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Powell on 'Spineless' Democrats and FISA

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:36:03 -0400

Here’s a clip from Matt Stoler’s interview of Democratic Congressional candidate Kevin Powell (who is trying to unseat Representative Ed Towns of Brooklyn), where the two discuss the FISA bill that recently passed both houses on Congress, and which many on the left opposed. (Barack Obama faced criticism from progressives over the bill, which he voted for.)

About halfway through, Powell says, “We’ve lost our backbone.” He adds later, “A lot of us have become...

Clinton Campaign: Fire Samantha Power

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:03:16 -0500

The Clinton campaign gathered Congress members Nita Lowey, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Gregory Meeks on a conference call this morning to demand that Barack Obama sever his campaign's ties to senior adviser and Pulitzer-prize-winning academic Samantha Power after she called Hillary Clinton a “monster” in an interview with a Scottish newspaper.

Congresswoman Lowey of New York opened by saying, “We feel so strongly that this is a long way that we have to...

Will Twist Arms for Money

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:05:46 -0500

It was only after the midterm elections that the real campaigning began. Below is a letter, dated November 15, from Charlie Rangel and Nita Lowey asking Nancy Pelosi to put Joe Crowley on the influential House Ways and Means Committee. It's a position that provides access to business-minded constituents with lots of campaign cash to dole out to committee members. That's something, to judge by this recommendation, that's not lost on Rangel and Lowey.

"Joe...

Hillary Aces Drum Major Exam

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:32:54 -0400

The Drum Major Institute just released its official report card focusing on how members of Congress performed for middle class Americans. Unsurprisingly, given the organization's liberal outlooks, they failed 99 percent of House Republicans. Slightly more surprisingly, only gave 20 percent of House Democrats scored an "A." The star members of the New York class include Anthony Weiner, Charlie Rangel and Nita Lowey, all of whom scored straight A's. As Ben noted...

Hillary’s Favorite Guy Is Back

Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:00:00 -0400

Terry McAuliffe arrived at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at 6:30 a.m. on Sept. 1, ready to keep a happy spin cycle spinning.

"I walked into my office and there, sleeping on my couch, was none other than Howard Wolfson," said the D.N.C. chairman. In khakis and a rumpled shirt, the long, lean Mr. Wolfson had just settled into a deep sleep on the brown leather sofa after putting the finishing touches on "Faces of...

Hillary's Handmaiden: When Hype Dies Down, Nita Lowey Is There

Sun, 28 Feb 1999 19:00:00 -0500

It was a brief encounter, but for Representative Nita Lowey of Westchester County, it must have been a very bright one.

"I hope you run!" Lynnette Velasco, a Queens-based children's book author, gushed to the compact, brunette Representative, who was standing in a drafty elevator bank in the bowels of the Empire State Plaza in Albany and, of course, in the glittering shadow of Hillary Rodham Clinton. "I love Hillary, but you've paid your dues...