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Statement from DGA Chair Governor Martin O’Malley on the House Republican Budget

Governor Martin O’Malley, chair of the Democratic Governors Association, released the following statement on the Medicare-cutting budget unveiled today by House Republicans: “The irresponsible budget House Republicans released today counts on mass amnesia on the part of the American people – relying on the same failed policies that drove our economy to the brink of…

The Voting Wars Could Get Bloody

The key electoral battle in 2012 might be less about who you cast a ballot for, than about whether you get to cast a ballot at all. Yes, the voting wars are heating up just in time for the 2012 elections. And between the Justice Department’s opposition to voter ID laws in two states and…

From the Chair’s Desk: MODERN investments for a MODERN economy

This week, I had the opportunity to testify in front of the Maryland legislature about the need to invest in a 21st Century infrastructure for a modern economy. Marylanders have the largest average daily commute in America – longer than New York or California. And if we keep trying to solve our transportation problems with…

Dems Hammer PA Governor Over Ultrasound Comments

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) offered up some advice for women who don’t want to have a mandatory ultrasound before they terminate their pregnancy: Don’t look at it. Now Democrats are pouncing, holding up the line as evidence of the GOP’s continuing insensitivity toward women. The quote in question came after Corbett was asked at a…

Voter ID laws encourage people to not vote

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GOP govs let slip that the economy is improving under President Obama

For the national GOP, any notion of an economic recovery is a figment of Democrats’ imaginations. When a third straight month of solid job numbers came in last week, officials responded with caution and contempt. They dashed out releases and tweets minimizing the size of the gains, and pushing back against the notion there’s any…

Justice Department bars Texas voter ID law

The Justice Department has blocked a new law in Texas requiring voters to show a photo ID, saying that it disproportionately harms Hispanic residents. The action is the second time in three months that the Obama administration has blocked a state voter ID law. In December, the Justice Department struck down South Carolina’s new law requiring…

GOP War on Voting Targets Swing States

Since the 2010 election, Republicans have waged an unprecedented war on voting, with the unspoken but unmistakable goal of preventing millions of mostly Democratic voters, including students, minorities, immigrants, ex-convicts and the elderly, from casting ballots in 2012. More than a dozen states, from Texas to Wisconsin and Florida, have passed laws designed to impede voters…

The Long Arm of the Law Reaches Republican Governors

Instead of focusing on job creation, Republican governors across the country have been busy attacking workers’ rights, forcing invasive and unnecessary medical procedures on women, and suppressing voting rights in a bold political power grab. Now it looks like the law is finally starting to catch up to them. This past week, judges across the nation…

Chairman O'Malley on the Rachel Maddow show