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January 01st, 2013

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ANOTHER HOLIDAY POST....I'LL BE BACK FULL TIME TOMORROW.....PLEASE LOOK AT THE LAST ARTICLE TO SEE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES......RUSS FEINGOLD.  LET HIM KNOW WE NEED HIM IN THE RACE!!!!



We thank Senator Harkin for shouting out that this 'fiscal cliff' agreement institutionalizes wealth inequity having the rich paying nearly nothing new in revenue and leaving the entire deficit reduction to be on the backs of the American people. Rather than an FDR we have Third Way corporate pols working for wealth and corporations.

These are the Third Way politicians who broke the Glass Steagall Wall and they are now leaders in the democratic party sealing the deal of massive wealth inequity: RUN AND VOTE FOR LABOR AND JUSTICE CANDIDATES NEXT ELECTION!!


NOTICE THAT RUSS FEINGOLD VOTED NO AND HE ALSO VOTED NO IN THE BANK BAILOUT......AND WE WANT HIM AS THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2016!



The following is a list of senators and representatives who voted to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act. The names in bold are currently in office as of 2011 and need to be either impeached or voted out of office. At the very least, they should be required to undo the damage they have done. Please contact these people and let them know how you feel about what they have done. These people can be contacted by clicking on their names. NOTE THE NUMBER IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.....AND THE MARYLAND DELEGATION. I AM TOLD MIKULSKI WAS NEWLY ELECTED AND VOTED RIGHT ON THIS ONE OCCASION.

FINAL VOTE BY THE SENATE

Alphabetical by Senator Name (UNDERLINED MEANS STILL IN OFFICE)

Abraham (R-MI), Yea
Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Allard (R-CO), Yea
Ashcroft (R-MO), Yea
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Biden (D-DE), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Bond (R-MO), Yea
Boxer (D-CA), Nay
Breaux (D-LA), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Yea
Bryan (D-NV), Nay
Bunning (R-KY), Yea
Burns (R-MT), Yea
Byrd (D-WV), Yea
Campbell (R-CO), Yea
Chafee, L. (R-RI), Yea
Cleland (D-GA), Yea
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Coverdell (R-GA), Yea
Craig (R-ID), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Yea
Daschle (D-SD), Yea
DeWine (R-OH), Yea
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Domenici (R-NM), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Nay
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Edwards (D-NC), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Yea


Feingold (D-WI), Nay
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Fitzgerald (R-IL), Present
Frist (R-TN), Yea
Gorton (R-WA), Yea
Graham (D-FL), Yea
Gramm (R-TX), Yea
Grams (R-MN), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Gregg (R-NH), Yea
Hagel (R-NE), Yea

Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Helms (R-NC), Yea
Hollings (D-SC), Yea
Hutchinson (R-AR), Yea
Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Jeffords (R-VT), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kennedy (D-MA), Yea
Kerrey (D-NE), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Yea
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (D-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lott (R-MS), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea

Mack (R-FL), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting *
McConnell (R-KY), Yea

Mikulski (D-MD), Nay
Moynihan (D-NY), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nickles (R-OK), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Yea

Reid (D-NV), Yea
Robb (D-VA), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Roth (R-DE), Yea
Santorum (R-PA), Yea
Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Smith (R-NH), Yea
Smith (R-OR), Yea
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (R-PA), Yea
Stevens (R-AK), Yea
Thomas (R-WY), Yea
Thompson (R-TN), Yea
Thurmond (R-SC), Yea
Torricelli (D-NJ), Yea
Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Warner (R-VA), Yea
Wellstone (D-MN), Nay
Wyden (D-OR), Yea

* Voted for an earlier version of the bill.
Final vote by the House of Representatives

YEAs (underlined means still in office)

Abercrombie-D
Ackerman-D(NY)
Aderholt-R(AL)
Allen-D
Andrews-D(NJ)
Archer-R
Armey-R
Bachus-R(AL)
Baird-D
Baker-R
Baldacci
Ballenger-R
Barcia-D
Barr-R
Barrett (NE)-R
Bartlett-R(MD)
Bass-R(NH)
Bateman-R
Becerra-D(CA)
Bentsen-D
Berkley-D(NV)
Berman-D(CA)
Berry-D
Biggert-R(IL)
Bilbray-R(CA)
Bilirakis-R(FL)
Bishop-D(GA)
Blagojevich-D
Bliley-R
Blumenauer-D(OR)
Blunt-R
Boehlert-R
Boehner-R(OH)
Bonilla-R
Bonior-D
Bono-R(CA)
Borski-D
Boswell-D(IA)
Boucher-D
Boyd-D
Brady-R(TX)
Brown-D(FL)
Brown-D (OH)
Bryant-R
Burr-R
Burton-R(IN)
Buyer-R
Callahan-R
Calvert-R(CA)
Camp-R(MI)
Canady-R
Cannon-R
Capps-D(CA)
Cardin-D
Carson-D
Castle-R
Chabot-R(OH)
Chambliss-R
Chenoweth-Hage-R
Clayton-D
Clement-D
Clyburn-D(SC)
Coble-R(NC)
Coburn-R
Collins-R
Combest-R
Cook-R
Cooksey-R
Cox-R
Cramer-D
Crane-R
Crowley-D(NY)
Cubin-R
Cummings-D(MD)
Cunningham-R
Danner-D
Davis-D (FL)
Davis (VA)-R
Deal-R
DeGette-D(CO)
Delahunt-D
DeLay-R
DeMint-R
Deutsch-D
Diaz-Balart-R(FL)
Dicks-D(WA)
Doggett-D(TX)
Dooley-D
Doolittle-R
Doyle-D(PA)
Dreier-R(CA)
Duncan-R(TN)
Dunn-R
Ehlers-R
Ehrlich-R
Emerson-R(MO)
Engel-D(NY)
English-R
Eshoo-D(CA)
Etheridge-D
Everett-R
Ewing-R
Farr-D(CA)
Fletcher-R
Foley-R
Forbes-D
Ford-D
Fossella-R
Fowler-R
Franks (NJ)-R
Frelinghuysen-R(NJ)
Frost-D
Gallegly-R(CA)
Ganske-R
Gekas-R
Gephardt-D
Gibbons-R
Gilchrest-R
Gillmor-R
Gilman-R
Gonzalez-D

Goode-D
Goodlatte-R(VA)
Goodling-R
Gordon-D
Goss-R
Graham-R
Granger-R(TX)
Green-D (TX)
Green (WI)
Greenwood-R
Gutknecht-R
Hall-D (OH)
Hall -D(TX)
Hansen-R
Hastert-R
Hastings (WA)-R
Hayes-R
Hayworth-R
Herger-R(CA)
Hill-D (IN)
Hill (MT)-R
Hilleary-R
Hilliard-D
Hinojosa-D(TX)
Hobson-R
Hoeffel-D
Hoekstra-R
Holden-D(PA)
Holt-D(NJ)
Hooley-D
Horn-R
Hostettler-R
Houghton-R
Hoyer-D
Hulshof-R
Hunter-R
Hutchinson-R
Hyde-R
Isakson-R
Istook-R
Jackson-Lee-D (TX)
Jefferson
Jenkins-R
John
Johnson (CT)-R
Johnson, E. B.-D(TX)
Johnson, Sam-R(TX)
Jones-R (NC)
Jones-D (OH)
Kasich-R
Kelly-R
Kennedy-D
Kilpatrick-D
Kind-D (WI)
King-R (NY)
Kingston-R(GA)
Kleczka-D
Klink-D
Knollenberg-R
Kolbe-R
Kuykendall-R
LaFalce-D
LaHood-R
Lampson-D
Lantos-D
Largent-R
Latham-R(IA)
LaTourette-R(OH)
Lazio-R
Leach-R
Levin-D(MI)
Lewis -R(CA)
Lewis (KY)-R
Linder-R
LoBiondo-R(NJ)
Lofgren-D(CA)
Lowey-D(NY)
Lucas-D (KY)
Lucas-R(OK)
Maloney-D (CT)
Maloney-D (NY)
Manzullo-R(IL)
Mascara-D
Matsui-D(CA)
McCarthy -D(MO)
McCarthy-D (NY)
McCollum-R
McCrery-R
McGovern-D(MA)
McHugh-R
McIntosh-R
McIntyre-D(NC)
McKeon-R(CA)
McNulty-D
Meehan-D
Meeks-D (NY)
Menendez-D
Metcalf-R
Millender-McDonald
Miller (FL)-R
Miller, Gary-R(CA)
Minge-D
Mink-D
Moakley-D
Moore-D
Moran (KS)-R
Moran-D (VA)
Morella-R
Murtha-D
Myrick-R(NC)
Nadler-D(NY)
Napolitano-D(CA)
Neal-D(MA)
Nethercutt-R
Northup-R
Nussle-R
Oberstar-D
Olver-D(MA)
Ortiz
Ose-R
Owens-D
Oxley-R
Packard-R
Pallone-D(NJ)
Pascrell-D(NJ)
Pastor-D(AZ)
Payne-D(NJ)
Pease-R
Pelosi-D(CA)
Peterson-D (MN)
Peterson (PA)-R
Petri-R(WI)
Pickering-R
Pickett-D
Pitts-R(PA)
Pombo-R
Pomeroy-D
Porter-R
Portman-R
Price-D (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Quinn-R
Rahall-D(WV)
Ramstad-R
Rangel-D(NY)
Regula-R
Reyes-D
Reynolds-R
Riley-R
Roemer-D
Rogan-R
Rogers-R(KY)
Rohrabacher-R(CA)
Ros-Lehtinen-R(FL)
Rothman-D(NJ)
Roukema-R
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Ryan-R)WI)
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Smith-R(TX)
Smith -D(WA)
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Udall-D (CO)
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Upton-R(MI)
Velazquez-D(NY)
Vento-D
Visclosky-D(IA)
Vitter-R
Walden-R(OR)
Walsh-R
Wamp-R
Watkins-R
Watt-D (NC)
Watts (OK)
Weiner-D
Weldon (FL)-R
Weldon (PA)-R
Weller-R
Wexler-D
Weygand-D
Whitfield-R(KY)
Wicker-R
Wilson-R
Wise-D
Wolf-R(VA)
Wu-D(OR)
Wynn-D
Young-R(AK)
Young-R(FL)



This disgraceful bow to the banking industry, eagerly signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1999, bears a major share of responsibility for the current banking crisis
President Bill Clinton’s signing statement for the GLBA summarized the established argument for repealing Glass-Steagall Section’s 20 and 32 in stating that this change, and the GLBA’s amendments to the Bank Holding Company Act, would “enhance the stability of our financial services system” by permitting financial firms to “diversify their product offerings and thus their sources of revenue” and make financial firms “better equipped to compete in global financial markets.”[352]


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Feingold voted against Glass Steagall Act breaking the banking wall......he voted against bailing out the banks.....and he shouts out for fairness and justice.......TELL RUSS FEINGOLD THAT HE IS YOUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2016!!!

Russell D. Feingold IS LABOR AND JUSTICE!!!!!


Russ Feingold, a Democrat, served as a United States senator for Wisconsin for three terms before being defeated in November 2010 by a first-time candidate, Ron Johnson, a Republican.

Mr. Feingold, who had been on the ballot for state or federal offices in Wisconsin for 28 years, had a national reputation as one of the Senate's most liberal members.

But Wisconsin is more divided politically than it is often perceived, given its well-known progressive streak. And with a moribund economy, a rising tide of anger, a disillusioned Republican base and a millionaire opponent who outspent him, Mr. Feingold early on was perceived to be vulnerable.

One of Mr. Feingold’s top selling points had always been an independent streak. He worked with John McCain, the Arizona Republican, to pass the campaign finance bill that bore their names, and which was perhaps his best-known legislative accomplishment, although it was later largely dismantled by the Supreme Court.

Mr. Feingold opposed President Obama's decision to expand the war in Afghanistan. He voted against bailing out financial institutions in 2008, and he opposed the Democratic bill on Wall Street regulation in 2010, saying the restrictions did not go far enough.

Adapted from The National Journal's Almanac of American Politics (2010): 

Russ Feingold is a Democrat first elected to the Senate in 1992. He grew up in Janesville, where his father and Republican Congressman Paul Ryan’s father practiced law in the same building. There was politics in his blood: his father ran for district attorney as a Progressive and once lost an election to the county board by one vote. In the second grade he cast the only vote in his class for John F. Kennedy and decided he wanted to be president and often said he wanted to be senator some day. He nurtured his ambition at the University of Wisconsin, as a Rhodes Scholar, and at Harvard Law School; he moved to Middleton, a not-so-academic suburb of Madison, and in 1982, at 29, beat an 83-year-old veteran state senator by 31 votes. Feingold has a flair for publicity, and for political reform issues and novel arguments. His great goal in the legislature was to ban the use of bovine growth hormones, an attempt to hold down the productivity of dairy cows, who have grown more productive even as Americans drink less milk than they did in the 1950s. Feingold decided to run in 1992 for the Senate seat held by Bob Kasten, a free-market conservative who had won by narrow margins in 1980 and 1986. In the Democratic primary, while Milwaukee businessman Joseph Checota and Congressman Jim Moody battered each other with negative ads, Feingold ran clever, humorous spots: one showing Elvis, alive and endorsing Feingold; another showing Feingold at home, opening up a closet and saying, “No skeletons.”

In the Senate, Feingold has had a liberal record on cultural and foreign issues, somewhat more moderate on economics. He attacked many spending programs and did not respond in lockstep with other Democrats on the Clinton scandals. In February 1997 he called for an independent counsel on the Clinton-Gore fundraising operations. In January 1999 he was the only Democrat to vote against Robert Byrd’s motion to dismiss the charges against Clinton.

Feingold has long said that the campaign finance system is “legalized bribery and influence-peddling”; democracy, he once said, “has been almost entirely corrupted in the last few years by soft money.” In December 1995 he was surprised when John McCain called and asked if he would work with him against pork barrel spending. Out of this collaboration came the various versions of McCain-Feingold campaign finance bills. In May 2003 a three-judge federal court, deeply divided, issued 1,700 pages of opinions and upheld some of the provisions of the 2001 campaign finance law, but not others. The Supreme Court upheld most sections of the law in December 2003.

Feingold has pursued other ethics issues. He was one of the crusaders against lobbyists’ gifts to lawmakers. He sought to prohibit members of Congress from using for personal travel frequent flier miles earned on business trips. He has tried to ban cost-of-living adjustments to congressional pay. He tried to attach repeal of the COLA to various measures and failed until he got a vote on it as an amendment to the homeland security bill in November 2002; it lost 58–36. In July 2006, when a lobbying bill stalled, Feingold and Barack Obama tried to get its provisions adopted as Senate rules, and in January 2007 they were pushing the limits on gifts, meals and travels from lobbyists again. Feingold and John McCain came out for an independent ethics authority in December 2006.

Casting sole votes is not an unusual posture for Feingold: he voted against the 1996 anti-terrorism bill and he was the only Democrat to vote against Robert Byrd’s $15 billion homeland security package in 2001. He was the only Democrat on the Budget Committee to join Republicans and vote for five-year caps on spending in 2002. As chairman of the Africa Subcommittee he traveled to Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique in February 2002; his visa for Zimbabwe was revoked by the Mugabe government. He opposed the Australian Free Trade Agreement because it allowed some dairy exports into the United States and has opposed the Caribbean Area Free Trade Agreement as well.

Feingold has made it a practice to hold listening sessions in all 72 Wisconsin counties every year, speaking for five minutes and then taking all questions. And he has submitted voluntarily to some of the campaign restrictions he sought to place on all candidates.
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