Capps: Busting Rumors
Aug 16, 2009 No Comments ›› VCDCC AdminBy Lois Capps Don’t let the naysayers fool you. Congress is making real progress on health reform. My last vote was to pass a comprehensive health-insurance reform bill out of the Energy & Commerce Committee. The next step is passage by the full House. This bill — the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act (HR 3200) — ...
Continue ReadingSupport President Obama and Congresswoman Lois Capps – Rally for Health Care Reform Today
Aug 13, 2009 No Comments ›› VCDCC AdminDear Friends, We need your help today. As the national debate over health care reform heats up, it is critical that we show our support for President Obama, Congresswoman Lois Capps and health care reform. Those opposed to reform are doing everything in their power to force Congresswoman Lois Capps to back down ...
Continue ReadingVentura County Dems Firm For Single Payer
Aug 13, 2009 No Comments ›› adminSingle payer health care—an improved Medicare for all—was the topic Wednesday night at the Thousand Oaks Library where the Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley joined forces with Progressive Democrats of America chapters of Los Angeles, Santa Monica Mountains, and the Central Coast to present a health care forum. By meeting time of 6:30 pandemonium ...
Continue ReadingRepublican Strickland Nearly Alone in Opposition to Organ Donor Bill
Aug 13, 2009 No Comments ›› Bruce LittleAlthough almost five million Californians have enrolled with the Donate Life California Organ Donor Registry, the state still ranks among the bottom quarter nationally for the rate of organ donation signups. Only 23% of driver's license applicants check the box for enrollment, whereas in the top quarter of states, the signup rate is 58%. Since ...
Continue ReadingYoung Democrats
Aug 12, 2009 No Comments ›› 1st Vice Chair David AtkinsTitle: Young DemocratsLocation: Topper's Pizza in Thousand Oaks: 1416 N Moorpark Rd Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (805) 495-4444 Link out: Click hereDescription: Come out for pizza and a good time with your fellow Young Dems this upcoming Tuesday in Thousand Oaks! The meeting will be held from 6:30pm-8:30pm at: Toppers Pizza Place 1416 N Moorpark Rd Thousand Oaks, CA ...
Continue ReadingStrickland Aide’s Battery Case Delayed a 4th Time
Aug 11, 2009 No Comments ›› Bruce LittleThe misdemeanor battery trial of Joel Angeles, an aide and former house guest of Assemblywoman Audra Strickland, R-Moorpark, has been postponed for a fourth time. Angeles, 44, is charged with physically accosting three people who were among a group of protesters outside a fundraiser for Strickland’s husband, state Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Moorpark, at the Hyatt ...
Continue ReadingSchwarzenegger Sued Over Line-Item Vetoes
Aug 10, 2009 No Comments ›› Bruce LittleToday, attorneys for Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg filed this complaint on the Pro Tem's behalf against Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in San Francisco Superior Court. The first line of the complaint says it all: "This case is about separation of powers." The filing outlines how exactly the Governor overstepped his constitutional authority in making almost ...
Continue ReadingHealth Care Forum, Wednesday, August 12, 6:30 PM, Thousand Oaks Library
Aug 10, 2009 No Comments ›› DCCVA Health Care Forum will be held on August 12 at the Thousand Oaks Library beginning promptly at 6:30. This event is co-sponsored by the Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles, Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley, Simi/Moorpark Democratic Club, Camarillo Democratic Club, SoCal Grassroots. The Library is located at 1401 E. Janss Road in Thousand ...
Continue ReadingDirty Money: Will Rep. Elton Gallegly Give It Back?
Aug 10, 2009 No Comments ›› Bruce LittleRep. Elton Gallegly (R-Ca.) has received $7,000 in dirty political contributions from the PMA Group (PAC). PMA Group (Paul Magliocchetti and Associates) was a defense lobbying group that is now the focus of multiple federal investigations concerning allegations of influence peddling and other corrupt activities, mostly associated with earmarks. Just a year ago, PMA was among ...
Continue ReadingLegislators for Sale on Health Care
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