The Next Great American President: Senator Barack Obama

Happy Thanksgiving!

Support the Troops

Flat Out Betrayal

He Just Doesn't Get It

Why I Am A Democrat!

Senator Biden's New Book

Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) has written a new book that is coming out at the end of the month.  Pre-order your copy today.

Resign David Vitter

Together We Stand Strong

Ending Poverty in America: A Question of Morality

Political Activism: An Endangered Species

Rubber Stamp Mike

Above the Law

Healthcare: We Need Change

    50 million, that's the number of American's without health insurance.  9 million, that's the number of children without health insurance.  18,000, that’s the number of people who will die this year because of that lack of insurance.  Those are the facts and yet, were is the reform?  In the 1990's, President Bill Clinton appointed his wife, then first lady, Hillary Clinton to head the President's Commission on Healthcare Reform.  Hillary fought hard for universal coverage, but Newt Gingrich, the rest of the Republican congress, the health care industry, and conservative groups spent 100 million dollars to defeat the plan, and they did.  Since the 13 years after the battle over health care, with 18,000 dying each year, about 234,000 people have died because of that lack of insurance.  That is about 78 times bigger then the death toll on September 11, 2001.   We have spent billions on Iraq and the War on Terror, and George W. Bush and the Republicans in congress choose to protect us against Osama Bin Laden and other terrorists.  However, they refuse to protect us against our smallest enemy, bacteria and disease.
    Since, Richard Nixon decided to make our health care industry 100% profit driven in 1971, the system has turned into corrupt, greedy, and sickening industry, working against people.  We give 100% free universal healthcare to captured terrorists in prison, people who planned September 11, but there are volunteer 9/11 rescue workers who can't afford health insurance.  We spend more money on healthcare than any other industrialized in the world, we rank 37th in times of healthcare in the world, behind Cuba.  There are nations who don't even hold a candle to our overall wealth, and have a lower infant mortality rate then we do.  We think that universal healthcare would make our healthcare worse.  While, nations with universal healthcare exhibit overall better health then those that don't.  The unhealthiest people in England, those considered impoverished, statistically are healthier than those with the best healthcare in America.  Only, 1 in 10 people in a Canadian hospital wait more than 3 hours in a hospital waiting room.   86% are seen within 30 minutes.  On average Canadians live 3 years longer than Americans.  A few years ago, I cut my finger, and I waited more than 4 hours in an extremely over crowded waiting room.  Where was I?  In America's wonderful healthcare system of course!
    I take daily a daily medication.  Under our insurance plan, we pay 10 dollars for every refill.  That's if you have insurance.  In England, the most you will ever pay for drugs is 10 dollars.  However, my medication is extremely cheap.  We spend an average of $7000 per American, Cuba spends 200 per person, however, and Cuba has the lowest HIV/AIDS rate in the Western Hemisphere.  An inhaler that will cost over 100 dollars in America costs 5 cents in Cuba.
    For all the talk over how universal healthcare is awful, I just don't see it.  The facts seem to prove Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and John McCain wrong.  The Republicans will tell you the lie of "access to affordable healthcare" when it really means, more money to the healthcare industry that kills thousands a year.  The only way to fix our healthcare industry is universal coverage.  What are some benefits?  A more productive workforce, which means a booming economy and more jobs.  France, which has the best healthcare system in the world, has a higher productivity rate than the United States.  Nations with universal coverage have less workers taking off for sick time.  On average we would save money with a universal system.  More people would be healthy.  Our medical industry would finally work for people.  9 million children would be covered.  Gone would be the days of the money driven healthcare executives.  Our healthcare industry would be the best in the world. America can afford universal coverage.  The United Kingdom created their universal system in the wake of WWII when they had little to no economic stability.  By easing our national economy on to it over the next 4 years or so, we would be able to easily switch to universal healthcare.
    This is the only way we can fix things.  The argument that we will be become unhealthier and the healthcare industry will be more expensive if we convert to universal coverage holds no water.  The facts are on my side.  Our nation won't be remembered on how we treated the best off among us.  It will be how we treated the worst among us.  The 50 million uninsured.  The 18,000 who will die this year.

VOTE DEMOCRAT

Get A New Attitude

Shame on You Mr. Copeland

Maybe It's Just Jealousy

My apologies to those who’ve been victims of my rants on the subject, but I have to say this one more time, if only for good measure… I don’t understand what we have against the French. There’s no doubt that the adjective “French” has attained something of a negative connotation in The States, but I have to question the logic behind it.

Run, Harold, Run!

Recently I joined my fellow executive committee members in attending a Carper Roundtable event with former Congressman and currant chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee. Although, I would consider myself a little more liberal than my good friend from Memphis, I was delighted by what he said. He talked about the rules of politics. He said that doing the right this was the number one rule. When he was speaking I saw a man who was genuinely concerned the lives of every person in America. I respect his governing philosophy because I think we need moderate and conservative voices in the party. It was truly a shame that Ford wasn’t elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006. He was my favorite candidate out of all of the senate candidates in 2006. I felt like his campaign was going to be a vehicle of change toward a new south. Then came the highly inappropriate ad by the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. The ad opens with a couple people attacking Ford’s positions on a few issues. Then comes a beautiful girl who says, “I met Harold at the Playboy party.” Then after the ad closes the woman says, “Harold, call me.” This ad is a perfect example of what is wrong with our system. Harold Ford, a qualified man, was the victim of an ad that painted him as a playboy who was involved with many women. Harold Ford is a good man who is fighting for working families. He is someone who knows that America can do better. Seeing him speak made me hopeful for the future. So I say here today, Harold Ford must run for office again. America needs people like him governing. Harold Ford can bring about the changes in the south and in America that we need. He is smart enough and qualified to lead the Democrats to become the dominant force in southern politics again. A lofty goal, I may add, but a necessary one. I ask southerners are you satisfied with the Bush Administration leaving you behind time after time. They send your sons and daughters to war and they aren’t honest with you about the objective. The south is not where it should be economically or in terms of education. The south has some of the worst public schools in the country. The Democratic Party is the party of change. The party of the people. We fight for everyone. Harold Ford is a perfect example of this. He can lead our party to a bright future. We need young candidates like him. RUN, HAROLD, RUN!

Harold Ford Has Me Shivering

It's A Shame To See That We Have Yet To Open Our Eyes

Having looked for inspiration in all places, to no avail, I once again turn to the letters to the editor in The News Journal. As I’ve said before, the topics tend to be pretty tame. However, the News Journal never fails to publish a letter that gets my blood boiling.

“I'm glad to see that our police forces are taking the threat of terrorism seriously.

It's a shame that the rest of the public is not doing the same. We can never be to prepared [sic] in the event of another attack on our country. I'm glad to see someone else is taking this as seriously as myself. Maybe The News Journal could do an expose on how people abuse the federal and state governments for welfare, food stamps, housing and etc. But we would never see that because it would not be politically correct.

You Can't Fight A Losing Battle When You've Already Lost

I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and — you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows — this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday.

The right wing reactionaries really seem to be taking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's comment on the Iraq War very harshly. I suppose it's with good reason -- when you put enough effort into perpetuating a massive lie (that Iraq is worth it, and that a War on Terror can be won), you begin to believe it yourself.

First of all, look at the nature of this comment. The overwhelming majority of Republicans and Democrats believe, if not that we need to leave Iraq, that it was a huge mistake. If I wasn't watching it happen, I'd have a hard time believing that such an understatement actually came as a surprise. I find it astounding that anybody is actually making an effort to keep us is an apocalyptic hellhole like Iraq.

The other thing that astounds me is the Republican's arguments. Those are, that we need to prevent a civil war; that Iran has a huge stake in the insurgency and if we leave, they'll rally terrorists; that the majority of Iraqis want us to be there; and, to top it off, that a 20,000 troop surge will fix this Catch-22.

This civil war has been begging to happen for the past 1,400 years. Whenever you have religious radicals (Muslim or otherwise) at odds with one another, they absolutely will end up trying to kill one another. Hussein had that problem under control. Yes, he was a terrible man, but there wasn't a threat of civil war. When we destroyed the Iraqi government, we lit the fuse. more than 3,000 troops are dead, but you can fully expect 20,000 more if we follow through as President Bush is asking.

There is no credible proof that Iran is supporting the insurgency -- as a matter of fact, we should be compelled NOT to believe this, because the exact same (false) argument was made with regards to Iraq and Afghanistan. How many times will we be lied to? We bombed Afghanistan despite the fact that Saudis attacked us on 9/11, we invaded Iraq for an alleged link to Al-Qaeda and the alleged presence of weapons of mass destruction, and now we're staying in Iraq for more falsities. This administration is just begging to start two more wars. "Nuclear proliferation!!" they scream, hoping the American people will run like sheep to the voting booth and make the GOP mark on the ballot -- despite the fact that the largest, most powerful nuclear arsenal in the world belongs to the United States. And being that their entire justification for wars on Iraq, Iran and North Korea revolves around nuclear weaponry, it strikes me as overwhelmingly hypocritical. Before we start spewing lies about who does and doesn't have a nuclear arsenal, maybe we should disarm our own.

No Iraqi in their right mind wants us to be there. Perhaps the extremists should take a visit to Iraq. 70,000 civilians are dead. How many people were killed under Saddam? How many families in Iraq had available food, running water and electricity under Saddam? How many people in Iraq were blown up by car bombs for their religious preferences under Saddam? You can whine about what a terrible man Saddam Hussein was, but the fact of the matter is, Iraq was a better place under him. Democracy is no good if it's a crumbling, corrupt, dysfunctional democracy. As brutal as dictatorships may be, Iraq is now nothing more than chaos, and promises to implode upon itself.

As for the surge, the fact that President Bush thinks it will do any good should clearly establish that he is certifiably insane. The answer isn't more, more, more -- the answer is LEAVE. What crackpot neo-con actually thinks that 20,000 sitting ducks will solve anything? We're not fighting a military, we're fighting an ideology, which the Bush Administration has labeled as terrorism. The fact of the matter is that you cannot defeat terrorism. It will always exist, and if there IS a solution to the problem, it doesn't lie in violence. If you don't want somebody to attack you, look into preventative action. Stop putting military bases in Muslim holy land -- imperialism isn't a good foreign policy. And maybe, just maybe, we should be close to our friends and closer to our supposed enemies. Rather than flame France for not joining a doomed effort, we should respect their choice and maybe, just maybe, take a hint from their wisdom. Rather than attack Iran for an alleged nuclear program, we should try to amend our differences. We're not always right, and there is such a thing as listening to what somebody has to say before you attack them.

I'd like to leave this off with a message to the right-wingers saying that liberals like myself or Harry Reid don't care about the troops. It seems to me that you've been smelling your own bullshit so long that you don't notice it anymore. "Support the troops", you've cried for 4 miserable years. All the bumper stickers on the back of SUVs and minivans, all the pundits, all the lies we've been fed... they always say we need to support the troops. Well, the fact of the matter is that "the troops" are more than a buzzword. They're human beings. We have a responsibility not only to them, but every human being, to make life better. Liberals like me are trying to do that. We're trying to pull them out, to end the killing, but it's not easy when the president promises to veto any bill which will pull troops out of Iraq. 3,000 people died on 9/11. Over 70,000 have died in this war, American and Iraqi both -- that's a death every two days. It's not worth it. This is not retribution, this is madness. And if you do insist on keeping the troops there, show at least a little bit of support by giving the wounded a decent hospital to go to. Walter Reed is disgusting, as has been hidden from the public eye for the entire war. I don't believe for a second that the administration didn't know about the rats, the cockroaches, the mold, the lack of decent beds, heating, etc. Rather, I believe the administration just doesn't care. And why would they? Why would any Republican in their right mind? What's some poor farm boy matter to you? As long as Haliburton shows loyalty to its stockholders and we protect our investments, why does it matter? So what if he's lost arms, legs, vision, skin.... you can sleep easy at night knowing that you support the troops -- because as long as you say it, it must be true, right?

In Support of the Democratic Congress

This past week, I have been following the showdown between our President, George W. Bush and the leaders of the Democratic Congress (Love ya Nancy!). On November 7, 2006, Americans from across the nation voted for a change and an end to the Iraq War and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi have been working tirelessly to do just that. You see, we Democrats are trying to accomplish the will of the American People by ending this war bit by bit. We are trying to do the best we can. Mr. Bush, in case you haven't looked at polls lately Nancy Pelosi and Democrats in Congress have approval ratings over 50%, something you haven't seen in a while. The American People are with us. The time where you attack us for not supporting the troops is over. Let me say clearly, President George W. Bush will veto a spending bill, money being sent to the TROOPS! Whose supporting the troops now? We are trying to bring them home safely. And unlike you Mr. Bush, we want to give them the best care when they come home, cough, cough WALTER REED! We are trying to carry out the will of the American People. You say that we are making it more difficult to bring the troops home, and that we are extending their tours with our persistence and doing the job we were elected to do. Just this week Secretary of Defense annouced he was extend the tours of all troops in Iraq. This president is as my good friend Joe Biden said is divorced from reality. Well, Joe, I don't think he was married to it in the first place. He has gone off the deep end and so has Vice President Cheney. They has betrayed America and American Servicemen and Women. They are disgrace. And they have lost this war. Yes, I say it lost. We must get our of Iraq. Every month we stay there more Americans die, more blood is spilt. Mr. Bush you do not represent the will of the people. Yet, your party pretends that we are the party destroying America. Mr. President, you are to blame for America's problems. It's time you leave this false sense that things are going well. Americans did not vote for a surge, they voted for an end. They want us to leave. The Democratic Congress understands this. This is the most couragous congress in history lead by too great Americans Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. The only reason I have hope is because of them. So, if one more person says anything about this congress, remember we are doing the people's work.

A Left-Winger's Take On The Debates

Barack Obama: the Next Great American President

I have never been as excited ever for a candidate in my entire life than I am for Barack Obama. Barack Obama is the greatest leader of our generation. Unlike most candidates he can bring this nation together and make people hope again. He makes me proud to be an American. Looking back on the Bush administration, Obama makes me believe that the future is going to be better. I feel as if he is talking with me rather than at me. He is the man who is going to carry on the work of past progressives who were taken from us, people like, Paul Wellstone, Robert F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, and so on. He is this generation's Robert F. Kennedy. He stands up for all us, regardless of who we are. He wants to end this war, he wants to improve education, and bridge the racial divide in this nation. At the center of his campaign is the power of young people. Not since 1968 have young people been more involved. Watching him in that debate, I saw a president, a leader, a gift to the American People. This man is the way of the future. He wants universal healthcare, and believe that America can do anything. So let me say for the world to hear, I will do anything this man asks of me. I will work my hands to the bone, I will give up sleep, I will give up my weekends, my summer for this man. I know that when this man is elected, there will be a sunrise all across America. Hope will be restored. We can kiss the politics of fear good bye. So my friends join with me in following this man to the future of America. Let us stand up and take back our country.

Good News for Dems!

Bush Approval: 35%

Speaker Pelosi Approval: 53% (Gingrich never got more than 41%)

Democrats in Congress Approval: 54% (Republicans have 39%)

Stronger Leadership Role in D.C.: Bush: 34% Dems 54%

Should the Attorney General resign: Yes: 45% No 39%

-National Polling from "The Washington Post"

Delaware on right track: 54%

Sen. Biden's Approval:  60%

Sen. Carper's Approval: 69%

Gov. Minner's Approval: 51%

Lt. Gov. Carney's Favorable: 47% (only 12% unfavorable)

State Treasurer Jack Markell's Favorable: 55% (only 11% unfavorable)

-Delaware Polling from "Fairleigh Dickinson PublicMind Poll"

Also, Democrat Byron Short won in traditionally Republican territory of the 7th State Rep District in Brandywine Hundred, bringing the Republican's to only a 21-19 lead over Dems in the State House, with one Vacancy.

That vacancy is in the 41st RD, and the Dems have an excellent candidate Former State Trooper and Former Mayor of Millsboro Lynn Bullock!

These polls and the candidates and election results are excellent news for Delaware and National Democrats in '08!

Note: Post polling is from 4/16/07 and DE polling is from 3/1/07.

Money: the Disease that is Killing our Politics

Recently, all the news networks in the United States reported on the fundraising efforts of all the candidates for 2008. Barack Obama raised 25 million, 1 million short of Hillary Clinton's 26 million. This was the big story of the week. Although I am 100 percent for Barack Obama for president, I must say that money is not what makes presidential candidates. Tom Vilsack, a good man dropped out of the 2008 field, because he couldn't raise enough money. This is what our politics have come to. We are more interested in who raises how much, then who is going to do what for what issue. Campaigns are about the people, ideas, and the future of our country. They are not about money, money, and did I mention money. I propose today that all campaigns be publically financed. If we want money and influence to be taken out of our politics and be returned to the people, we can't have the system we have today. We must change our ways and say to the candidates: SAY SOMETHING. Tell us about your ideas on national security, the economy, and education. Let that be what you campaign is ALL about. It's time they start talking. Candidates are spending most of their time dialing for dollars. Money for breakfast, money for lunch, and money for dinner. Democracy and politics isn't about money, it's about your hopes, dreams, and fears. However, our system is a game that only the rich can pay to play. Our pay to play system must end. Therefore, in accordance with this belief, I will not give one cent to campaigns. Instead my contribution to democracy will not be 2300 dollars, but volunteer hours, knocking on doors, passing out literature, and talking about the issues. I am going to draw attention to this problem. McCain-Feingold is a crock of bull. It's time we take the money. Let's rebuild democracy, one person at a time. Let's make our democracy be about what it should be: people. And to all those who say money is speech, I say: NO IT ISN'T! Money does not equal speech then only the rich can speak and the rest of us are left behind. You want to know what speech is: it's writing to the editoral board of your local paper, writing your own blog, writing and calling your elected officials, attending rallies, and VOTING! Money is the farthest thing from speech. Democracy is speech. People are speech. America is speech. So if you agree with me leave me a comment and go to www.house.gov or www.senate.gov and look up your congressmen and senators and tell them you want publically financed campaigns.

Somethings Don't Change: A Liberal Rant (Yes, I said Liberal, and PROUDLY)

George W. Bush said this week that he would veto any Iraq War spending bill that contained a timetable and criticized the Democratic Party or as he likes to say the "Democrat" Party for "playing politics" with war funding. Well, Mr. President obviously your new to reality, so let me refresh your memory. There was this event that we Americans like to call an election in 2006 and the party that overwhelmingly won was the Democratic Party. We won because we said we would bring an end to this war. We are doing exactly what we were elected to do. So, my hat goes off to Senator Harry Reid and Speaker Nancy Pelosi to keeping their promise to the American people. Last week, a bill passed in the U.S. House and Senate that was a spending bill but it also contained a timetable that would call for America to start withdrawing troops in 2008. This bill sums up the overwhelming public opinion of nearly 65 or more percent of our population. So, Mr. President, if you veto this bill, you will be vetoing the OVERWHELMING belief of the United States that this war must end. Wake up and see with don't stand with you. We want an end to this war. There is a difference Mr. Bush to being like President Truman and making the right decisions that weren't popular and totally and utterly screwing up and creating the worst foreign policy blunder in American history. There is one big difference between President Bush and President Truman: Truman was a man whose leadership in the long run helped this country, he was smart. Mr. Bush what you are doing ceases to amaze me. You have overstepped the realm of political sanity and have gone nuts. I can no longer hold in my feelings and allow this president to disgrace this land I love so much. Oh, yes and another thing: don’t question our patriotism. You Mr. Bush and you Mr. Cheney are traitors. You have disgraced your office. Therefore, you have to be pretty damn audacious to question the Democrat's patriotism. You might not say it explicitly but I know you think it. You have led America into a classic catch-22. So I just have one thing to say to the Republican Party: I will NEVER vote for ONE GOP candidate unless you change your way. How you have conducted yourself over the past years, shows me that you have no respect for democracy, no respect for the world, and I seriously question your motives. However, I do not question your patriotism. I believe you are a blind patriot. You rap yourself in the American flag and cut yourself off to the world. You think that supporting our president is more patriotic than exercising freedom of speech to protest him. And one more thing, before I step off my soapbox, this week Mr. Bush, you said that Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria was a mistake and undermined U.S. foreign policy. However, what you fail to see is that what Nancy Pelosi is doing is new to you, it's called DIPLOMACY. She is sitting down with a government we don't agree with and is trying to help our country. Any good solider will tell you, you have to talk to your enemies. We must exercise diplomacy. So, Madame Speaker I applaud you. So, the next time you Republican's open your mouth, remember this: the Democrats are for people. We are doing this because we were voted in office to do so. We are going to fix this country. And to America, don't vote Republican in 2008; they still haven't learned their lesson.

Karl Rove Dancing!

Quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen.

Enjoy, Read Scott

To Elizabeth Edwards and Her Family:

The Young Democrats Movement joined the nation in expressing our great sadness today in the wake of the news of Elizabeth Edwards' reoccurrence of breast cancer. YDM extends our undivided support for Elizabeth and her family. Her courageousness continues to be an inspiration to us and people around the world. This is a day to put aside politics and pray for such a great woman. Whether Democrat or Republican we can all come together to support her and her family. Whatever decision Senator and Mrs. Edwards’s make about the future of their campaign they have the 100% backing of this organization. Elizabeth Edwards is a fearless woman and is a heroine to men and women everywhere. We too stay optimistic with the Edwards Family because we know how tough Elizabeth is. Again our thoughts and our prayers are with the Edwards family in this time of need. Stay strong Elizabeth, America loves you!

Kindest regards,

The Young Democrats Movement

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Say NO to the Surge

The War in Iraq is the worst foreign policy blunder in American history. The American death toll is well over 3000. Innocent Iraqi death tolls are in the 10,000s and climbing. There is more violence today then there was when Saddam Hussein was in power. George W. Bush has advocated a reckless policy of “stay the course” for 3 years and has furthered American debt. Now, George W. Bush is proposing a surge of more than 20,000 troops to Iraq. This policy, like previous policies, comes too late. We should have gone in with more troops when we invaded Iraq. In terms of foreign policy, you cannot make up for your mistakes this late in the game. Bush should’ve admitted failure earlier, and taken action then. This surge is irresponsible, reckless, and sloppy. It seems to be a “quick fix.” Bush hasn’t thought this out and has ignored the recommendations of more experienced and better foreign policy experts. James Baker and Lee Hamilton are arguably some of the best foreign policy experts in the nation. Both have held important positions. Jim Baker was President Bush Sr.’s secretary of state and Lee Hamilton is a former congressman (D-IN) and former co-chairman of the 9/11 Commission. This, past year they headed the Iraq Study Group, which recommends several courses of action to find a peaceful solution to Iraq. Bush has ignored every one. Moreover, he has ignored the recommendations of the chairman of the foreign relation committee and senator from Delaware for the past 32 years, Joe Biden. Biden proposed cutting Iraq into 3 states for the 3 religious groups in Iraq fighting each other. However, President Bush would rather take the advice of those were wrong from the start. He wants to lengthen and escalate the war for a cause that has already been lost. What this nation needs to do is reject this reckless course of action. Write your congressman and senators. Say you oppose this irresponsible course of action and this surge. We must support a phased withdrawal plan that would put pressure on the Iraqi government to take action and stand up for their country. We cannot escalate this war. We cannot continue this violence. We must end this war as soon as possible and start rebuilding the little international credibility we have left.

Gubernatorial Poll

The results of our poll of the Democratic Primary:

Jack Markell - 100% John Carney - 0%

Note: This is not a scientific poll, nor is it a poll that reflects the entire YDM organization (this poll in no way impacts our organization's endorsement process).

Presidential Poll

The results of ydmovement.org's first poll are in!

Barack Obama - 58.82%

Joe Biden - 20.59%

Hillary Clinton - 8.82%

John Edwards - 8.82%

Chris Dodd - 2.94%

Note: This poll is not scientific, and while people can't vote more than once, it does not represent a cross-section of any population, except those who visit the ydmovement.org website.

"Do Something Congress!"

This week, the United States House of Representatives under new Democratic control, wrapped up it's first 100 hours. With 13 hours to spare, Congress, under the new leadership of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, passed much needed 9-11 Commission recommendations, a stem cell research bill, an increase in the minimum wage (the first in 10 years), a decrease in student loan interest rates, and ethics reform. The fate of all these bills aren't certain. While the minimum wage is likely to be increased, it is not likely to be this specific bill. The Senate, where the Democrats only hold a one seat majority, is likely to pass a similar bill, differing in its tax breaks for small businesses. If that bill passes the Senate, then it will go to the House. If it passes the House, then the President will receive it for his signature or veto. Stem cell research, which was passed by last year's Republican Congress, was passed once again this month by the U.S. House. President Bush vetoed the last stem cell research bill, and has said he will do the same to this one.

Welcome!

Welcome everyone to our new blog page. We will be posting political news on this page, as well as opinions and editorials written by youth and adults. Continue to check in!