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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA-35th) Faces Charges from House Ethics Committee

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An ethics report released Monday found that Rep. Maxine Waters probably broke conflict-of-interest rules in urging federal aid for a bank where her husband had served on the board and owned hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock. Read the rest of the story from The Washington Post…

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Filed Under: California, Democrats, House of Representatives

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY-15th) Facing Ethics Trial

Charles Bernard “Charlie” Rangel (born June 11, 1930) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1971, representing the Fifteenth Congressional District of New York, and is the most senior member of that state’s congressional delegation. He is a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus. In January 2007, Rangel became chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, the first African-American to do so.

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Filed Under: Democrats, House of Representatives, New York Tagged With: Congressional Black Caucus, Democratic, New York, United States House Committee on Ways and Means

Carte Goodwin (D – WV) Senate

Carte P. Goodwin served as Governor Joe Manchin’s chief counsel during his first term in office from 2005-2009 and was at one time the chairman (designated by Gov. Manchin) of the West Virginia School Building Authority. In 2009, Manchin appointed him chair of the Independent Commission on Judicial Reform, which studied the need for judicial reforms in West Virginia. In 2008, Goodwin was named one of the “Ten Most Successful Young Executives in West Virginia” by Executive magazine. Read his bio on Wikipedia

Filed Under: Democrats, Senate, West Virginia

Senator Robert C. Byrd (D – WV)


Currently: The country is mourning the passing the late great Senator Byrd, President Obama delivered the eulogy, “As I reflect on the full sweep of his 92 years, it seems to me that his life bent toward justice…” Read more from the Washington Post.

Bio: The Late Senator Robert Carlyle Byrd from West Virginia (born Cornelius Calvin Sale, Jr. on November 20, 1917) was the longest-serving senator and the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served as a Senator from 1959 to 2010.  Read his bio on Wikipedia.

Filed Under: Democrats, Senate, West Virginia

Al Gore, Former US VP, Announces Separation from Wife Tipper

Albert Arnold “Al” Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He is currently an author, businessperson, and American environmental activist who starred in the 2006 documentaryAn Inconvenient Truth, which won an Academy Award in 2007.

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Mark Critz (D-PA-12th) Wins Special Election for Pennsylvania’s 12th District

Mark Critz (born January 5, 1962) is the Congressman-elect for Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional district. He was regional director for United States Representative John Murtha. Following Murtha’s death, Critz won the May 2010 special election with 53% of the vote to complete Murtha’s term as the Democratic candidate for the 12th congressional district.

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Senator Arlen Specter (D – PA) Loses Democratic Primary

Currently: On May 18, 2010, Specter was defeated by Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania’s Democratic Primary election 54% to 46% (Sestak 564,444 votes to Specter’s 481,566). His senate career is scheduled to end in January, 2011.  Read more…

Previously: “I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary,” said Specter in a statement. “I am ready, willing and anxious to take on all comers and have my candidacy for re-election determined in a general election.”  Read the rest of the story from The Huffington Post

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Filed Under: Democrats, Pennsylvania, Senate Tagged With: Arlen Specter, Democratic, Joe Sestak, Pennsylvania

Rep. David Obey (D-WI-7th) “Today I announced my retirement from Congress.”

Currently: Announced his retirement, “I have served in the House longer than anyone in Wisconsin history.  God and my constituents have been incredibly good to me…” read the full statement

Bio: As a junior Member of the House, he threw his support behind efforts to open committee hearings to the public (when Dave first went to Congress, many of those public hearings were held behind closed doors).  In addition, Dave sponsored and pushed through rules changes which required powerful Appropriations Subcommittee Chairs to be voted on by the full Caucus rather than simply becoming Chairman, in order to make certain that they were not arbitrary or out of touch. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Democrats, House of Representatives, Wisconsin Tagged With: Wisconsin

Ted Deutch (D-FL) Wins Special Election for Palm Beach-area 19th District

In late 2009, Deutch declared himself a candidate in a special election to fill the 19th congressional district seat formerly held by Robert Wexler, who left Congress to lead the Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation. He won the Democratic primary with 85% of the vote, and on April 13, 2010, won the special election, defeating Republican Edward J. Lynch.

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Filed Under: Democrats, Florida, House of Representatives

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-8th) Denounces Violence and Threats Against Fellow Democrats

Currently: Pelosi is denouncing the threats and violence that has ensued so far over the recent health care reform bill passage.  She is also trying to get the GOP to speak out against these incidents and stop fanning the flames with rhetoric.  Read the rest of the story…

About: Nancy Patricia D’Alesandro Pelosi (born March 26, 1940) is the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Before being elected Speaker in the 110th Congress, she was the House Minority Leader from 2003 to 2007, holding the post during the 108th and 109th Congresses. [Read more...]

Filed Under: California, Democrats, House of Representatives, Speaker of the House Tagged With: Democratic Party, San Francisco, Speaker of the House, United States House of Representatives

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI-1st) Rants About Media Coverage…

Patrick Joseph Kennedy II (born July 14, 1967) is currently representing Rhode Island’s 1st congressional district since 1995. The district includes all of Bristol County and Newport County, and parts of Providence County. On February 11, 2010, Kennedy announced he would not seek re-election in 2010.

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Filed Under: Democrats, House of Representatives, Rhode Island Tagged With: Rhode Island, US House of Representatives

Former Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY-29th) Resigned Amidst Sexual Misconduct Allegations…

Currently: Massa is doing damage control in light of allegations of sexual misconduct with at least one member of his staff… read more

Bio: Congressman Eric Massa, a Naval Academy graduate (class of ’81), is a 24-year retired Navy Commander. While in the Navy, he served during several global conflicts including Beirut and Operation Desert Storm. His capstone military assignment was serving as the Special Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, General Wesley Clark, during the Bosnian conflict. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Democrats, Former Representative, New York

Governor David Paterson (D-NY) Ends Campaign Amidst Scandal Allegations

David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is the 55th and current Governor of New York. He is the first governor of New York of African American heritage and also the second legally blind governor of any U.S. state. When Spitzer resigned in the wake of a prostitution scandal, Paterson was sworn in as governor of New York on March 17, 2008. Paterson initially intended to run for a full term in the 2010 gubernatorial election, but announced on February 26, 2010, that he would not be a candidate in the Democratic primary.
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Evan Bayh – (D – IN) Senate – Not Running For Re-Election

Birch Evans “Evan” Bayh III (born December 26, 1955) is the junior U.S. Senator from Indiana since 1999. He earlier served as the 46th Governor of Indiana. On February 15, 2010, Bayh announced he would not seek reelection to the Senate in 2010. “There is too much partisanship and not enough progress — too much narrow ideology and not enough practical problem-solving…”

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Filed Under: Democrats, Indiana, Senate

John Murtha (D-PA-12th) Rep. Passes Away at Age 77

John Patrick “Jack” Murtha, Jr. (June 17, 1932 – February 8, 2010) represented Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional district from 1974 until his death in 2010.  A former Marine Corps officer, Murtha was the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.  Murtha has been best known for his calls for a withdrawal of American forces in Iraq, as well as questions about his ethics.[7]

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John Edwards: Getting Divorce & Admits to Fathering Child…


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Currently: Edwards and his wife have split, this comes a week after John said, “I am Quinn’s father.  I will do everything in my power to provide her with the love and support she deserves.  I have been able to spend time with her during the past year and trust that future efforts to show her the love and affection she deserves can be done privately and in peace….” Read the rest of his statement.

Bio: Johnny Reid “John” Edwards from (born June 10, 1953) is an American politician who served one term as U.S. Senator for North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination through the January primaries. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Democrats, Presidential Candidates 2008 Tagged With: Democratic Party, North Carolina

Christopher J. Dodd (D – CT) Senate – Will Not Seek Re-Election

Currently: Dodd announces retirement, “I will not be a candidate for re-election this November…  my deepest gratitude to the people of Connecticut for the remarkable privilege of being elected eight times over the past four decades to our national assembly.”

Bio: Dodd was elected to the Senate in the 1980 election and was subsequently reelected in the 1986, 1992, 1998, and 2004 elections. He is the first Senator from Connecticut to serve five consecutive terms. From 1995 to 1997, he served as General Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. As General Chairman, Dodd was the DNC’s spokesman. Donald Fowler served as National Chairman, running the party’s day to day operations. Dodd has also involved himself in children’s and family issues, founding the first Senate Children’s Caucus[10] and authoring the Family and Medical Leave Act. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Connecticut, Democrats, Senate

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI-1st) Rep. Announces Resignation From Congress

abercrombe-2Currently: U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie on December 11, 2009 announced that he will resign as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 1st District of Hawaii.  Read more from: http://www.house.gov/abercrombie/

Bio: Abercrombie first participated in a political campaign in 1970, seeking the Democratic nomination to the United States Senate. Unsuccessful, Abercrombie ran for the Hawaii State House of Representatives where he served from 1975 to 1979. He moved to the Hawaii State Senate, where he served from 1980 to 1986. After Representative Cecil Heftel resigned from the United States Congress in July 1986 to run for Governor of Hawaii, Abercrombie was elected to the House in a September 1986 special election to complete Heftel’s unexpired term. However, on the same day Abercrombie lost the Democratic primary for a full two-year term to Mufi Hannemann, who went on to lose to Republican Pat Saiki in the general election.[3] [Read more...]

Filed Under: Democrats, Former Representative, Hawaii Tagged With: Hawaii, United States House of Representatives

John Garamendi (D-CA-10th) Rep. Takes California Congressional District 10

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On January 8, 2007, John Garamendi became the 46th Lieutenant Governor of California, bringing to the office more than 32 years of public service. He is committed to building the Lieutenant Governor’s office into a powerful advocate for families and hard-working Californians, improving higher education, health care, and the environment, and boosting job creation.   [Read more...]

Filed Under: California, Democrats, House of Representatives

Bill Owens (D-NY) Defeats Doug Hoffman (C) for New York’s Congressional District 23

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Bill Owens has devoted his life to creating jobs, bringing economic development to Upstate New York, and serving his country. Bill Owens is an Air Force veteran who served as a Captain at the Plattsburgh Air Force Base. He comes from a family with a long military tradition.  His great grandfather served in the Civil War, his uncle in World War I and his father served in World War II.   [Read more...]

Filed Under: Democrats, House of Representatives, New York

US President Barack Obama (D)

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Bio: Senator from Illinois; born in Honolulu, Hawaii, August 4, 1961; obtained early education in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Hawaii; continued education at Occidental College, Los Angeles, Calif.; received a B.A. in 1983 from Columbia University, New York City; worked as a community organizer in Chicago, Ill.; studied law at Harvard University, where he became the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review, and received J.D. in 1991; lecturer on constitutional law, University of Chicago; member, Illinois State senate 1997-2004; elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2004, and served from January 3, 2005, to November 16, 2008, when he resigned from office, having been elected president; elected as the 44th President of the United States on November 4, 2008.

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Harry Reid (D – NV) Senate – Apologizes for Racist Comments About Obama

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Currently: Reid is trying to do damage control after statements he made about Obama being “light-skinned” and having no “Negro dialect” came to light in the new book “Game Change” by journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin.  Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31340.html#ixzz0cKgBjO4g

Bio: Today Harry Reid is the Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate, a man who commands the respect of colleagues from both parties, and a powerful advocate for Nevada’s middle-class families. Every day Sen. Reid puts his leadership position to work to deliver meaningful results for Nevadans.

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Edward “Ted” M. Kennedy- (D – MA) Passes Away

Edward "Ted" M. Kennedy- (D - MA) Our condolences go out to his family and friends.  Here is the family statement posted on Ted’s official senate site, ““Edward M. Kennedy—the husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle we loved so deeply—died late Tuesday night at home in Hyannis Port. We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever…” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Democrats, Massachusetts, Senate

Jim Webb (D – VA) Senate: Secures Release of American Jailed in Burma

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Currently: American John Yettaw, 53 from Missouri, is celebrating his release from a sentence of seven years of hard labor in Burma (Myanmar) because of Jim Webb’s intervention.
Sunday (Aug. 16, 2009) Webb secured the release of Yettaw who was imprisoned for visiting Aung San Suu Kyi, the democratic opposition leader recently sentenced to house arrest.

Currently: American John Yettaw, 53 from Missouri, is celebrating his release from a sentence of seven years of hard labor in Burma (Myanmar) because of Jim Webb’s intervention Sunday (Aug. 16, 2009).  Yettaw was imprisoned for visiting Aung San Suu Kyi, the democratic opposition leader sentenced to house arrest.

Filed Under: Democrats, Senate, Virginia

Jefferson, William: Former Rep. (D-LA-2nd) – Convicted of Corruption Charges

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (CNN) — Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana was convicted Wednesday on 11 of the 16 corruption charges against him in a case that included the discovery of $90,000 in his freezer. Read the rest of the story from CNN

Filed Under: Democrats, Former Representative, Louisiana

Bill Clinton: Former US President, Escorts Freed U.S. Journalists from North Korea

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Currently:Bill Clinton secured the release of Euna Lee and Laura Ling the two US journalists for Current TV who were jailed in North Korea since March 2009

Bio: During the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time in its history. He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times [Read more...]

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Al Franken (D-MN)

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Currently: “Franken’s victory gives Democrats control of 60 Senate seats – the number they need to overcome Republican filibusters.

When Franken is seated, which could be as early as next week, his party will have a majority not reached on either side of the aisle in three decades. It was last reached by the Democrats in the late 1970s when their party held the White House under Jimmy Carter.”

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Bio: “Al founded a political action committee, Midwest Values PAC, which raised over $1.1 million for Democrats across Minnesota and around the country. He made more than 50 appearances on behalf of DFLers and local party units in the state in 2006 alone. He was especially inspired by two candidates he met on the campaign trail: Tim Walz, a high school geography teacher whose relentless energy propelled him to an upset victory over a Republican incumbent in the 1st Congressional District (Al stole his “boots” line from Tim); and Amy Klobuchar, whose strong positive message of change helped her follow in the footsteps of Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, and Paul Wellstone as she was elected to the United States Senate.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Democrats, Minnesota, Senate

Perriello, Tom (D-VA-5th) Rep.

Born and raised in the 5th district, Congressman Perriello previously served as a national security consultant, working in conflict zones such as Afghanistan, Darfur, Kosovo, and Liberia. His work with child soldiers, amputees, and local pro-democracy groups in Sierra Leone played a significant role in the peace and reconciliation process that ended the blood diamonds war in that country. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Democrats, House of Representatives, Virginia

Nye III, Glenn C. (D-VA-2nd) Rep.

Assigned to the reconstruction effort in Kosovo in 2001, Nye received the State Department’s Superior Honor Award for organizing the rescue of 26 American citizens who were being held behind insurgent lines, and for negotiating the release of an American hostage.

Nye was next assigned to the US Embassy in Singapore, where he helped to negotiate intellectual property agreements that protected American businesses and entrepreneurs. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Democrats, House of Representatives, Virginia

Connolly, Gerald E. “Gerry” (D-VA-11th) Rep.

Prior to his election to Congress in November 2008, Congressman Connolly was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in Fairfax County, the largest jurisdiction in the Washington, DC metro area with more than 1.1 million residents.  Connolly served a total of 14 years on the Fairfax County Board, the last five as Chairman. [Read more...]

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