ADD YOUR NAME: http://dccc.org/Obamacare

To view the video, scroll down after clicking this link:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05/11/banned-ted-talk-job-creator-myth/

Or watch on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKCvf8E7V1g

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/06/1207338/-Maine-legislature-votes-to-overturn-Citizens-nbsp-United

Maine became the 13th state in the nation to call for a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Twenty-five House Republicans (in the state House) and five Senate Republicans joined Democrats to “call upon each Member of the Maine Congressional Delegation to actively support and promote in Congress an amendment to the United States Constitution on campaign finance.” Maine joins West Virginia, Colorado, Montana, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, California, Rhode Island, Maryland, Vermont, New Mexico and Hawaii in calling for that Constitutional amendment.

It’s a grassroots movement with both momentum and bipartisan support. Outside of the U.S. Congress and the Supreme Court, Republicans hate corporate spending in campaigns [pdf] almost as much as Democrats (71 percent versus 73 percent, respectively) and want to see reform. A Constitutional amendment is not an easy thing to achieve, but the time is right for this one.

Sequestration isn’t just dumb, it’s dangerous and irresponsible. Blunt, across the board cuts are hurting our children, our seniors, our veterans – the people who need our help the most.

Last week, Congress stepped in to restore full funding for air traffic controllers to keep out country moving. But our children, seniors, and veterans shouldn’t have to get stuck on a tarmac before Congress pays any attention.

People with cancer or families dealing with autism or Alzheimer’s shouldn’t be ignored. Flight delays are bad for all of us, but it’s also bad for all of us when we cut funding for Meals on Wheels and Head Start. And it’s bad for all of us when medical research gets sidelined and when young scientists’ work can’t get funded.

The truth is that we could end those cuts and put a stop to sequestration right now if we just made big corporations, millionaires, and billionaires pay their fair share.

That’s why I’m joining Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse to sponsor legislation that repeals sequestration by ending the tax giveaways and special breaks for our most profitable companies and millionaires.

Become a citizen cosponsor of the Job Preservation and Sequester Replacement Act today.

Washington is rigged for the big guys — the ones who can afford to hire an army of lobbyists, lawyers, and accountants to create and find the loopholes and special breaks that let big corporations off the hook for paying taxes.

• It’s rigged for the five biggest oil companies, which      made $118 billion in profits last year — and yet still collected billions      of dollars worth of government subsidies.

• It’s rigged for multinational corporations, which get      tax breaks to ship U.S. jobs overseas and stash their investments abroad.

• And it’s rigged for hedge fund managers and      billionaires, who pay lower tax rates than their secretaries.

The Job Preservation and Sequester Replacement Act closes corporate tax loopholes so everyone pays a fair share. And it implements the Buffett Rule so that people who make more than $1 million a year pay it forward so the next kid has a chance to make it big.

This is a sensible way to deal with our financial problems. But I need your help to build national support that puts pressure on Congress to pass the plan.

Show your support for the Job Preservation and Sequester Replacement Act now.

We’ve stood up to the most powerful special interests before and won. Often it’s an uphill battle — and we don’t always win.

But we fought to get to the Senate to stand up for programs like Head Start, Meals on Wheels, and medical research when not enough people in Washington do. And now is no time to stop fighting.

Thank you for being a part of this,

Elizabeth

For information about Grayson Democrats, email Nancy Knapp:  GraysonDemocrats at yahoo.com

Webmaster and Precinct 306 Chair, email Barb Rush:  Barb at rushconsulting . com

(Email addresses are not “hot” so as to prevent scam and spam, phishing and various other malicious activities).

If you are a resident of Sherman, this will be an opportunity to hear from the candidates in person prior to the elections.  Place 4 candidates are Kate Whitfield, incumbent and Dorothy Fowler, challenger. Andy Morales, Tim Millerick, and Kiki Ostermann. are also invited.

Early voting is from April 29 – May 7 weekdays from 8am – 5pm at the SISD Administration Building on Loy Lake Road.

Regular voting is on May 11 at your regular voting place.

Grandy’s Restaurant is on the east side of Texoma Parkway, just north of Hwy 82, Sherman, TX. Grayson Democrats for Progress meed  every 4th Thursday of the month from 5:30 – 7:00.

See you there!

Stand behind our Democratic leadership and sign this petition of support.

Medicaid expansion is the right thing to do — it will not only provide healthcare for our most vulnerable Texans, it makes economic sense. Sign your name to this petition and let our leadership know that you support Medicaid expansion. Add your name today.

Thanks for all that you do,

Jenn Brown, Executive Director

Battleground Texas

Grayson County Democrats for Progress:  http://www.graysondemocrats.org

Grayson, Fannin, and Delta County Democrats:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/220372521378622/

Texas Democratic Party:  http://www.txdemocrats.org

Battleground Texas, The fight to make Texas count:  http://www.battlegroundtexas.com

Progress Texas, Communicating Progressive Values in Texas:  http://progresstexas.org

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Get informed, get involved:  http://www.congress.org

Organizing for Action:  http://www.barackobama.com

The Whitehouse:  http://www.whitehouse.gov, especially http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues

PDF Sign in support of universal background checks:  https://secure.assets.bostatic.com/org-for-action/signs/gunReformSign.pdf

Intelligent, Reliable News Sources
The Rachel Maddow Show, http://maddowblog.msnbc.com
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Hardball with Chris Mathews:  http://tv.msnbc.com/shows/hardball
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Democracy Now! Amy Goodman, http://www.democracynow.org

Bill Moyers:  http://billmoyers.com