Sat, 4 February 2006
An introduction to Project Vote Smart which has a lot of voting record information. IU Professor Jim Hart give his views of the relationship between democracy and community. One item is added to the list of expectations of elected representatives.
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Sun, 29 January 2006
Update on franking by Congressmen. More on votng records. Media Matters podcast. The Death of Media and the Fight to Save Democracy (book). Beginning of a list of expectations from elected representatives. Rafia Zakaria reports on democracy in Iran.
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Sat, 21 January 2006
Progress report on Congressional franking. Progress report on Congressional voting records. Letter from POCLAD to the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee with questions for Alito. An interview with Gretchen Clearwater, candidate for congress in the Indiana 9th district.
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Fri, 13 January 2006
Selected reports of Zapatista political activity in Mexico, some strongly biased. Indiana University professor Erik Bucy talks about ways to improve US democracy. A quote by Thom Hartmann.
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Sat, 7 January 2006
Robert trys to get more information from Congress about members' spending. Excerpts from Robert McChesney's book Rich Media, Poor Democracy. Introduction to Rights newsletter by the Center for Democracy and the Constitution. Telephone update on political events in Ukraine over the past nine months. Quote by T. Jefferson about corporations.
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Sat, 31 December 2005
Senator Lugar responds to a request for information. Senate Report received. IU Professor Ruth Needleman offers opinions and observations about unions in Cuba.
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Sat, 24 December 2005
 The Statement of Disbursements of the House (of Representatives) and a brief description of the kinds of data about Congressmen's spending it contains is described. A Ukrainian citizen talks about the Orange Revelotion. Comments[0] |
Sat, 17 December 2005
Part 2 of an interview with the director of the Parliamentary Development Project in Ukraine, IU Professor, Charles Wise. A salute to C-Span and the C-Span web site, www.c-span.org.
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Sat, 10 December 2005
A salute to Senator Russ Feingold for an energetic effort to maintain effective two-way communications with his constituents. Part 1 of an interview with the director of the Parliamentary Development Project in Ukraine, IU Professor, Charles Wise.
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Sat, 3 December 2005
Robert Ivie tells of a surprising encounter with his elected representative. Lee Hamilton says that ordinary citizens have more influence than they think.
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