I know many people haven't heard of Ed Whitfield, Congressman from Kentucky's First Congressional District. He has kept a low-profile and has few accomplishments to show for it. Despite this, Ed Whitfield has quietly amassed a record of rubber-stamping President Bush and the Republican leadership in all their failed glory.
In a recent exchange of emails, Thomas E. Fuller, Democratic candidate for Congress in Alabama's First District, assured progressives that "you will not be disappointed in my stand on the issues or my commitment to Democratic Principles." This was in response to a direct inquiry involving withdrawal from Iraq, support for S-CHIP, retroactive immunity for telecoms, and tax breaks for billionaires. It will be a pleasure to support a true Democrat as a change from incumbent Bush-bot, Jo Bonner.
Fuller is the chair of the Washington County Democratic Party and will need support from all Progressives to unseat the detestable Bonner.
On Friday, Congresswoman Nancy Boyda did something courageous. She did something brave. She did something historic.
And she did what was right.
On Friday, Congresswoman Nancy Boyda voted for an update of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillances Act, or FISA. She voted, in every procedural motion, to send the House version of the bill- the version without retroactive immunity for the phone companies- to the floor for a vote. It's exactly the way she voted in August, too.
