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Smart Justice Campaign Evaluates the AG candidates

by Delaware Dem May 22, 2018 1

General Assembly Vote Tracker

SB197 – Expunging Marijuana Possession/Use Convictions

by Delaware Dem May 18, 2018 2

General Assembly Vote Tracker

SB205 Twenty Week Abortion Ban

by Delaware Dem May 16, 2018 2

General Assembly Vote Tracker

Delaware Republicans believe women are unequal

by Delaware Dem May 9, 2018 46

Delaware General Assembly

The Agenda in Dover this Week

by Delaware Dem May 8, 2018 0

Delaware Government National

If Only Democrats Show Up for Bipartisan Government, Only Democrats Have to Compromise Their Values

by cassandram May 5, 2018 0

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by Delaware Dem May 22, 2018 1

Delaware

Harris Endorsed by Justice Democrats

Justice Democrats is a grassroots, small-dollar funded independent political organization founded by former staff of the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidentialContinue Reading

by Delaware Dem May 22, 2018 1

Delaware

Smart Justice Campaign Evaluates the AG candidates

The #VoteSmartJusticeDE Campaign is organized by a coalition of organizations and individuals who advocate for a criminal justice system thatContinue Reading

by Delaware Dem May 22, 2018 1

Delaware

The Open Thread for May 22, 2018

What did I say in yesterday’s Open Thread? That Giuliani likely made up that September 1 deadline and the mediaContinue Reading

by Delaware Dem May 22, 2018 0

Delaware

Daily Delawhere for May 22, 2018

Full moon over Market St. Bridge. This beautiful shot was snapped by Jesse Walker.

by Delaware Dem May 21, 2018 16

Open Thread

The Open Thread for May 21, 2018

President Trump said that he would “demand” the Justice Department look into whether “any such demands or requests were madeContinue Reading

by Delaware Dem May 21, 2018 0

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Daily Delawhere for May 21, 2018

Photo by Andrew Addy

by Delaware Dem May 20, 2018 0

Open Thread

The Open Thread for May 20, 2018

“Three months before the 2016 election, a small group gathered at Trump Tower to meet with Donald Trump Jr., theContinue Reading

by Delaware Dem May 20, 2018 0

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Daily Delawhere for May 20, 2018

Lewes. Photo by Elmar.

by Delaware Dem May 19, 2018 7

Open Thread

The Open Thread for May 19, 2018

Article of Impeachment LIX. “President Trump has personally pushed U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan to double the rate the PostalContinue Reading

by Delaware Dem May 19, 2018 0

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Daily Delawhere for May 19, 2018

Photo by Steve Bunting.

by cassandram May 18, 2018 38

Delaware National

One School Shooting a Week in 2018

That’s from CNN who mapped them. (Everytown for Gun Safety pegs the total number this week at 40.) Including today’sContinue Reading

by Delaware Dem May 18, 2018 2

General Assembly Vote Tracker

HB417 – Cigar Tax Cap

Ok, someone explain the need for this legislation to me. Representative Sean Matthews, a good progressive legislator, has introduced HB417,Continue Reading

by Delaware Dem May 18, 2018 2

General Assembly Vote Tracker

SB197 – Expunging Marijuana Possession/Use Convictions

I may have missed it, but I do not see a bill from a Democratic sponsor on this issue, andContinue Reading

by Delaware Dem May 18, 2018 0

General Assembly Vote Tracker

SB206 – Making the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program better

As he wrote about in his book, Promise Me, Dad, one of the big complaints former Vice President Biden had regardingContinue Reading

by Delaware Dem May 18, 2018 0

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Independent Voters! You have one week to make a difference

Are you a far leftist or socialist too pure to register as a Democrat? Are you a Green Party memberContinue Reading

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HB417 – Cigar Tax Cap

Ok, someone explain the need for this legislation to me. Representative Sean Matthews, a good progressive legislator, has introduced HB417,Continue Reading

General Assembly Vote Tracker

SB197 – Expunging Marijuana Possession/Use Convictions

I may have missed it, but I do not see a bill from a Democratic sponsor on this issue, andContinue Reading

General Assembly Vote Tracker

SB206 – Making the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program better

As he wrote about in his book, Promise Me, Dad, one of the big complaints former Vice President Biden had regardingContinue Reading

General Assembly Vote Tracker

SB207 and SB200 – Opposing Off Shore Drilling (Updated)

Senator Stephanie Hansen has introduced this bipartisan bill that will essentially act like a Resolution with Teeth, in that itContinue Reading

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HB222(S) – Lethal Violence Protection Orders

Representative Dave Bentz has proven to be an MVP legislator this year. He is back with yet another important bill,Continue Reading

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SB205 Twenty Week Abortion Ban

Delaware Republicans continued their assault on women and their rights by introducing SB205, a twenty (20) week abortion ban. TheContinue Reading

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SB199 – Primary Care

Seeing a primary care, or family doctor, is a key component to preventive healthcare. And preventive healthcare reduces healthcare spendingContinue Reading

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Delaware Republicans believe women are unequal

All but one Senate Republican voted today to declare that women are second class citizens and are to be treatedContinue Reading

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HB377 – County Taxes on Hotels and AirBNBs

Representative Larry Mitchell (D) has introduced a bill that would permit county governments to impose and collect into their ownContinue Reading

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HB389 – Republican Bill Protecting People from Republican Policies

Republican State Representative Ruth Briggs King has an interesting bill. Her HB389 would allow the practice of itemized property taxContinue Reading

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The Ridiculous Ping Pong Battle between the House and Senate over Bump Stocks

It is a simple bill. It was a simple bill. The original bill, HB300, would make it a Class EContinue Reading

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SB172 – Education Funding Transparency

Senator Sokola has introduced a bill that will supposedly increase the public’s access to education funding information. It does thisContinue Reading

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HB302(S) – Preventing Gun Possession by Dangerous Mentally Ill – Passes Senate

And it passed the Senate unanimously, 21-0, which may be an encouraging sign for other gun control bills still waitingContinue Reading

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Bill Banning Child Marriage Faces some Republican Resistance

What is with Republicans and child marriage (or human-animal sexual relations if you saw what happened in Lousiana)? So RepresentativeContinue Reading

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HB319(S) – If Medicare says yes, you can’t say no.

Private health insurance companies deny coverage for a treatment all the time because they say the particular treatment is experimental,Continue Reading

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HB375 – Banning Large Capacity Magazines

Yeah, a private citizen who just wants to defend his home or property or just wants to hunt doesn’t needContinue Reading

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Vote Tracker Categorized

I decided to change up the Vote Tracker and how it is organized. Before, it was organized by the statusContinue Reading

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It’s Bob Marshall this time.

HB330, the bill sponsored by Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf that has already passed the House 24-16, was laid on the tableContinue Reading

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HB399 – Equal Rights Constitutional Amendment

There is no Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. And there is no Equal Rights Amendment in theContinue Reading

General Assembly Health Care Vote Tracker

Senate Passes SB139 (Insurance Coverage for Fertility Care Services)

The Senate passed Bryan Townsend’s SB139 unanimously. I was honestly surprised by this, as this would typically be something anContinue Reading

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SB165 – Making Unions Great Again

I need someone to explain this bill to me. SB165 would permits private sector labor organizations and employers to enterContinue Reading

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SB162 – Recorded Interrogations

This is another common sense criminal justice reform, which might explain why no Republican will sponsor it. Senator Henry’s SB162Continue Reading

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HB350 – Biometric Privacy

Now this bill is interesting. And relevant given recent events with Facebook being hacked by the Trump campaign and RussiaContinue Reading

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More Bill Filings in the General Assembly

We have some more bill filings that are interesting but not interesting enough on their own to warrant an individualContinue Reading

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