For over 40 years I have pretty much voted a straight Democratic ticket - even when the candidates did not reflect my values.
I am a liberal progressive.
I am a liberal progressive.
Being a liberal progressive - no longer makes me a Democrat.
Many of the values I hold are similar to those of the Democratic party.
In today's political arena the values of the Democratic party are becoming more and more misaligned with my values.
The one thing I do know is that I will never vote for a Republican or a ALEC free-market loving libertarian.
For over 40 years, many times I have voted against my own values - just to support the Democratic party.
Democratic pundits have warned me that not voting Democratic would hand the election over to the Republicans.
Democratic leaders warn that voters such as me will destroy the party.
That's the problem for the Democratic Party - it is not my issue.
Voters like me deserve a voice in our government also.
I only have about 20+ years left to cast my votes.
I will no longer waste them on centrist Democrats who do not hold my values.
I will no longer waste them on Conserva-Dems.
I will no longer waste them on Corporate Democrats..
I will vote third party unless the Democratic party puts candidates on the ballot that reflect my values also.
I will no longer be a Democratic sheeple - voting a straight Democratic ticket because the Democratic party and their pundits tell me it is the right and just thing to do.
I am a liberal progressive.
Being a liberal progressive - no longer makes me a Democrat.
Voters like me deserve a voice in our government also.
Nothing can or will change in our government will change until people start voting their values - instead of voting their party.
And for the rest of my life - I will use my vote to support my liberal progressive values.
If that upsets Democrats reading this - then make sure the candidates that are put on the ballot reflect my values also, and are not centrist right-leaning Democrats, Conserva-Dems or Corporate Democrats.
If that upsets Democrats reading this - then go out and recruit another person who will vote for centrist right-leaning Democrats, Conserva-Dems or Corporate Democrats to replace my vote.
If that upsets Democrats reading this - then do something about it - I say that, cause I know you won't.
And finally - in regards to being judged by other Dems - do you think I care at this point?
Everyone has the right to vote for whomever they please - so I've heard.
Belonging to a political party is a choice.
Voting with a political party is a choice.
I no longer owe anyone or any party my vote.
I will vote my values.
2016
I WILL NOT SUPPORT OR VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON - a centrist right-leaning Democrat and Corporate Democrat.
I will no longer be a Democratic sheeple
- voting Democratic cause the Democratic party or their pundits tell me it is the right and just thing to do.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Is Comcast Stealing Your Bandwidth?
That's a good question
and you should think about it very seriously especially as more and more things become internet dependent.
Case in point.
I hold down a full time job.
The only time I am at home during the day is when I am sick.
In the past year, I have been home sick 2 days.
On BOTH of those days - at 8am - my internet bandwidth basically disappeared at my home.
This leads me to believe that Comcast was re-routing the bandwidth to their business customers and away from residential customers during the day.
At night - I can have multiple livestreams, social media sites and webpages open and running at the same time.
Today - during the day, I can't tweet and livestream Democracy Now at the same time.
I complained about this in a tweet and I had multiple people come back with replies that the same thing happens to them.
Think about it.
When Comcast says "up to 50 Mbps" - they evidently mean
residential customers can expect way less that that - during the day.
I am concerned about this - cause next year I will be home during the day ON A REGULAR basis, which means I will have horseshit bandwidth every day, during business hours.
Comcast - a piece of shit internet provider - that some of us are forced to use.
and you should think about it very seriously especially as more and more things become internet dependent.
Case in point.
I hold down a full time job.
The only time I am at home during the day is when I am sick.
In the past year, I have been home sick 2 days.
On BOTH of those days - at 8am - my internet bandwidth basically disappeared at my home.
This leads me to believe that Comcast was re-routing the bandwidth to their business customers and away from residential customers during the day.
At night - I can have multiple livestreams, social media sites and webpages open and running at the same time.
Today - during the day, I can't tweet and livestream Democracy Now at the same time.
I complained about this in a tweet and I had multiple people come back with replies that the same thing happens to them.
Think about it.
When Comcast says "up to 50 Mbps" - they evidently mean
residential customers can expect way less that that - during the day.
I am concerned about this - cause next year I will be home during the day ON A REGULAR basis, which means I will have horseshit bandwidth every day, during business hours.
Comcast - a piece of shit internet provider - that some of us are forced to use.
Monday, November 3, 2014
ALEC Is & Should Be A Campaign Issue
Being a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council
is and should be a campaign issue.
This past week, a PAC released letters identifying ALEC
members in various states, and ALEC HQ blew a gasket and released a presser –
that is, as usual full of inaccuracies and misleading statements.
Regardless of whether its dark money or not
THANK YOU to the Patriot Majority for the robocalls and mailers on ALEC legislators.
Regardless of whether its dark money or not
THANK YOU to the Patriot Majority for the robocalls and mailers on ALEC legislators.
To ALEC members all I can say is
Too bad, so sad
You made your ALEC bed, now lie in it
You made your ALEC bed, now lie in it
Oh, how I hope America
will
#VoteNo2ALEC
And kick your extremist, conservative, pro-corporate ALEC butts
out of office
On to the real purpose of this entry, ALEC’s response to becoming a
campaign issue.
This week, robocalls and letters dropped in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan and Maine, targeting state lawmakers who are members of ALEC. The attack letters call ALEC a secretive “corporate special interest” group that buys politicians with ”lavish, all-expenses-paid vacations.”ALEC information is not secret: financials, policy, draft proposals
and publications are available online
Meetings are not closed: anyone can register
Journalists come to meetings
ALEC meetings are held in convention center hotels, such as the
Marriott in Kansas City and Oklahoma City
There are some major issues with these misleading statements made by ALEC.
Best get to it.
Best get to it.
First
ALEC never disputes the statement
"corporate special interest” group that buys politicians
with ”lavish, all-expenses-paid vacations.”
with ”lavish, all-expenses-paid vacations.”
Cause it’s true.
Second
It's important for you to realize that only the information that ALEC wants the public to see is on
its webpages.
On its webpage you will not find
The ALEC Voter ID bill
The ALEC Stand Your Ground Bill
There are many horrific pieces of legislation that ALEC has pushed that are intentionally not posted on the ALEC
webpage.
Instead of taking credit for the evil they produce – ALEC distances
itself from its role in these horrific pieces of legislature by basically saying
“If its not on our webpage, we didn’t do it”,
A blatant lie used against activists that have exposed its legislation.
“If its not on our webpage, we didn’t do it”,
A blatant lie used against activists that have exposed its legislation.
Third
“Meetings” are not open – “meetings” are closed
The “conference” is open – anyone can register – if you want
to give ALEC your money to go to a few lunches with keynote speakers and maybe
some parties if ALEC doesn't kick you out first.
The "meetings" are restricted.
From the 2014 ALEC Task Force Operating Procedures
IV. MEMBERSHIP AND MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIESA. The membership of a Task Force consists of legislators
who are members in good standing of ALEC and
are duly appointed to the Task Force, in accordance with Section VI (A)
and private sector organizations that are full members of ALEC,
contribute to the assessment for the Task Force operating budget,
and are duly appointed to the Task Force, in accordance with
Section VI (B).
AND if you think you will just get a hotel room at the “conference
hotel” and just hangout and see who is there – be prepared for ALEC security to kick you out of the hotel – if they don’t like you
Fourth
Notice how they state
“Journalists come to meetings.”
"come to meetings.”
No - they come to the "conference"
“Journalists come to meetings.”
"come to meetings.”
No - they come to the "conference"
Journalists do show up at the "conference"– but that does NOT mean they get to go into
the “meetings”.
They can go to keynote speeches – but NOT the “meetings”.
In addition – ALEC media rulings state
ALEC does not allow journalists to register as media for the purpose of writing a personal blog, or for persons whose news outlet is funded by an individual; political candidate or party; nonprofit; or activist/lobbying organization.
AND
ALEC staff interprets that ruling very broadly.
ALEC staff interprets that ruling very broadly.
2011
“my [media] application would be denied on the grounds that the Center for Media and Democracy was an "advocacy organization." -
Beau Hodai, a staff writer for the print magazine In These Times, was denied credentials after writing stories critical of ALEC.
Olivia Ward, an investigative reporter with the Toronto Star, who was told she could not observe an ALEC meeting about budget policies even though she had press credentials issued by ALEC for the meeting. -
Al Jazeera America was also denied press credentials in New Orleans. –2012
“Our business meetings are not open, and so the subcommittee meetings and task force meetings are not open,” explained Bill Meierling,”2013There were dozens of press credentials laid out on ALEC conference's check-in table when I arrived Thursday morning. Mother Jones' was not among them. ALEC's board of directors had refused my request for credentials, according to spokesman Bill Meierling.
When asked why I'd been turned away, Meierling pointed to our previous coverage of ALEC and said it's clear that Mother Jones "fundamentally hates" ALEC.
Nuff said
History of not being friendly to press.
Fifth and last.
ALEC meetings are held in convention center hotels
Depends on how you define that.
They push the "Marriott" but don't mention these
They push the "Marriott" but don't mention these
2011 – Annual Meeting Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City's Grand
America Hotel, the only AAA Five Diamond hotel in Salt Lake City.
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| www.grandamerica.com/ |
lavish
2011 Winter Meeting - Scottsdale
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| kierlandresort.com/ |
lavish
2012 Annual Meeting - Chicago
The Palmer House Hotel is a famous and historic hotel in Chicago in the city's Loop
area. It currently operates under the full name Palmer House - A Hilton Hotel.
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| www.palmerhouse.hilton.com |
2013 Annual Meeting - Dallas
the hotel features a unique Asian-designed atrium lobby
complemented by reflecting pools, greenery and comfortable seating areas.
Hilton Anatole is home to one of the largest Asian art collections in the
world, with more than 1,000 pieces of fine art on display throughout the hotel.
Spend time browsing this Dallas hotel’s valuable collection of over 1,000 fine art pieces and antiques dating back as early as 500 BC
lavish
Going back to where we started
First
ALEC never disputes the statement
corporate special interest” group that buys politicians
with ”lavish, all-expenses-paid vacations.”
with ”lavish, all-expenses-paid vacations.”
Cause it’s true.
You have $3,000 state dinners for legislators
paid for by lobbyists.
lavish
LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES
for stupid people willing to believe.
#VoteNo2ALEC
#VoteNo2ALEC
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
VOTE NO TO ALEC in November
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| respriv.org/voteno2alec/ |
http://respriv.org/voteno2alec/
#VoteNo2ALEC
The American Legislative Exchange Council is one nasty,
evil organization.
The American Legislative Exchange Council hates the
control of the Federal government.
The American Legislative Exchange Council hates control at
the local level.
American Legislative Exchange Council members only want
evil ALEC state legislative members to have control.
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Vote No to ALEC to Take Back the House
Thirty days until the mid-term election.
People are wondering - - - wringing their hands - - - -
What can we do
for the Dems to keep the US Senate
for the Dems to get the US House
As in the states - one way to go about it - is #VoteNo2ALEC
Members of the extremist, pro-corporate American Legislative Exchange Council running for Congress are listed below
90 members running for the US House
9 members running for the US Senate
ALEC SEAT OPPONENT
For over a decade Roybal-Allard was listed as an ALEC Alum in Congress
In 2011 her name was dropped from the list
Don't know why - her choice - or not?
ALEC doesn't show Lummis as an ALEC Alumni in Congress
But she should be - don't know what's going on there.
People are wondering - - - wringing their hands - - - -
What can we do
for the Dems to keep the US Senate
for the Dems to get the US House
As in the states - one way to go about it - is #VoteNo2ALEC
Members of the extremist, pro-corporate American Legislative Exchange Council running for Congress are listed below
90 members running for the US House
9 members running for the US Senate
ALEC SEAT OPPONENT
ALABAMA
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Michael Rogers
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US House District 3
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Jesse Smith
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ALASKA
|
Don Young
|
US House At Large
|
Forrest Dunbar
|
ARIZONA
|
Andy Tobin
|
US House District 1
|
Ann Kirkpatrick
|
Matt Salmon
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US House District 5
|
James Woods
|
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David Schweikert
|
US House District 6
|
John Williamson
|
|
CALIFORNIA
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Dan Logue
|
U.S. House District 3
|
John Garamendi
|
Tom McClintock
|
U.S. House District 4
|
Art Moore (R)
|
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Paul Cook
|
U.S. House District 8
|
Bob Conway
|
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Jeff Denham
|
U.S. House District 10
|
Michael Eggman
|
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Ed Royce
|
U.S. House District 39
|
Peter Anderson
|
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Lucille Roybal-Allard
|
U.S. House District 40
|
David Sanchez
|
In 2011 her name was dropped from the list
Don't know why - her choice - or not?
COLORADO
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Cory Gardner
|
U.S. Senate
|
Mark Udall
|
Scott Tipton
|
US House District 3
|
Abel Tapia
|
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Doug Lamborn
|
US House District 5
|
Irv Halter
|
|
Mike Coffman
|
US House District 6
|
Andrew Romanoff
|
|
FLORIDA
|
Jeff Miller
|
US House District 1
|
James Bryan
|
Steve Southerland
|
US House District 2
|
Gwen Graham
|
|
John Mica
|
US House District 7
|
Wesley Neuman
|
|
Bill Posey
|
US House District 8
|
Gabriel Rothblatt
|
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Daniel Webster
|
US House District 10
|
Michael Patrick McKenna
|
|
Dennis Ross
|
US House District 15
|
Alan Cohn
|
|
Mario Diaz-Balart
|
US House District 25
|
UNOPPOSED
|
|
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
|
US House District 27
|
UNOPPOSED
|
|
GEORGIA
|
Lynn Westmoreland
|
US House District 4
|
UNOPPOSED
|
Tom Price
|
US House District 6
|
Robert Montigel
|
|
Austin Scott
|
US House District 8
|
UNOPPOSED
|
|
Doug Collins
|
US House District 9
|
David Vogel
|
|
Barry Loudermilk
|
US House District 11
|
UNOPPOSED
|
|
Tom Graves
|
US House District 14
|
UNOPPOSED
|
|
IDAHO
|
Raul Labrador
|
US House District 1
|
Shirley Ringo
|
Mike Simpson
|
US House District 2
|
Richard Stallings
|
|
Jim Risch
|
US Senate
|
Nels Mitchell
|
|
ILLINOIS
|
Darlene Senger
|
US House District 11
|
Bill Foster
|
Mike Bost
|
US House District 12
|
Bill Enyart
|
|
Jim Oberweis
|
Senate
|
Dick Durbin
|
|
INDIANA
|
Jackie Walorski
|
US House District 2
|
Joe Bock
|
Marlin Stutzman
|
US House District 3
|
Justin Kuhnle
|
|
IOWA
|
Steve King
|
US House District 4
|
Jim Mowrer
|
Joni Ernst
|
US Senate
|
Bruce Braley
|
|
KANSAS
|
Lynn Jenkins
|
US House District 2
|
Margie Wakefield
|
Kevin Yoder
|
US House District 3
|
Kelly Kultala
|
|
KENTUCKY
|
Brett Guthrie
|
US House District 2
|
Ron Leach
|
MARYLAND
|
Andy Harris
|
US House District 1
|
Bill Tilghman
|
MICHIGAN
|
Bill Huizenga
|
US House District 2
|
Dean Vanderstat
|
Justin Amash
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US House District 3
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Bob Goodrich
|
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John Moolenaar
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US House District 4
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Jeff Holmes
|
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Tim Walberg
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US House District 7
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Pam Byrnes
|
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Mike Bishop
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US House District 8
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Eric Schertzing
|
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MINNESOTA
|
Erik Paulsen
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U.S. House District 3
|
Sharon Sund
|
MISSISSIPPI
|
Alan Nunnelee
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U.S. House District 1
|
Ron Dickey
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Steven Palazzo
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U.S. House District 4
|
Matt Moore
|
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MISSOURI
|
Blaine Leutkemeyer
|
U.S. House District 3
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Courtney Denton
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Vicky Hartzler
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U.S. House District 4
|
Nate Irvin
|
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Sam Graves
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U.S. House District 6
|
Bill Hedge
|
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Jason Smith
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U.S. House District 8
|
Barbara Hamill Stocker
|
|
NEBRASKA
|
Adrian Smith
|
U.S. House District 3
|
Mark Sullivan
|
NEVADA
|
Crescent Hardy
|
U.S. House District 4
|
Steven Horsford
|
NEW HAMPSHIRE
|
Marlinda Garcia
|
U.S. House District 2
|
Ann Kuster
|
NEW JERSEY
|
Frank LoBiondo
|
House District 2
|
Bill Hughes
|
Scott Garret
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House District 5
|
Roy Cho
|
|
Rodney Frelinhuysen
|
House District 11
|
Mark Dunec
|
|
NEW MEXICO
|
Steve Pearce
|
US House 2
|
Roxanne Rocky Lara
|
NORTH CAROLINA
|
Walter Jones
|
U.S. House District 3
|
Marshall Adame
|
David Rouzer
|
U.S. House District 7
|
Jonathan Barfield
|
|
Thom Tillis
|
US Senate
|
Kay Hagan
|
|
OHIO
|
John Adams
|
US House District 3
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Joyce Beatty
|
Jim Jordan
|
US House District 4
|
UNOPPOSED
|
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Bob Latta
|
US House District 5
|
Robert Fry
|
|
Bob Gibbs
|
US House District 7
|
UNOPPOSED
|
|
John Boehner
|
US House District 8
|
Tom Poetter
|
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Pat Tibari
|
US House District 12
|
David Tibbs
|
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Steve Stivers
|
US House District 15
|
Scott Wharton
|
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OKLAHOMA
|
Frank Lucas
|
US House District 3
|
Frankie Robbins
|
Tom Cole
|
US House District 4
|
Bert Smith
|
|
Jim Inhofe
|
US Senate
|
Matt Silverstein
|
|
PENNSYLVANIA
|
Mike Fitzpatrick
|
U.S. House - District 8
|
Kevin Strouse
|
Charles Dent
|
U.S. House - District 15
|
UNOPPOSED
|
|
Joseph Pitts
|
U.S. House - District 16
|
Tom Houghton
|
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SOUTH CAROLINA
|
Joe Wilson
|
US House District 2
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Phil Black
|
Jeff Duncan
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US House District 3
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Barbara Jo Mullis
|
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Lindsay Graham
|
US Senate
|
Brad Hutto
|
|
Tim Scott
|
US Senate
|
Joyce Dickerson
|
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SOUTH DAKOTA
|
Kristi Noem
|
US House District 1
|
Corrine Robinson
|
TENNESSEE
|
Scott DesJarlais
|
US House District 4
|
Lenda Sherrell
|
Diane Black
|
US House District 6
|
Amos Powers
|
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Marsha Blackburn
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US House District 7
|
Daniel Cramer
|
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TEXAS
|
Sam Johnson
|
US House – District 3
|
UNOPPOSED
|
John Culberson
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US House – District 7
|
James Cargas
|
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Kevin Brady
|
US House – District 8
|
UNOPPOSED
|
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Randy Weber
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US House – District 14
|
Donald Brown
|
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Ken Marchant
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US House - District 24
|
Patrick McGehearty
|
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VIRGINIA
|
Randy Forbes
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US House District 4
|
Elliott Fausz
|
Morgan Griffith
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US House District 9
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Ind William Carr
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WASHINGTON
|
Jaime Herrera Beutler
|
US House - District 3
|
Bob Dingethal
|
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
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US House - District 5
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Joe Pakootas
|
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W
VIRGINIA
|
Alec Mooney
|
US House District 2
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Nick Casey
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WISCONSIN
|
Glenn Grothman
|
US House District 6
|
Mark Harris
|
WYOMING
|
Mike Enzi
|
USA Senate
|
Charlie Hardy
|
Cynthia Lummis
|
US House District 1
|
Richard Grayson
|
But she should be - don't know what's going on there.
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