Congresswoman Carolyn Kilpatrick

It’s been a while since I’ve updated folks on how our campaign to contact Congress is going, but we’ve got a big breakthrough! DemFromCT over at DailyKos has the news : In the pursuit of health reform, a major issue for the voters, there’s been some debate about the Health Care For America Now coalition and what their push for quality, affordable health care means for single payer advocates and for those who want this issue addressed in DC (see Health Reform: An Integrated Problem In An Integrated World and Health Care Discussion Links ). Today, John Conyers, author of H.R. 676 (the Expanded ... Read Full Story

Anyone reading this article that is a mother or father can only sympathize with the plight of Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick , U.S. Congresswoman from Detroit, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and mother of Kwame Kilpatrick, whose fall from grace as the Mayor of Detroit has been a very much scandalized and publicized fiasco. Mayor Kwame has some serious allegations to answer to - perjury, misconduct in office, conspiracy and obstruction of justice - just to name a few. But on today Kwame's most uncertain future takes the back burner to his mother, Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick's bid for a 9th term in Washington. ... Read Full Story

Anyone reading this article that is a mother or father can only sympathize with the plight of Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick , U.S. Congresswoman from Detroit, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and mother of Kwame Kilpatrick, whose fall from grace as the Mayor of Detroit has been a very much scandalized and publicized fiasco. Mayor Kwame has some serious allegations to answer to - perjury, misconduct in office, conspiracy and obstruction of justice - just to name a few. But on today Kwame's most uncertain future takes the back burner to his mother, Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick's bid for a 9th term in Washington. ... Read Full Story

Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, mother of, the morally bankrupt, Detroit Mayor Kwame "Deuch Bag" Kilpatrick, won the Democratic Primaries in Michigan , Tuesday night August 5th by getting 20,888 votes, or 39.1%. Former state Rep. Mary Waters had 19,183 votes, or 36%. and State Sen. Martha Scott was in third place with 13,280 votes, or 24.9%. The Detroit Free Press and the people of Michigan discuss, and to some extent complain, that it should have been a 2 person race because, "Taken together, Waters and Scott collected 32,463 votes compared to 20,888. That imagainary outcome would have meant a 61% to 39% victory for ... Read Full Story

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