on over to Capitol Alert to get the cross-tabs, you find out that 49% of Dems approve, which represents a substantial slippage, while just 16.5% of Reps. approve of Speaker Pelosi's performance. About 40% of DTSers approve.

Both Senators have slipped substantially since their peaks in March, with DiFi slipping from 61% to 50%, and Boxer slipping from 54% to 45%, however she has held steady at that level of support for a couple of months.

In the end, Congress has not been able to accomplish what people really wanted of them, ending the Iraq War. Whether that's fair or not, is still an open question, but the results of those expectations are clearly playing out in these polls.

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Posted December 29th, 2007 by Syndicated
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Christine Pelosi: Live from Virginia, President...

by Andrew Drabkin [courtesy of Party Line]


This entry from Christine Pelosi was originally published on the Huffington Post. 

Greetings from Leesburg Pike in Virginia where the Democratic National Committee is gathered for the last major Presidential superdelegates forum before the election. All the delegates here will be headed west to Denver, CO to cast our votes for President at the convention. So far, there is no overwhelming favorite f- the race is very tight and very fluid. in the new era of asymmetrical politics where the Internet has injected new vitality and urgency to longstanding party principles, there are no coronations: everyone will have to compete on the ground and online for every vote, and for the second-place votes of people committed to others. A swing of a few thousands votes could change history. Here among the grassroots party leaders from across the USA, there is a sense that many of the candidates could win and that any of the candidates would make a great president.

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Christine Pelosi's "Campaign Book Camp" Book Tour to Hit Sacramento Tuesday

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

The Speaker's daughter, Christine Pelosi, has a new book out: "Campaign Boot Camp," and she'll be touching down in Sacramento to plug it on Tuesday. Pelosi will be at Spataro's for a book signing and lunch; local Democrats (and Phil Angelides) are expected to stop by.

Click here to learn more about the book.

A morning well spent with Speaker Pelosi

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Bright and early Saturday morning (8AM to be precise), I arrived at the Bill Graham Civic Center in San Francisco to help some immigrants become Americans. It wasn't particularly glamorous work, it was basically helping people fill out forms. And while I emerged into the warm San Francisco afternoon tired, hungry, and a bit hoarse, I also knew that it was a richly rewarding experience.

Speaker Pelosi, along with other Democratic Representatives from across the nation, organized these citizen workshops to help people apply for citizenship before the fees increase from about $400 per application to $675 per application. Everybody whom I worked with was nice and very appreciative. While most probably could have done the form themselves, the combination of form assistance, immigration attorneys and a general one-stop application shop made it much easier for people to get motivated to apply. 

Now, of course, the next step is to make sure we register these new citizens  to vote when they complete the naturalization process.

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A morning well spent with Speaker Pelosi

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Bright and early Saturday morning (8AM to be precise), I arrived at the Bill Graham Civic Center in San Francisco to help some immigrants become Americans. It wasn't particularly glamorous work, it was basically helping people fill out forms. And while I emerged into the warm San Francisco afternoon tired, hungry, and a bit hoarse, I also knew that it was a richly rewarding experience.

Speaker Pelosi, along with other Democratic Representatives from across the nation, organized these citizen workshops to help people apply for citizenship before the fees increase from about $400 per application to $675 per application. Everybody whom I worked with was nice and very appreciative. While most probably could have done the form themselves, the combination of form assistance, immigration attorneys and a general one-stop application shop made it much easier for people to get motivated to apply. 

Now, of course, the next step is to make sure we register these new citizens  to vote when they complete the naturalization process.

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