Watch C-SPAN and PBS tomorrow (1/18)

[helderheid]

From: Rep. Louise M. Slaughter
Date: 01/17/06 20:36:31
To: Helderheid
Subject: Watch C-SPAN and PBS tomorrow (1/18)

I wanted to let you know about two important events in Washington tomorrow which will highlight the growing Republican Culture of Corruption and how Democrats are fighting for honest leadership and open government.

Tomorrow afternoon Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senator Barak Obama, and I will be speaking at a major event in Washington to unveil the Democrats' Honest Leadership and Open Government Act. The entire Congressional Democratic Delegation will be joining us in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress, where we will spotlight the Republican "pay for play" politics that put special interests ahead of the priorities of the American people. The event is scheduled to start around 2:00 pm EST, and will be broadcast live on C-SPAN.

After participating in the Library of Congress event tomorrow afternoon, I will be appearing on PBS's News Hour with Jim Lehrer tomorrow night to further discuss the Democrats' comprehensive ethics reform package. I will also talk about the House Republicans' assault on the existing ethics process in the People's House.

Speaking of which, I distributed the following legislative backgrounder on how the ethics process in the House of Representative has imploded under the Republican Leadership:

http://www.votelouise.com/blog/319/republican-commitment-to-ethics-reform

So, please watch CSPAN tomorrow afternoon around 2:00 pm EST, and then watch News Hour with Jim Lehrer on PBS tomorrow night. And, then come back to my website, and let me know what you think by posting your comments here:

http://www.votelouise.com/blog

Thank you again for all you do to restore faith in our democracy.

In Solidarity,

Rep. Louise M. Slaughter

[helderheid]

1. emmm.... this is important... hello??

[ekelly]

2. Got it.......

Will check it out.

Thanks

[helderheid]

3. thank YOU and welcome to DU

:hi:

[helderheid]

4. thanks for the recommend!

[ekelly]

52. Sorry........

helderheid.....forgot to recommend in my original reply to you.

[FreedomAngel82]

5. Thanks!

Thanks for the time(s). I'm glad I can see it since it's on in the afternoon and I'm not in classes than.

[helderheid]

6. I should be home then too - let's make sure we can have a DU thread when

we watch!

[helderheid]

7. put

[dweller]

8. k/r

i can't be online then but it looks like a great group to follow, hope the proposed thread has several continuations.

:kick:

dp

[helderheid]

9. thank you very much. All kicks and recommends are gladly welcomed

[anitar1]

11. I'll be watching--thanks. n/t

[CottonBear]

10. I'll be at a local GA Democratic townhall meeting w/my Dem. state Reps.

to try and prevent another GA state GOP redistricting of Athens, GA, this time into 2 GOP state senate districts instead of one. We are the bluest and the smallest county east of the MS River and the smallest county in the largest state (GA) east of the MS river. Post a good thread and I'll check in after I get home.

[bvar22]

12. K&R

:patriot:

[nofurylike]

13. thank you for the heads up, helderheid! k&r

[nofurylike]

14. this is important! a big day wednesday, dems said. kick!

[nofurylike]

15. kick! send this to the greatest page, folks. important info here! eom

[nofurylike]

16. please recommend this, folks. everyone should know this info. eom

[nofurylike]

17. thank you! all should hear to watch this today. eom

[upi402]

18. I'll watch. Hope they hit hard -no more DINOs

Hope they hit it hard and don't make-nice. It has never worked. Look at the success of the Rethuglicans. We are a base people.

[nofurylike]

20. ditto. absolutely! eom

[upi402]

23. Just hope M&M's reMarriage isn't on TV at that time...

Or Ms Jolee doesn't show the TV news her ultrasounds
Or a white babe goes missing
Or a movie star gets busted
Or an athlete gets busted
-at the same time

[nofurylike]

25. don't know if laugh or cry, so true, upi402! at least at CSPAN there is

SOME chance it will be on, as Rep Slaughter says.


peace!

[upi402]

32. I go for laughing. I'll live longer to see the persecutors persecuted

Cynical as I may be, I really do have hope!
I like the comments on Slaughter's website.

[nofurylike]

36. "live longer to see the persecutors persecuted" very convincing point!

PROsecuted, in fact!
thank you!
laughing with you, then :)

isn't her website excellent?


peace!

[AmBlue]

19. k&r

DOWN WITH DINOS!! Let's hear from the REAL Democrats!

[ninkasi]

21. Great!

Thanks for the info...kicking so that more can see....:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[nofurylike]

22. kick for Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, too! great blog, thank you! eom

[suffragette]

24. Thanks for posting this, helderheid

Unfortunately, I won't be able to watch this at work tomorrow, but will absolutely depend on you and others to let me know what happens. Thank goodness I found the wonderful DU community and that you are a part of it.
I'd go bonkers otherwise :silly:

[Catrina]

26. This is very important, thanks for letting us know

Rep. Slaughter has been fighting the corrupt Republicans for a long time. I hope she gets lots of support for this ~

Letting Republicans take care of reform, is laughable. They wait until Abramoff is convicted before they do a thing. They knew all about this long ago, half of them were a part of it and supported everything he did, and Tom Delay, the poster boy for their corruption.

A year ago, the hypocritical Republicans in Congress were changing the ethics rules so that they could hide Tom Delays crimes, bribing and threatening other Congressional members to force them to vote for the Corporations. It makes me ill to see them pretending they just noticed the corruption in their own party NOW!! What were they waiting for? Abramoff was charged with crimes a year ago, and as I recall, just weeks ago, they were SUPPORTING Tom Delay.

Good for Rep. Slaughter, Rep. Conyers and all those who will not allow their hypocrisy to go unchallenged. They must NOT be allowed to appease the anger of the American temporarily and then go back to business as usual.

:kick: and recommended.

[nofurylike]

27. kick!

[nofurylike]

28. kick!

[nofurylike]

29. kick!

[rodeodance]

30. too bad the Repugs upsurged them Tues with their press conferences.

[rodeodance]

31. good , she wil be on News Hour talking of ethics

After participating in the Library of Congress event tomorrow afternoon, I will be appearing on PBS's News Hour with Jim Lehrer tomorrow night to further discuss the Democrats' comprehensive ethics reform package. I will also talk about the House Republicans' assault on the existing ethics process in the People's House.

[rodeodance]

33. yesterday Hasturd blantantly blamed it on the Dems that the ethics

committee is not operating. He was sickening--at the press conference.

[nofurylike]

38. "Hasturd" - aaargh! yes, "sickening"! eom

[rodeodance]

34. "will highlight the growing Republican Culture of Corruption"

[gr8dane_daddy]

35. I'm taping this....

Thank you Rep. Slaughter

[nofurylike]

37. great suggestion, thank you, gr8dane_daddy! i'd have forgotten to, and

been so sorry later...

peace!

[nofurylike]

39. kick!

[nofurylike]

40. kick!

[Buns_of_Fire]

41. 6:00 AM Kick... (n/t)

[joanski0]

42. I will be watching. I'll also be

watching the Senate proceedings. Give 'em hell, Harry and Louise.

[IndyOp]

43. While you wait: CALL SENATORS - STOP ALITO !!

Phone numbers & key emails:
< http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x168719 >

All emails - Red States/Blue States Listed Separately
<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x168719#169614>

[Binka]

44. Yes!!

:kick:

[IndyOp]

45. Hey Binka! How is Ben? (nt)

:kick:

[Binka]

47. Back At 29 Palms In CA

He is healing physically but the emotional and mental trauma are haunting him. My sister lives in San Diego and she is close to him so that should help. Thanks for asking! :hi:

[IndyOp]

48. If he ever logged on here at DU he would be an instant celebrity -

Glad to hear that he is in California (not that 29 Palms is particularly great...) - but CA beats the hell out of where he was.

:kick:

[bear425]

46. This is the turning point. k&r

[IndyOp]

49. From your lips to God's ears. (nt)

From your lips to God's ears.
From your lips to God's ears.
From your lips to God's ears.
From your lips to God's ears.
From your lips to God's ears.
From your lips to God's ears.
From your lips to God's ears.
From your lips to God's ears.

And CALL YOUR SENATORS & CONGRESS CRITTERS!! EVERYONE!! Daily!

[helderheid]

50. Good morning kick! WATCH TODAY!!!!!

[0007]

51. Thank you kindly for the heads up. I forgot all about it.

[egadsbrain]

53. Kick & thanks for the heads-up!

:kick:

[egadsbrain]

54. Kick n/m

[bvar22]

55. Another Kick

:dem:
Tuning in now!

[Oilwellian]

56. Well....

it's 2:00 PM...where is Reid?

[helderheid]

57. good question!

:shrug:

[bvar22]

58. Dems coming on NOW 1:12 CST! CSPAN

Watch Over-the-Net here:
http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS

[helderheid]

59. HERE WE GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!