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Posting History for Rep Louise Slaughter

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Genetic Testing Spurs Orwellian Fears
Rep Louise Slaughter 03/25/2005 53 91 - 9
Pentagon Takes "No Action" On Sexual Assault Problem
Rep Louise Slaughter 03/25/2005 65 161 - 23
Tell me what you think...
Rep Louise Slaughter 03/28/2005 192 335 - 11
Bush Plan Puts Retirees On Financially Shaky Ground
Rep Louise Slaughter 03/31/2005 36 96 - 1
Frightening Indeed
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/04/2005 109 278 - 11
Homeland Security Department To Provide Details On Gannon
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/04/2005 94 262 - 20
Ethics: Chairman Dreier's Non-Response Response
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/12/2005 75 141 - 9
BREAKING - On Ethics From The House Floor
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/13/2005 107 186 - 8
Bankruptcy Bill: What Happened Today?
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/13/2005 157 163 - 29
FACT CHECK: DeLay Misrepresents the Facts...Again
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/14/2005 33 118 - 9
"Future of American Media" Caucus Formed
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/19/2005 60 152 - 10
Floor Speech & Ethics Article
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/20/2005 7 24 - -
NO to Hastings' Unacceptable Ethics Compromise
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/21/2005 76 182 - 5
I'm going to be on Fox (Faux) News
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/23/2005 117 65 - 9
New Gannon Documents Create More Questions
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/25/2005 240 309 - 36
GOP Rapes House Rules
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/27/2005 191 368 - 51
No Pat on Back for GOP on Ethics About Face
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/27/2005 52 119 - 13
Online Chat with Reps. Slaughter/Conyers
Rep Louise Slaughter 05/09/2005 28 127 - 4
Popular COPS Program DOA in Republican Congress
Rep Louise Slaughter 05/11/2005 33 85 - 8
GOP to Women: "Get Out of the Military"
Rep Louise Slaughter 05/25/2005 192 125 - 2
Can you help my campaign?
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/07/2005 67 151 - 6
Ethics Chairman Should Step Aside
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/09/2005 39 219 - 7
Taking the fight online!
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/13/2005 33 122 - -
IRAQ ACTION ALERT!
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/13/2005 55 270 - 17
Iraq, Ethics and NPR...
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/14/2005 14 87 - 13
Demand an Audit in Iraq!
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/15/2005 47 274 - 6
IRAQ: Tell Congress to Bring the Troops Home
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/18/2005 31 136 - 19
My Video Interview with DemBloggers...
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/20/2005 14 88 - 8
Randi Rhodes & Media Payola
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/21/2005 74 301 - 19
GOP Abandons Injured/Disabled Vets
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/27/2005 102 210 - 15
President's Silence Tonight is Deafening
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/28/2005 75 336 - 18
Bush Should Keep His Word & Fire Rove
Rep Louise Slaughter 07/11/2005 149 263 - 15
ACTION ALERT: Tell Bush to Fire Karl Rove!
Rep Louise Slaughter 07/11/2005 75 123 - 11
Send Karl Rove His Pink Slip!
Rep Louise Slaughter 07/12/2005 70 93 - 15
Bush Must Keep His Word
Rep Louise Slaughter 07/13/2005 30 81 - 36
Another Tom DeLay in Congress?
Rep Louise Slaughter 07/19/2005 62 198 - 3
Congressional Rove Hearing Today
Rep Louise Slaughter 07/22/2005 54 93 - 21
Abuse of Power: CAFTA, Medical Malpractice & Chinese Trade
Rep Louise Slaughter 07/26/2005 42 51 - -
Underwhelming Response in Wake of Hurricane Katrina
Rep Louise Slaughter 09/02/2005 132 147 - -
Connecticut Primary = End of Rubber Stamp Congress
Rep Louise Slaughter 08/09/2006 131 334 - 29
Kenny, you're doing a heckuva job
Rep Louise Slaughter 08/30/2006 133 312 - 28
Talking about Republican Cronyism on 'Crashing the States'
Rep Louise Slaughter 09/18/2006 31 82 - 15
Iraq: Congress Saying "No" to President Bush (First Time But Not the Last)
UPDATE : Here is the video of my speech:
Rep Louise Slaughter 02/13/2007 128 261 - 24
Alert! - Stop Senator Mitch McConnell From Promoting Genetic Discrimination
Fellow Kossaks, The health and vitality of a nation’s democracy can be measured by the willingness of the citizenry of a country to participate in the political process. That is why I ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 12/15/2007 183 95 - 58
A Victory for Democracy and Open Government
Last night we learned that a provision banning the release of prisoner abuse photos was dropped from the supplemental war spending bill. At its core, this is a major victory for democracy and open ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/12/2009 10 21 - 21
Stopping Insider Trading on Capitol Hill
Hi all. I wanted to talk a bit about the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK Act), a bill I re-introduced this Congress with Rep. Baird that is designed to stop ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 07/13/2009 17 40 - 25
August Offers Chance for Health Care Conversation
The month of August offers a great opportunity for your representatives to spend time with you, hearing directly about what issues are important to you. One issue that I know matters to all of us, ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 08/04/2009 13 16 - 41
An Exciting Chance to Hear from Wendell Potter
Health insurance reform continues to be the issue I’m hearing about most from my constituents. This Wednesday, at 2:00 p.m., I’ll be taking advantage of an opportunity to talk with a ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 08/11/2009 5 18 - 18
FOIA Outrage: Senate Conferees Block Release of Abuse Photos
In June I was able to block a legislative provision that would have superseded FOIA and suppressed the release of photos documenting prisoner abuse under the Bush Administration. Unfortunately, that ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 10/14/2009 22 23 - 53
Rules Committee Last Hurdle For Health Care Before Floor Vote
This afternoon I will be chairing the Rules Committee as we meet to consider the historic Democratic health care reform bill. You can watch the meeting on C-SPAN, or on my ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 11/06/2009 14 27 - 31
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
This Wednesday was National Girls and Women in Sports Day, and I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate the enormous health benefits, both physical and mental, that girls and women gain ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 02/05/2010 5 12 - 37
A Critical Week for Health Care Reform
This is a critically important week on the path to health care reform. On Tuesday I met with Speaker Pelosi, Majority ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 02/25/2010 14 21 - 31
Senate Must Press Elena Kagan on Women's Rights
Yesterday, I formally asked the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to ask Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan about her views on abortion rights. The request came about because as a Co-Chair of the ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 05/19/2010 12 28 - 31
Equality is Choice
The Republican Party would like you to think that the debate over their proposed anti-choice legislation (HR 3 and HR 358) is a debate about whether or not we should value life. Rest assured it is ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 02/17/2011 13 28 - 85
On Events in Wisconsin
Hello again friends, I originally posted this statement on ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 02/24/2011 34 93 - 450
Today’s Jobs Report and the Need for Jobs “Made in the USA”
Hi Folks, Most of you have probably already seen today’s dismal ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/03/2011 22 25 - 128
Follow-up on our bill to stop insider trading in DeLay's House (Congress)
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/05/2006 30 137 1 19
Stopping Price Gouging at Our Gas Pumps ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/21/2006 220 104 1 14
(video update) The NY Times Res: Arrogant Hypocrisy of Rubber Stamp Republican Congress
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/29/2006 99 204 1 31
The White House Takes on "Culture of Corruption" ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 08/11/2006 90 173 1 51
DHS Extends Contracts for Limo. Co. Connected to Prostitution Scandals
Rep Louise Slaughter 10/19/2006 55 168 1 116
The Danish Example: Success with Antibiotic Use Restrictions
The New York Times published a heartbreaking story last weekend about a young woman who was left paralyzed by a ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 10/09/2009 17 27 1 34
Escalation is the wrong strategy. It is time to leave Afghanistan.
President Obama has announced his intention to send 30,000 more American combat personnel into Afghanistan, bringing the total number of U.S. troops there to 100,000 by next summer. During his speech,
Rep Louise Slaughter 12/03/2009 813 389 1 145
3 Out Of 4 Americans Agree: Preventing Pregnancy Is Preventive Care
Sunday May 9, 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the use of the first birth control pill in the United States. This day marks one of the ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 05/12/2010 119 238 1 76
How do we interpret the Second Amendment?
Saturday’s tragic events have once again brought our attention to the role of guns in our society. Unlike the weeks and months following similar senseless tragedies at Columbine High School, ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 01/12/2011 117 33 1 71
Help Force a REAL Katrina Investigation
Rep Louise Slaughter 09/27/2005 116 277 2 14
CENSORED: Armed Forces Radio Network
Rep Louise Slaughter 10/27/2005 56 315 2 95
Time for Bush to turn over his papers re. Spying on Americans
Rep Louise Slaughter 12/22/2005 87 335 2 29
Judge Alito Poses a Direct Threat to Women's Right in America
Rep Louise Slaughter 01/10/2006 55 122 2 14
The Fox Guarding the Hen House: DeLay's Plush New Assignment
Rep Louise Slaughter 02/10/2006 57 196 2 37
Insider-Trading by a Top DeLay Staffer in Congress?
Rep Louise Slaughter 03/28/2006 82 260 2 137
Another Duke Cunningham Clone in Congress?
Rep Louise Slaughter 05/23/2006 78 242 2 28
Republicans Sabotage Accountability in Iraq
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/14/2006 95 162 2 64
GINA Finally Passes the House!
Hello everyone! It's been too long since I last posted here. There are so many important issues facing us today, from Iraq to the scandal surrounding Attorney General Gonzales to everything else, ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/26/2007 67 250 2 202
On the 42nd Anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut - Looking Towards Prevention First
Hi folks, On this important day, the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Griswold v. Connecticut decision, I was honored ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/07/2007 157 107 2 7
Despite Republican Claims, Real Reform has Come to American Healthcare
In addition to my post below, I encourage you to read today's post by dansac ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 09/23/2010 59 137 2 60
Health Insurance Rate Hikes and Protecting Consumers
Hi again folks, As you know, I recently wrote a post here about how health care reform will protect patients’ rights. I read all of your comments and wanted to join in the conversation. A ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 11/10/2010 28 36 2 86
GOP needs an `Extreme Ethics Makeover," Not Ethics Class
Rep Louise Slaughter 12/08/2005 69 150 3 17
House Republicans LOVE Their Corporate Jets ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/28/2006 73 150 3 106
Watch the GOP Selling Snake Oil ... (Turn on CSPAN)
Rep Louise Slaughter 05/03/2006 80 181 3 122
Republican Leadership: Crisis in the Middle East? Ban Gay Marriage
Rep Louise Slaughter 07/18/2006 88 184 3 31
Calling on Scholastic and ABC to Keep PT911 Out of Schools
Rep Louise Slaughter 09/07/2006 134 236 3 13
Dear President Bush: Did You Censor Info on Iran?
Hi folks. Hope all of you are enjoying the Holiday season. I wanted bring to your attention a very troubling story concerning alleged censorship by the Bush White House, ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 12/20/2006 174 331 3 21
Stamping Out a New Form of Discrimination
Hi folks. I know all of us have our hands full with all of the challenges confronting our country. But I wanted to take a moment to share some good news with you about a bill that was blocked by ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 01/30/2007 108 301 3 108
Today "A Big Step Forward" for Ethics and Lobbying Reform
I’ve come to DailyKos many ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 07/31/2007 128 220 3 22
An Attack on Liberty: Judge Hudson’s Private Interests & Fox News' Political Messaging
Hi Folks, As you all know, on Monday, Judge Henry Hudson of the Federal District Court in Richmond, Virginia ruled that the individual mandate within the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional. ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 12/15/2010 17 30 3 288
House Republican Abuse of Power Marches On
Rep Louise Slaughter 10/17/2005 66 228 4 251
My radio address on Jack and the Republicans
Rep Louise Slaughter 01/06/2006 96 179 4 43
[PM UPDATE w/ Video] 'Net-Neutrality': GOP Selling Out to Corporate Giants (AT&T & Verizon)
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/08/2006 138 265 4 64
Republicans Leaving All Working Americans Behind
Rep Louise Slaughter 06/27/2006 79 170 4 18
The First Shot in the Second Battle Over SCHIP
Rep Louise Slaughter 10/25/2007 137 218 4 37
Setting the Record Straight: The Public Option, Triggers, and Pilot Programs
As the debate over health care reform continues, I want to take this chance to clear up some of the confusion about the terms that are being thrown around. With three bills in the House, and two ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 09/17/2009 451 245 4 49
Cap Credit Cards at 16%
The American financial system is in dire straits, from top to bottom. The House in May passed legislation to curb the worst abuses of credit card companies, and just this month we created a new ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 12/18/2009 537 545 4 508
And so the fight begins: Fighting Republican attempts to turn back progress
Hi folks, I must say, in Washington today it feels like it is 2004 all over again. With dizzying speed, the Republican Party is already abandoning all campaign promises to the American public, ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 01/05/2011 148 324 4 599
Following up on Nancy's Fighting Words ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 04/26/2006 152 224 5 153
Restore Justice to the Justice Department
Like many of you, I awoke this morning to the news that Alberto Gonzales had submitted his resignation as Attorney General. Following in the footsteps of his close friend Karl Rove, Gonzales exits ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 08/27/2007 180 204 5 20
Why I am voting NO
This evening, I will vote against extension of the Bush Tax Cuts of 2001 due to expire December 31 of this year. The bill, for the first time since Social Security was signed in 1935, interferes ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 12/16/2010 288 389 5 271
Keep Playing 'Hardball' with Chris Matthews and MSNBC
Rep Louise Slaughter 01/24/2006 223 525 6 59
Republican Congress Bows Down to Bush on Domestic Spying ...
Rep Louise Slaughter 02/15/2006 79 228 7 49
Hold Congress accountable for selling out America to food poisoners
Rep Louise Slaughter 03/02/2006 99 305 7 133