by Margaret McCown Liles, President
In the 1990’s a group of citizens had grown tired of watching the fate of their neighborhoods and their City be determined by three pro-development City Council members. Too often they had watched unpopular, and poorly planned development proposals, turned down by the Planning Commission, and not recommended by the City [...]

Liberty One Radio will announce Jan. 4th that it has completed its SEC filings and is now ready to accept investors.
The enterprise had previously said it would be “on the air” with progressive radio in the San Diego area on that date. “Broadcasting will begin in a few weeks,” says the announcement, “and full-time broadcasting [...]

Congressional Quarterly, an inside-the-beltway publication that monitors national politics, has changed its rating for the 50th Congressional district from “Likely Republican” to “Safe Republican.” While voting in the district has been close, CQ says “2008 represented a window of opportunity that Democrats failed to capitalize on and will be hard pressed to replicate any time soon.”
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Now that health care has passed the Senate, there is increasing attention to changing the rules to return the filibuster to its original role as an infrequently used tactic. “To see the filibuster rule, which imposes a 60-vote supermajority on legislation – to see that invoked on every single piece of legislation, during the course of [...]

The Senate has passed health reform. But the battle is not over yet — not by a long shot. The Senate and House versions of health reform have many differences,  including abortion limits and how to fund the changes. Reaching a compromise acceptable to all sides in both houses will be as challenging as getting a [...]

California Senator Barbara Boxer has confirmed that she supports a compromise on abortion funding in the Senate health reform bill. The deal was reached to gain the support of Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Pro-abortion groups are protesting the compromise, but Boxer and Senator Patty Murray of Washington support it.
(A few) more details from Politico.com
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The apparent loss of any kind of public option to compete with private, for-profit insurance companies has left progressives despondent and some are ready to bail. Former DNC Chair Howard Dean has called for dropping reform. The White House and some others respond by pointing to the beneficial parts of the Senate proposal and observing [...]

Stop Lieberman and out -of -touch conservatives from gutting health care reform. Sign a petition drawn by the Bold Progressives Organization that reads:
“Don’t let Joe Lieberman win! Americans need you to stand strong and block any ‘compromise’ without a strong public option. If necessary, demand that Sen. Harry Reid and President Obama support budget reconciliation and pass [...]