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When thousands of people donate no more than $100 per person per election, we can build a campaign without money from special interests. _______________________ But it's about more than money. We need your energy and your enthusiasm, too. Sign up to volunteer on Jim Hansen's campaign for Congress.
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| Hansen tops opponent in number of Idaho contributors
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| posted on Sunday, July 16, 2006
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Congressional candidate Jim Hansen is far ahead of his opponent in the
number of Idahoans contributing to his grassroots campaign for Idaho’s
2nd District Congress seat. The total of individual contributors in the 2005-2006 election cycle is nearly seven times the number contributing to Hansen's opponent, a four-term incumbent.
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| Randy Stapilus likes the website
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| posted on Saturday, April 15, 2006
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Political analyst Randy Stapilus praises Jim's website and campaign.
"Three likeable things jump out from the campaign web page of Jim Hansen, now the sole Democratic candidate for the House in Idaho’s 2nd congressional district."
Read it here.
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| Cooper withdraws, endorses Jim Hansen for Congress
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| posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006
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In a surprise move, Democratic Congressional District
2 candidate Craig Cooper announced he was withdrawing from the race and
endorsing his opponent, Jim Hansen.
"There is one person here tonight
who has proven experience uniting Idaho's families. That man is Jim
Hansen, and I am formally announcing my support for Jim for Congress,"
Cooper said.
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| A Plan to End Child Poverty
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| posted on Monday, April 03, 2006
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In 1999, Britain's government made a commitment to eliminate child poverty by the year 2020. After seven years, it has helped 700,000 children and their families out of poverty. This is a 17 percent reduction; less than the goal of 25 percent but still significant. In the US, however, there is no such federal commitment and so even though we are told our economy has grown, the number of children in our coummunities who are growing up in poverty has increased. From the Washington Post.
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| Jim Hansen Shares His Commitment for Reform
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| posted on Friday, March 17, 2006
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Steve Bensen, reporter with the Idaho Mountain Express Staff Writer, interviewed Jim on his recent campaign swing through the Wood River Valley. His article appears in the March 17, 2006 issue and shares Jim's faith, his commitment to public service, his family and his passion for taking on big issues such as the corrupting influence of money in politics.
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| Troops want US to exit Iraq this year
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| posted on Wednesday, March 01, 2006
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An overwhelming majority of 72% of American troops serving in
Iraq think the U.S. should exit the country within the next year, and
nearly one in four say the troops should leave immediately, a new Le
Moyne College/Zogby International survey shows.
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| Limit Spending on Campaigns - Supreme Court hears the case
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| posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006
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Today, the US Supreme Court is hearing a case to determine whether reasonable spending and contribution limits on campaigns are constitutional. This press release by the National Voting Rights Institute (NVRI) outlines the issues in the Randall v.
Sorrell case. NVRI conducted a poll which reveals that 87% of Americans want spending on campaigns to be limited as a way to improve fairness, honesty and integrity to elections.
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| Grand Theft Baghdad
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| posted on Monday, February 27, 2006
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Charlie Cray, the director of The Center for Corporate Policy, writes that President Bush just sent Congress a request for another $72.4
billion for the Iraq war and occupation. Instead of writing another
blank check, Congress should commit itself to a thorough investigation
of the incompetence and corruption that has undermined the
reconstruction mission. At the same time that it demands that the
administration provide a clearer overall strategy in Iraq, Congress
should establish a permanent committee on war profiteering and
corruption modeled after the one Harry Truman chaired during World War
II.
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| Lobbyist Money Pays Big from Public Funds
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| posted on Friday, February 17, 2006
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The Washington Post has a great article that illustrates that when corporations spend billions on lobbying, they get billions back--that's why they keep coming back for more.
It's worth mentioning that those billions they get back in tax breaks, subsidies and contracts is public money.
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| What Goes in the Constitution Stays There
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| posted on Thursday, February 16, 2006
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Marty Trillhaase, Editorial Writer for the Idaho Falls Post Register put into words what many Idahoans will be thinking this year as they decide whether to enshrine an exclusion of rights in our state constitution, an exclusion against our family, friends and neighbors who are Gay. Marty points out that "even if a more tolerant time unfolds in a generation or two, and that language is rescinded, it will remain a part of our constitutional history."
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| Trade Deficit Continues to Worsen
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| posted on Monday, February 13, 2006
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The Washington Post reports that in 2005, the US trade deficit soared to a record in 2005 for the fourth year in a row. Our country imported $725.8 billion more in goods and services
than we exported last year, that's up
17.5 percent. The more the trade deficit widens and the longer it persists,
the greater US becomes indebted to interests outside the US. The economic security of American families is increasingly outside of the control of our own country.
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| High turnover at Transporation Security Agency
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| posted on Friday, February 10, 2006
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The Washington Post today reports that because of dangerous and high stress work conditions and poor pay the Transportation Security Administration is facing troubling turnover in its screener workforce. One in five full-time
security screeners has been leaving the agency. TSA is seeking $10 million in fiscal 2007 toto offer extra pay, bonuses, retention allowances, college credit
reimbursements and other incentives.
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| Boehner the Reformer?
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| posted on Thursday, February 09, 2006
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Robert Borosage, of The Campaign for America's Future, writes an interesting article asking whether we can expect real reform from Ohio Rep. John Boehner. Boehner was elected House Majority Leader to replace Tom Delay, who is undergoing investigation for several improprieties.
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| Drug Makers Protect Their Turf
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| posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006
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"No industry in negotiations over the $400 billion Medicare prescription drug bill headed to the House floor today outpaced the pharmaceutical lobby in securing a favorable program design and defeating proposals most likely to cut into its profits, according to analysts in and out of the industry."
BYLINE: Ceci Connolly, Washington Post Staff Writer
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| Jim Hansen and Craig Cooper issue a joint press release
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| posted on Thursday, February 02, 2006
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Jim Hansen and Craig Cooper, the other candidate seeking the Democratic nomination for Congress in the May Primary, issued a joint press release expressing concerns raised during President Bush's State of the Union Address. Jim's focus was on how Congress has retreated from its constitutional responsiblity to operate as an independent branch of government.
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