Senator Levin Shares Views with Houghton County Supporters

U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) visited supporters at a breakfast meeting in Houghton County over the weekend,  arranged by the Houghton County Democratic Party. The breakfast meeting was held on the seventh floor of the Main Street Inn in what ordinarily serves as the pub area of the North Shore Grill in Houghton. Serving as [...]

Two Town Halls with Congressman Bart Stupak

We got this info from the Congressman by email today. Hear his invitation to  the Tele Town Hall on Sept. 30th. Visit his site and find the link on the upper left of the page for the Email and Telephone Town Hall Sign-up to be on the Tele-Town Hall call.  The other town hall will be [...]

Senator Stabenow on Health Reform

From U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (MI-D) Dear Friend, Today, Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, released the first draft of health care reform legislation, which will be considered by our Committee next week. This version, called the “Chairman’s Mark,” will be the starting point for our discussions in the “mark-up” – a [...]

I Rent A Room

The following email from Congressman Stupak arrived this week in the Houghton Dems inbox.  I’m cutting and pasting it here because I think it was a copy of a response to concerns about the Congressman’s Washington, D.C. residence and I think he intended this to be distributed to constituents here in the first district. September [...]

Keweenaw Now Covers the Tea Party

Did you miss all the Labor Day fun?  Michele Bourdieu covers the Labor Day event in a post over at Keweenaw Now in her customary thorough and insightful style.

Showing Up

A Bridge Award goes to supporters of health industry / health insurance reform who showed up at a public tea party on Labor Day at Veteran’s Park in Houghton.  The event was organized by the conservative anti-reform group “Concerned Citizens of the Upper Peninsula.” Local progressive Joseph Hernandez explains to the news media why progressives showed [...]

The Contest

What are you doing Monday?