The bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to provide public funding for candidates for Congress, HR 1826, now has 107 co-sponsors. Six of them signed on in this week.
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The Socialist Party held its biannual national convention in Newark, New Jersey, October 9-11. New national officers were chosen. The two new national co-chairs are William A. Wharton of New York and Andrea Pason of New Jersey. See the Socialist Webzine (http://socialistwebzine.blogspot.com) for more details of the convention.
Siena Research Institute released poll results on October 15 for the U.S. House special election, 23rd district, in New York. The election is November 3, 2009. It shows Bill Owens, Democrat, with 33%; Dede Scozzafava, Republican, 29%; Doug Hoffman, Conservative, 23%; undecided 15%. There are no other candidates on the ballot. The district is in the northeast corner of New York state, adjacent to Canada.
According to this Los Angeles Times story, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California raised tens of thousands of donations for his political causes, including the “top-two” measure that will be on the ballot in June 2010, during September. Also during September, he was making up his mind whether to sign or veto 703 bills. He ultimately signed approximately half of them, and vetoed approximately half of them.
According to this Los Angeles Times story, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California raised tens of thousands of donations for his political causes, including the “top-two” measure that will be on the ballot in June 2010, during September. Also during September, he was making up his mind whether to sign or veto 703 bills. He ultimately signed approximately half of them, and vetoed approximately half of them.