Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Handle Your Election Business, GA 6

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Today is the runoff election in the Georgia 6th Congressional District between Democratic Candidate Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Hand...
Tuesday, January 03, 2017

The 115th Congress Starts Today

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Well people,  today starts the first day of the 115th Congress which will be unfortunately like the last one, GOP controlled,.  It will al...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Congressional Violence Against Trans People Forum Today

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We owe it to the people we have lost this year to ensure this Congressional Violence Against Trans People Forum is the start of formulatin...
Saturday, November 14, 2015

Hope The Congressional Violence Against Trans People Forum Isn't Monoracial

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I was thrilled to hear according to the Washington Post that the House Equality Caucus will hold on Tuesday a violence against trans peop...
Friday, May 22, 2015

Andrea Jenkins Gets Added To The Congressional Record!

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You know I have much love and respect for my sis Andrea Jenkins, who I met and roomed with during the TransFaith in Color Conference in Char...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Down Goes Cantor! Down Goes Cantor!

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As you longtime TransGriot readers know I can't stand conservafools, and never liked Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) the House Majority Leader...
Friday, July 05, 2013

ENDA Set For July 10 Senate Committee Vote

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The long delayed Employment and Non Discrimination Act (ENDA) will finally get a Senate committee vote. The bill if passed would prevent di...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Historic Day For African-American US Senate Representation

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With the confirmation of Sen John F. Kerry to become the next Secretary of State, his now empty Senate seat had to be filled by an appoint...
Friday, January 04, 2013

Welcome Back Rep Alan Grayson!

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One of the other cool things about the opening of the 113th Congress yesterday is the return of Rep Alan Grayson (D-FL) to the Democratic ...
Thursday, January 03, 2013

113th Congress Starts Today

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The 113th Congress starts today with the Democrats gaining ground thanks to the 2012 election.  There will be 200 Democrats and 233 Republ...
Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Rep.Gutierrez 'Pick Out The Immgrant' Speech

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Love this 'Pick Out The Immigrant' speech by Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) that he recently gave on the House floor while evisceratin...
Thursday, June 28, 2012

Big Political Day Inside I-495

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In a few minutes, the Supreme (Conservafool leaning) Court will let the nation know what they have kept a secret for three months- how the...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

Senate To Hold ENDA Hearings Soon

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While we know  that ENDA is not getting through the Tea Klux Klan controlled House this year, at least they can do the groundwork and build ...
Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Rest In Peace Rep. Donald Payne

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I was shocked and saddened to hear that Rep. Donald Payne of New Jersey died today after a several month long battle with colon cancer.  ...
Monday, November 28, 2011

'The Purple One' Isn't Running In 2012

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Next to me ripping the GOP on a regular basis here at TransGriot, the person who is next in line that I have frequently called out on mor...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

State Of The Union Speech 2011

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In a few hours all of us political junkies will be tuned in to our favorite news channel or C-SPAN to watch President Obama's second S...
Friday, January 21, 2011

All US Politics Are Identity Politics

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One of the terms I see with regularity in the liberal progressive blogosphere is someone writing a comment decrying 'identity politics...