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发帖数: 19713 | 1 By Julie Bolcer
David Cicillinex180 (Providence) | Advocate.com
Providence mayor David Cicilline announced that he has raised $725,000 since
declaring his congressional candidacy six weeks ago, more than triple the
amount raised by his closet Democratic rival during the same period.
According to CQ Politics, Cicilline set a high bar for primary opponent Bill
Lynch, the former Rhode Island Democratic chairman. The men are competing
to succeed retiring Rep. Patrick Kennedy. State house minority wh |
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发帖数: 4174 | 2 Cicilline Wins Rhode Island Primary
By Advocate.com Editors
David Cicilline, the openly gay mayor of Providence, R.I., won the primary
Tuesday — and is now the frontrunner—in the race to replace the retiring
Rep. Patrick Kennedy in Congress. If successful, Cicilline will join three
current openly gay members of Congress.
Cicilline, who won more than a third of the vote in a four-way race, now
faces indedpendents Kenneth Cabalbo and Gregory Raposa along with Republican
John J. Loughlin II. Loughl |
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发帖数: 4174 | 3 Posted on Advocate.com March 05, 2011
Boehner's DOMA Defense Denounced
DOMA opponents including (pictured, from left) Jared Polis, Tammy Baldwin,
and Barney Frank have spoken out against House speaker John Boehner's plan
to defend the antigay law.
By Advocate.com Editors
Lead sponsors of a measure to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, including
all of the openly gay members of Congress, have spoken out against House
speaker John Boehner’s plan to defend DOMA in court, even though President
Obam... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 4
联邦法院如果宣布州法违宪，这样捆绑州普选票和选举人票的州法就立刻失效了，各州
选举人可以随便投。
现在媒体已经为选举人考虑鹅毛帮老头助选造势了，
Dem congressman: Electoral College has 'right' to weigh Russian hacking
By KYLE CHENEY 12/10/16 05:45 PM EST
A Democratic congressman is suggesting that members of the Electoral College
should be able to consider Russian interference in the presidential
election — and whether it influenced the outcome — when deciding how to
cast their vote.
"To the extent that foreign interference in the United States presidential
election... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8414 | 5 犹太人才多少，看看这是多少
Current Senators[edit]
Carl Levin[1][2] Democratic Michigan 1978 Chairman of the Committee on
Armed Services
Dianne Feinstein[3] Democratic California 1992 Chair of the Select
Committee on Intelligence
Barbara Boxer[4] Democratic California 1992 Chair of the Environment and
Public Works Committee and Chair of the Select Committee on Ethics
Ron Wyden[5] Democratic Oregon 1996
Chuck Schumer[6][7] Democratic New York 1998 Chairman of the Democratic
Policy and Communications... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8600 | 6 Jewish Members of U.S. Congress:
114th Congress
(2015-2017)
Jewish Congressmen: Table of Contents | 113th Congress | The First Jewish
Congressman
Print Friendly and PDF
Senate
(10 Democrats, 1 Independent)
Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Al Franken (D-MN)
Brian Schatz (D-HI)
Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
House... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6361 | 7 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: brihand (brihand), 信区: USANews
标 题: 民主党议员v5:要求国务院尽快安置1万叙利亚难民
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Jun 20 15:38:30 2016, 美东)
嫌国务院只安置了2805个难民。
Three House Democrats are calling on Secretary of State John Kerry to meet
the administration's stated goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees in the
U.S. before October.
"This need has never been more urgent. As a result of the Syrian civil war,
more than 400,000 civilians have been killed, and more than 4.8 million
people have been forced t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2309 | 8 Member Name House Leadership DCCC Leadership Leadership PAC Name
Adams, Alma
Aguilar, Pete
Ashford, Brad
Bass, Karen Organization, Study & Review Chair Sea Change
Beatty, Joyce
Becerra, Xavier Democratic Caucus Chair TEAM Program Leadership
forToday & Tomorrow
Bera, Ami American Innovation (AMI) PAC
Beyer, Don Co-Vice Chair of Finance & Business Council
Bishop, Sanford GOLD PAC
Blumenauer, Ea... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 9 川普政府日前宣布解除對中國通訊設備大廠「中興通訊」(ZTE)的嚴厲制裁後，逾60位
民主黨國會議員27日連署要求政府官箴辦公室(OGE)調查川普總統與中國的關係。佛州
共和黨籍的國會參議員魯比歐(Marco Rubio)則表示，國會將採行動阻止川普救中興，
且勢將獲大多數支持。
羅德島聯邦眾議員西西里尼(David Cicilline)27日透過推特公布一封給OGE代理主任艾
波(David Apol)的公開信，指稱川普集團接受來自中國政府的5億美元貸款後三天，川
普即宣布「救中興」，要求OGE調查川普政府是否不當取得這筆貸款，川普是否未經國
會同意接受貸款，以及川普或其他家庭成員是否違反聯邦法案關於迴避利益和官箴衝突
的規定。
這筆鉅額貸款是一項在印尼的主題公園及開發計畫，包含川普集團旗下酒店和高爾夫球
場；該計畫本月初獲得中國的5億美元貸款。民主黨議員在連署信函中指出，「中國政
府的款項顯然予以川普總統金融利益」，且川普忽視眾多法律專家建請他在就職前放棄
商業利益的建議，將企業轉給成年孩子經營，而川普則透過可逆轉的信託持有企業利益
，該協議允許他領取基金，因此川普可監督此計畫並從中... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5309 | 10 Matt Gaetz apologizes and deletes tweet but insists he wasn’t threatening
Michael Cohen
LIVE
Watch live coverage and analysis as Michael Cohen testifies on Capitol Hill
President Trump's former lawyer is expected to offer insight into President
Trump as a person and businessman when he publicly testifies Feb. 27. (The
Washington Post)
By Meagan Flynn and
Rachael Bade February 27 at 8:44 AM
Hours after sending an incendiary tweet accusing Michael Cohen of infidelity
, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) apo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 11 Gay Providence Mayor Runs for Congress
By Julie Bolcer
David Cicillinex180 (Providence) | Advocate.com
David Cicilline, the gay mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, announced
Saturday that he will run for the congressional seat to be vacated by Rep.
Patrick Kennedy.
According to GayPolitics.com, intense competition is expected to surround
the race for the Democratic nomination.
”The two-term mayor began to consider running after U.S. Rep. Patrick
Kennedy (D-R.I.) shocked political observers by ann |
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发帖数: 4174 | 13 Posted on Advocate.com September 15, 2010
Story Updated : September 15, 2010 12:17:00 PM
Gay Pols Nearly Sweep Primaries
By Michelle Garcia
DAVID CICILLINI MARY WASHINGTON HARRY BRONSON X390 (FAR) | ADVOCATE.COM
From left: David Cicilline, Mary Washington, and Harry Bronson
Twenty-nine of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund's 33 endorsed candidates in
primary contests Tuesday won their party's nomination or the election
outright.
The Maryland legislature will have at least seven openly gay and les |
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发帖数: 4174 | 14 The march to equality has steps forward and steps backward. Yesterday we saw
some of each. Our fight for equality at the federal level was dealt a
serious setback – but there are paths forward for pro-equality bills and
amendments, and there are new opportunities for progress in states across
the country. If you know anything about HRC, it's that we're fighters. And
fighting tirelessly is exactly what we'll need to do over the next few years.
Since 2006, the U.S. House has been led by committed ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 15 CNN在本周中期选举当天的同步全国调查结果显示，3%的选民自我表示是同性恋者或双
性恋者，在这一人群中，有近1/3的人给参选众议员的共和党候选人投了支持票。
爱白网
2010-11-06
美国的中期选举已于11月2日结束，陆续公布的选举结果显示，一些公开为同性恋
者的候选人成功当选为国会议员或地方官员，而共和党本次在整体上的胜利也为今后几
年里美国同性恋者群体争取平等权利的运动带来了不太乐观的前景。
在国会议员的选举中，罗德岛州的民主党人、公开为同性恋者的大卫-西西里尼（
David Cicilline）当选为国会众议员。49岁的西西里尼是普罗维登斯（Providence）
市的市长，他表示将努力为同性恋者群体争取平等法律权利。
西西里尼在本周的大选中击败了共和党的对手约翰-劳佛林，将成为下届联邦国会
中第四位公开为同性恋者的议员，其他三位分别是在本次大选中当选连任的众议员巴尼
-弗兰克（Barney Frank）、泰米-博德温（Tammy Baldwin）和加雷德-波利斯（Jared
Polis）。
此外在肯塔基州，公开为同性恋者的吉姆-格雷（Jim Gray）当选为该州第二大城
市... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 16 Posted on Advocate.com March 09, 2011
House Leaders to Defend DOMA
By Michelle Garcia and Andrew Harmon
Members of the House leadership decided Wednesday that they would defend the
Defense of Marriage Act in federal lawsuits, stepping in for the Department
of Justice, which announced a halt to defending such cases, under the
direction of the president.
In a 3-2 vote by the members of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, House
speaker John Boehner, majority leader Eric Cantor, and majority whip ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 17 Posted on Advocate.com March 14, 2011
DOMA Repeal Bill to be Introduced Wednesday
By Julie Bolcer
Jerrold Nadler Legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act will be
introduced in the House on Wednesday by Reps. Jerrold Nadler, John Conyers,
and all four openly gay members of Congress.
According to a news release from the House, the Respect for Marriage Act,
which would repeal DOMA in its entirety, will be re-introduced by Reps.
Nadler, Conyers, Barney Frank, Tammy Baldwin, Jared Polis, and... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 18 Posted on Advocate.com June 28, 2011 05:10:00 PM ET
Story Updated : June 28, 2011 07:00:00 PM
R.I. Gay Rights Group to Gov: Veto Civil Unions Bill
By Neal Broverman
Rhode Island House speaker Gordon Fox While many gays in Hawaii and Illinois
were jubilant when their states recently passed legislation establishing
civil unions, LGBT Rhode Islanders aren't seeing much to cheer about.
Rhode Island's Senate will likely pass a bill this week that allows same-sex
couples to form civil unions; the stat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 19 在美国马塞诸塞州的小城市霍利奥克（Holyoke），11月8日晚揭晓的市长选举结果给当
地带来了新气息，年仅22岁的大学毕业生艾利克斯-莫斯（Alex Morse）成功当选，成
为该市有史以来最年轻的市长和全美国所有城市中年龄最小的市长之一，也是美国为数
不多的公开为同性恋者的市长。
当市长，是莫斯今年从布朗大学毕业后的第一份正式工作。莫斯在当选后对《波士
顿环球报》说：“这不是年龄问题。人们对霍利奥克市在过去30年到40年里的各种问题
感到不满意。一旦人们见到我并倾听了我的想法，他们就会忘记我是22岁”。
虽然任市长是头一份工作，莫斯参与社会和公共事务的资历却并不浅，按照他的说
法，他已经投入了大半生去参加社会活动，早在11岁那年，他就加入了霍利奥克市的青
年委员会。莫斯的市长竞选活动也是在大学期间就已开始。
莫斯是公开的同性恋者，不过这一点并不是霍利奥克市选民关心的话题。莫斯在上
中学期间创立了学校第一个同性恋学生团体“同性恋者和异性恋者联盟”，然后又成立
了霍利奥克市的第一家同性恋权利团体，还组织了马塞诸塞州的同性恋青少年舞会。莫
斯在布朗大学就读期间，是国会众议员大卫-西西林（... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 20 The Power List
4.26.2012
By Out.com Editors
How to measure a person’s power? In a world in which we have inexpensive
tools to reach billions, it may seem that the globe truly is flat, and we’
re all on an even playing field. But a few exemplary individuals manage to
influence the way others live -- either through their public personas,
politics, or wealth -- and affect cultural and social attitudes.
1. Tim Cook
CEO, Apple, 51
2. Ellen Degeneres
Spokesperson/Talk-Show Host/Producer, 54
3. Peter T... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 21 One-hundred thirty members of Congress filed a joint amicus brief supportive
of a lesbian couple challenging the so-called Defense of Marriage Act in
court.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and all four openly gay members of the House,
representatives Tammy Baldwin, Barney Frank, David Cicilline, and Jared
Polis signed the brief released Tuesday for Golinski v. Office of Personnel
Management. Karen Golinski, a federal court employee, sued the government
after being denied equal spousal benefits for... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 22 Lower and Simpler Rates Should Be Washington's Priority, Manufacturers Say
By JAMES R. HAGERTY
Manufacturing is back in vogue as part of the solution to America's job
shortage. After years of decline, factory employment has been edging up for
the past two years, and some production has trickled back to the U.S. from
Asia. So look for political candidates this fall to talk about how to spur
investment in factories.
Manufacturing jobs aren't the whole answer to the job shortage, of course.
They ac... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 23 嫌国务院只安置了2805个难民。
Three House Democrats are calling on Secretary of State John Kerry to meet
the administration's stated goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees in the
U.S. before October.
"This need has never been more urgent. As a result of the Syrian civil war,
more than 400,000 civilians have been killed, and more than 4.8 million
people have been forced to flee their homes," wrote Reps. Seth Moulton (D-
Mass.), David Cicilline (D-N.J.) and Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) in a Monday
letter.
The Sta... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 24 鹅毛阴谋事件升级了，老太要利用这个改变选举人投票。老头放过调查希拉里有点早了
，现在蛇企图咬死农夫。
Electors demand intelligence briefing before Electoral College vote
The request represents the latest effort by Democratic electors to look to
the Electoral College as a possible bulwark against a Trump presidency.
By KYLE CHENEY and GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI 12/12/16 10:13 AM EST Updated 12/12/
16 01:02 PM EST
In its first show of public support for efforts questioning the legitimacy
of Donald Trump's victory, Hillary Clinton’s campaign said it is su... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 25 House Democrats are rallying behind a plan to make President Trump’s first
speech to Congress as uncomfortable as possible by inviting guests they say
will suffer under new White House policies.
The strategy means Trump will likely face a crowd including ethnic
minorities, LGBT people, undocumented immigrants, the disabled and others
when he addresses a joint session on Feb. 28.
It’s a shift in tactics for Democrats, some of whom skipped Trump’s
inauguration last month in protest.
Democrats say ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 26 A group of liberal House Democrats stepped up criticism of President Trump
on Wednesday, introducing a “no confidence” resolution that officially
questions Trump’s fitness to serve as commander in chief.
It logs a laundry list of controversies swirling around the president —
including his campaign’s many contacts with Russian officials, his refusal
to release his taxes, his verbal attacks on women and the press, and his
firing of FBI Director James Comey.
Sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.),... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6201 | 27 https://news.sina.com.cn/w/2018-11-15/doc-ihmutuec0484841.shtml
2018年11月15日 17:07 观察者网
美国社交媒体巨头脸书（Facebook）再陷舆论风波。
据《纽约时报》14日发布的报告，脸书去年扩大了与一家公关公司的合作关系，试
图转移外界对其负面消息的注意力。这家公关公司撰写数十篇文章，批评脸书竞争对手
谷歌和苹果，并直指金融大鳄乔治•索罗斯（George Soros）是“反脸书运动”
的幕后推手。
脸书首席执行官扎克伯格。图自视觉中国 脸书首席执行官扎克伯格。图自视觉中国
报告称，在十多年时间里，脸书已经吸收了22亿用户，重塑了世界各地的政治运动
、广告业务和日常生活。在发展壮大的过程中，脸书积累了有史以来最大的个人数据存
储库之一，包含各种照片和信息。
越来越多的证据显示，脸书的力量也可能被用来扰乱选举，在全球范围内散播病毒
式的宣传鼓动，并引发致命的仇恨运动。然而公司领导人一心求增长，无视警告信号，
试图将一系列问题隐藏起来，不让公众看到。
今年早些时候，脸书深陷“泄密门”丑闻，数千万用户信... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4928 | 28 "希拉里天天喊着要给STEM直接发绿卡不支持". 楼主
真是能颠倒黑白。当年如果不是民主党反对，现在留学
生硕博毕业工作，立马就拿绿卡了。还用扯什么排期呀h1呀.
只是不知道共和党这次上台，能不能重提并通过当年那个法案。估计也悬。
下面贴一下当年否决那个法案的议员名单，楼主看清楚他们绝大多数
是民主党的（D）。
No Votes (139)
Member Party Dist.
Gary L. Ackerman D NY-5
Robert E. Andrews D NJ-1
Joe Baca D CA-43
Lou Barletta R PA-11
Karen Bass D CA-33
Xavier Becerra D CA-31
Shelley Berkley D NV-1
Timothy H. Bishop D NY-1
Sanford D. Bishop Jr. D GA-2
Suzanne Bonamici D OR-1
Robert A. Brady D PA-1
Bruce Braley D IA-1
Corrine Brown D FL-3
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发帖数: 492 | 29 来打脸了：
看看你家的民主党的投票，你给我讲讲为啥STEM没有通过？
No Votes (139)
Member Party Dist.
Gary L. Ackerman D NY-5
Robert E. Andrews D NJ-1
Joe Baca D CA-43
Lou Barletta R PA-11
Karen Bass D CA-33
Xavier Becerra D CA-31
Shelley Berkley D NV-1
Timothy H. Bishop D NY-1
Sanford D. Bishop Jr. D GA-2
Suzanne Bonamici D OR-1
Robert A. Brady D PA-1
Bruce Braley D IA-1
Corrine Brown D FL-3
G. K. Butterfield D NC-1
John Campbell R CA-48
Lois Capps D CA-23
Michael E. Capuano D MA-8
André Carson D IN-7
Kathy Castor D FL-11
Davi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 30 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: brihand (brihand), 信区: USANews
标 题: 主党太二了，成小孩打架了
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Feb 2 12:38:06 2017, 美东)
House Democrats are rallying behind a plan to make President Trump’s first
speech to Congress as uncomfortable as possible by inviting guests they say
will suffer under new White House policies.
The strategy means Trump will likely face a crowd including ethnic
minorities, LGBT people, undocumented immigrants, the disabled and others
when he addresses a joint session on Fe... 阅读全帖 |
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