Pulcer: Checks and balances redefined
The object of Debt Ceiling Hockey is to get the puck into the opposing team’s net. The goalie for the Holy Donkeys was Barack Obama, but being a tall, slim man, he wasn’t well suited for this position.
Kunin: Compromise is not a dirty word
It’s time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all. The real winner of compromise is not either fighting party — it is the American people.
Congressional cuts would “cripple” Vermont agencies for the poor
The president’s budget plan as it stands would shred the social safety net in Vermont, according to state officials.
Welch to Obama: Consider using strategic oil reserve
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24, 2011 CONTACT: Scott Coriell 202.225.4115 (o) 202.689.5352 (c) BURLINGTON, VT – With turmoil spreading across the Middle East, light sweet crude oil spiking above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2008, and summer driving season fast approaching, Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and two House colleagues have asked President [...]
Obama energy efficiency plan mirrors Welch-authored legislation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 3, 2011 CONTACT: Paul Heintz 202.226.8346 (o) 202.577.7970 (c) WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), the lead advocate for energy efficiency incentives in the U.S. House, praised President Obama’s announcement Thursday of a renewed focus on efficiency. Speaking at Penn State University, Obama outlined a package of energy efficiency [...]
Sanders Supports Obama on Bank Regulation, faults Fed Chairman for Inaction
WASHINGTON, January 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after President Obama proposed tough new restrictions on the size and activities of the nation’s largest financial institutions: “President Obama’s proposal is a major step forward to limit the greed and reckless behavior of Wall Street that has caused so much damage [...]
Lilly Ledbetter: ‘Just treat me fair’
Activist says women can’t support their families because of pay discrimination in the workplace Former Goodyear Tire plant manager details her nine-year struggle to bring her case to the U.S. Supreme Court With her thick Alabaman drawl, Lilly Ledbetter roused a crowd of several hundred people at Vermont Technical College in Randolph with stories from [...]
