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Why are the Democrats protecting billions of dollars for big farm subsidies when that sector of the economy is booming and not using the farm bill to as an opportunity for reform? More

Asked 30 weeks 5 days ago of U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
by Alice Bartholomew from Fairfax, CA
34
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Do you think a border fence is the answer to our immigration problems? More

Asked 48 weeks 3 days ago of U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
by Matt Cheney from San Francisco, CA
17
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Were 42 House members right in refusing to support a House resolution commemorating the holy Muslim month of Ramadan? More

Asked 48 weeks 3 days ago of U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
by populist from San Francisco, CA

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Will you support a measure to bring instant-runoff voting into the electoral process in order to increase third party participation in government while at the same time avoiding the so-called third party "spoiler" scenario, thus advancing the democratic process as a whole in the United States?
Asked by: Caleb Brown from Los Angeles, CA. Received 22 Votes.
Categories: Money & Politics. Tags: democracy · Election · Spoiler · Third Party · Two Party System.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT)

One of the problems you have if your goals is democracy is usually runoffs, the history of runoffs, is they produce less people voting in a runoff elections than we’re voting in a regular election. So that people have won runoffs getting fewer votes than they had coming second in a regular election. So if your goal is actually expanding the so called democratic process, runoff elections both in the United States and France have not demonstrated they actually do that. You got to come up with a better way than that.

Answered on Aug 7th, 2008 More
Do you think a border fence is the answer to our immigration problems?
Asked by: Matt Cheney from San Francisco, CA. Received 34 Votes.
Categories: Homeland Security · Immigration · Race & Sex. Tags: border · fence · mexico.

Listen to: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)

Nobody believes, certainly I don’t that you can just build a fence, pat yourself on the back and say ‘hey, look we secured the border’ because people can cut holes in fences, they can come over it and they can come around it. So, you need to have a solution comprised of people, technology and in some places physical barriers- but it’s got to be a combination.

Answered on Apr 23rd, 2008 More
In the eighteen years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, fewer than 20-40% of the businesses in our local communities have removed the barriers to access and inclusion. If you are elected, what will you do to influence and advance the civil right of access and inclusion for every American with a disability?
Asked by: L Williams from Glendora, CA. Received 7 Votes.
Categories: Campaign 2008. Tags: civil rights · disability civil rights.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA)

Baca: Whatever we can do it terms of the legislator, we must begin to communicate and enforce the kinds of laws that are there. And it’s done through city ordinance at the local level or county depending whether it’s a city or a county, incorporated areas to make sure people have access. And that’s why it’s important that we deal with the Disability Act and I support it. Cause, what if it was me or what if it was you that couldn’t get there and we wanted information and we wanted to have access and we wanted to participate.

Answered on Apr 23rd, 2008 More
Why are the Democrats protecting billions of dollars for big farm subsidies when that sector of the economy is booming and not using the farm bill to as an opportunity for reform?
Asked by: Alice Bartholomew from Fairfax, CA. Received 1 Vote.
Categories: Agriculture. Tags: special interests.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Zack Space (D-OH)

These are not giveaways. This is an effort to keep in business a long standing tradition in this country of family farms. We get the safest most abundant cheapest food source on the planet. I think that farmers do a remarkable job with the money that this country devotes to farming.

Answered on Mar 27th, 2008 More
Do you think a border fence is the answer to our immigration problems?
Asked by: Matt Cheney from San Francisco, CA. Received 34 Votes.
Categories: Homeland Security · Immigration · Race & Sex. Tags: border · fence · mexico.

Listen to: U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

“We all believe that the border security has to come first. That’s not a problem. What is a problem is the inability to get anything done, for example to provide a desperately needed workforce for agriculture in America.”

Answered on Dec 12th, 2007 More
Were 42 House members right in refusing to support a House resolution commemorating the holy Muslim month of Ramadan?
Asked by: populist from San Francisco, CA. Received 17 Votes.
Categories: Ethics · Race & Sex. Tags: muslim · ramadan.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)

This is not about politics. This is about the faith of about 1.6 billion people in this world. I think it would have been better if they wanted to talk about it.

Answered on Nov 2nd, 2007 More