DAPAC Blog

New Candidate Andrea Miller from Virginia District 04

2008-08-15T15:19:00.000-07:00

Andrea will be the first African-American female elected to Federal office in Virginia's history and she is running in a district with a large African-American population. Andrea is fighting a vigorous campaign against the Republican incumbent. She supports DAPAC's progressive values such as universal health care, a woman's right to choose, and ending the Iraq war and the Patriot Act. Andrea also

DAPAC Update (5/23/08)

2008-05-22T15:23:00.000-07:00

DAPAC Endorses Dennis Shulman (NJ 05)DAPAC is proud to announce its ninth endorsement for the 2008 Congressional election: Dennis Shulman. He joins Steve Harrison, Martin Heinrich, Dan Seals, Jared Polis, Sam Bennett, Jim Himes, Mary Jo Kilroy, and Victoria Wulsin as DAPAC's endorsed candidates running for the US House of Representatives in 2008. This fall he will be running against Scott Garrett

Weekly Update (4/18/08)

2008-04-17T14:27:00.000-07:00

DAPAC Endorses Steve Harrison (NY 13) DAPAC is proud to announce its seventh endorsement for the 2008 Congressional election: Steve Harrison. He joins Dan Seals, Jared Polis, Sam Bennett, Jim Himes, Mary Jo Kilroy, and Victoria Wulsin as DAPAC's endorsed candidates running for the US House of Representatives in 2008. This fall he will be running against Vito Fossella in New York's 13th

Weekly Update – April 11th, 2008

2008-04-11T14:34:00.000-07:00

Please send us and our candidates your Bush tax rebate to help our political cause to elect progressive Democrats to Congress.DAPAC's Endorsed Candidates We would like to take this time to highlight some key developments with our six endorsed candidates. What follows is a brief summary of important information about each of our endorsed candidates. Please take this time to donate directly to

2008-03-28T08:25:00.000-07:00

How DAPAC Targets Money to Our Endorsed Candidates In addition to traditional Get-Out-the-Vote drives, canvasing of districts, setting up phone banks, and general advertising DAPAC does far more than any other political action committee in getting money directly to candidates. In the 2006 election cycle we helped our candidates raise five times the amount we received in direct donations; this

2008-02-29T08:28:00.000-08:00

Early Democratic Congressional Primaries in Ohio on Tuesday; DAPAC Candidates Need Your Help The Ohio Congressional primaries take place at the same time as the presidential primaries on March 4th. DAPAC has endorsed two candidates in Ohio. The first is Victoria Wulsin in the 2nd district. She is facing some primary competition and needs your help. Please visit her website at

Weekly Update (2/22/08)

2008-02-22T10:17:00.000-08:00

McCain Involved in Lobbyist Scandal The New York Times ran a front page story breaking a campaign scandal involving Sen. John McCain and a female telecom lobbyist. Multiple unnamed McCain aides' have suspicions of a romantic relationship between McCain and Vicki Iseman. The allegations stretch back to 2000 when some advisers became extremely anxious because, "a female lobbyist had been turning

Weekly Update (2/15/08)

2008-02-15T15:03:00.000-08:00

US House Holds White House Staff in Contempt Yesterday, the House voted to hold White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers in contempt for their refusal to testify about the White House's involvement in the firing of US Attorneys. The vote total was 223-32 and the citations charge Miers with failing to testify and both her and Bolten of refusing

Weekly Update (2/8/08)

2008-02-08T10:41:00.000-08:00

DAPAC Endorses Jared Polis DAPAC is proud to announce its fifth endorsement for the 2008 Congressional election: Jared Polis. He joins Sam Bennett, Jim Himes, Mary Jo Kilroy, and Victoria Wulsin as DAPAC's endorsed candidates running for the US House of Representatives in 2008. Next year he will be fighting for an open seat in Colorado's 2nd Congressional district. He will need your help to

Weekly Update (2/1/08)

2008-02-01T13:53:00.000-08:00

Democratic Primaries in Illinois Tuesday; Last Chance to Help In a few short days voters in Illinois will be going to the polls, not just to vote in the presidential primary, but in the Congressional primary as well. DAPAC has endorsed two candidates who will be facing tough opposition in these extremely early Congressional primaries. The first is John Laesch, running for Dennis Hastert's

Weekly Update (1/25/08)

2008-01-25T16:05:00.000-08:00

Economic Stimulus Package; Who Really Gains? This week the White House and Congress reached a deal on an economic stimulus package totaling $150 billion in relief. While the package does have admirable goals it will not go far enough in assisting those who truly need the help, and will not stimulate the economy anywhere near enough to keep out of recession. The main thrust of the package will

Weekly Update (1/18/08)

2008-01-18T09:42:00.000-08:00

Early Democratic Primaries in Illinois in Two Weeks; DAPAC Candidates Need Your Help In just over two weeks the first Congressional Primaries take place in Illinois. DAPAC has endorsed two candidates who will be facing tough opposition in their primaries. The first is John Laesch, running for Dennis Hastert's former seat. Laesch was a 2006 DAPAC candidate, running in Illinois' 14th district.

Weekly Update (1/11/08)

2008-01-11T13:51:00.000-08:00

More Good News for Progressive Democrats in New Hampshire Primary The results for New Hampshire are final, and in both Iowa and New Hampshire Democrats turned out in record numbers, eclipsing the Republican turnout in these states! This is extremely encouraging for the general election where Democratic candidates should receive more votes than Republicans, dragging in more progressive

Weekly Update (1/4/08)

2008-01-04T11:06:00.000-08:00

Iowa Caucus is a Referendum on Progressive Politics The results are in! Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee won the Iowa caucus, both upsetting the favored candidates. For months polls have leaned towards a Clinton victory on the Democratic side and a Romney victory on the Republican. The fact that the top two candidates on the Democratic side were Obama and Edwards is

2007-12-21T10:29:00.000-08:00

Congress Ends Year By Approving Disappointing Budget As the year comes to a close, Congress has been working to approve a budget for the 2008 fiscal year, and the final result was a disappointment for Democrats. On Wednesday, the House made its final vote to approve the budget as many Democrats voted against the bill, with a vote of 272-142. Earlier in the week, the House approved a budget

Weekly Update (12/14/07)

2007-12-17T10:17:00.000-08:00

Destroyed CIA Interrogation Tapes Raise Questions about Agency and Bush Administration This week, the House Intelligence Committee began what will most likely be a long-term investigation of the CIA., looking into the destruction of tapes showing the interrogation of suspected Al Queda operatives. These tapes are said to have shown the controversial waterboarding interrogation technique, which

Weekly Update (12/7/07)

2007-12-10T09:20:00.000-08:00

House Democrats Pass Impressive Energy BillOn Thursday, Democrats in the House passed an important energy bill that raises fuel economy standards, increases development of clean-energy technology, and reduces the production of heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide. All of DAPAC's eight elected members of Congress voted in favor of the bill, and the overall vote in the House was 235-181.

Weekly Update (11/30/07)

2007-11-30T12:02:00.000-08:00

Senator Trent Lott Joins Resigning Republicans This week, Trent Lott, Senator from Mississippi and minority whip, joined the growing list of Republican resignations from Congress. Lott will leave the Senate before the end of the year, which came as a surprise to many. It is speculated that he chose to resign so suddenly because, in doing so, he will avoid a new law which would prevent him from

Weekly Update (11/16/07)

2007-11-16T14:36:00.000-08:00

Democrats Continue to Push for End to Iraq War On Wednesday, the House approved a bill which allocates $50 billion for short-term funding of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which includes deadlines and goals for troop withdrawal. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, leader of the House Out of Iraq

Weekly Update (11/9/07)

2007-11-09T13:46:00.000-08:00

House Overrides Bush for First Time on Water Projects Bill This week, after the president vetoed an important water projects bill, the House of Representatives overrode Bush for the first time in his presidency. The vote to override passed easily, with 361 members voting in favor, and 54 against. The bill then went to the Senate, which also overrode Bush, with a vote of 79 to 14. Democrats

Abner Mikva Endorses DAPAC

2007-11-02T09:28:00.000-07:00

Abner Mikva is just one of many prominent Democratic leaders who has endorsed DAPAC. His name should be familiar, as he has recently been named as the mentor to Presidential candidate Barack Obama. Abner Mikva graduated from the Univeristy of Chicago Law School and went on to become a US Congressman in Illinois' 2nd Congressional district from 1969 to 1973, and Illinois' 10th from 1975-1979.

Weekly Update (11/2/07)

2007-11-02T09:23:00.000-07:00

DAPAC Announces Endorsement of Jay Footlik We are pleased to announce our endorsement of Jay Footlik, who is running for Congress in Illinois's 10th district. Like all of DAPAC's candidates, Jay has pledged to vote progressively when elected to Congress on issues including choice, same-sex marriage, the environment, healthcare, and more. Footlik will be facing competition in the Democratic

Weekly Update (10/26/07)

2007-10-26T12:37:00.000-07:00

Possible Early Resignation Leaves Opening for DAPAC CandidateLast week, reports emerged that former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, the Congressman from Illinois' 14th district, will probably be resigning before the end of his term. In August, Hastert announced that he would not seek reelection in 2008, but recent reports from Republican aides suggest he will resign near the end of this

2007-10-19T14:15:00.000-07:00

Bush Vetoes Bill to Provide Healthcare for Uninsured Children; House Democrats Cannot Convince Republicans to Override BushToday House Democrats attempted to secure enough votes to override President Bush's veto on the bill expanding SCHIP, the program that provides health insurance to children whose families cannot afford coverage. Although the Senate already has the two-thirds majority needed,

Weekly Update (10/12/07)

2007-10-12T14:29:00.000-07:00

House Panel Defies Bush in Passing Surveillance Overhaul This week a House panel approved a bill requiring more judicial and congressional oversight of foreign intelligence surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA). This new measure would replace the so-called Protect America Act, which was passed this summer. Civil liberties groups believe that this measure would be a step