Author: Jeff Anderson

Gabby Giffords: I Pray Congress Has Courage To Take Action On Gun Control “I am praying they find the courage it will take to make progress on the challenging issue of gun violence.” Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords implored her former colleagues in Congress to “find the courage” to pass bills to prevent more gun violence. Giffords, who survived a gunshot wound to the head in a shooting in 2011, called the mass shooting in Las Vegas a “grave tragedy for our nation.” Giffords said she was praying for the victims of the shooting, but also that she was “praying...

Sandy Hook Mom: Congress Is To Blame For Las Vegas Shooting Mother of 6-year-old child who was killed at Sandy Hook placed blame on Congressional inaction on gun violence. The mother of a child killed in the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012 released a statement following the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Nelba Márquez-Greene, whose 6-year-old daughter was killed when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementry, wrote on Twitter that Congress is to blame for not taking action against gun violence. “This is on every congressperson who said in ‘13: There is simply nothing...

Dem Senator: Congress Needs To ‘Get Off Its Ass And Do Something’ About Gun Violence At least 50 people dead, 400+ injured in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on Congress to “get off its ass and do something” about gun violence after yet another deadly mass shooting which left at least 50 people dead in Las Vegas. Murphy, who is a leading advocate for gun control in Congress after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, said it was “positively infuriating” that Congress had failed to pass laws to stop gun violence....

Republicans Just Let Health Insurance For 9 Million Kids Expire Without immediate action, states will need to start shutting down their Children’s Health Insurance Program. 9 million children depend on CHIP for healthcare. The Children’s Health Insurance Program cost less than $14 billion in 2016.  Lost in the chaos of Trump’s failed Puerto Rico response, Tom Price’s private jet scandal, Trump’s racist NFL attacks, the so-called tax reform rollout and yet another Obamacare repeal attempt is the fact that funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program just expired. Funding officially expired on Saturday and if Congress does not restore...

Democrat Is Shockingly Close In Alabama Senate Race: Poll New poll suggests Democrats should take Alabama seriously. Democrat Doug Jones is surprisingly close to Republican Roy Moore in deep red Alabama, a new poll just found. According to a new poll by Opinion Savvy and commissioned by Decision Desk HQ, Moore’s lead over Jones is less than 6 points. The shockingly close poll numbers suggest that Democrats should be taking the Alabama Senate race seriously as a potential 2018 pickup. Democrats have been eyeing the race since it became clear that Moore would likely win the Republican nomination. The...