Midwest Values PAC http://www.midwestvaluespac.org Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:03:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en San Francisco Chronicle: Barbara Boxer backs green jobs at Solazyme With her U.S. Senate race stuck in a dead heat, Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer tried to appeal to swing voters Tuesday by asserting that she will be a better protector of the environment - and green jobs - than her GOP opponent Carly Fiorina.

Boxer appeared briefly in South San Francisco Tuesday at Solazyme, a 100-employee company that is pioneering a technology that extracts oil from algae. There she stressed her opposition to Proposition 23, a measure on the November ballot that would badly damage AB32, the state's landmark climate-change law.

]]> http://www.midwestvaluespac.org/blog/2010/san-francisco-chronicle-barbara-boxer-backs-green-jobs-at-solazyme/ Workday Minnesota: Ellison holds Clean Energy Jobs Forum Wednesday MINNEAPOLIS - Congressman Keith Ellison will host a Clean Energy Jobs Forum Wednesday in Minneapolis to discuss how to make good, clean energy jobs available to all Minnesotans.

The forum will feature Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO of http://www.greenforall.org/ Green for All, a national organization working to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.

]]> http://www.midwestvaluespac.org/blog/2010/workday-minnesota-ellison-holds-clean-energy-jobs-forum-wednesday/ Delaware Online: Elect Coons to the Senate because of fiscal integrity The definition of insanity is to keep supporting the same candidate and hope that they will change. Career politicians who never said a word about financial responsibility when the last administration ran up a record debt are now all of a sudden financial conservatives. They tell us that all we have to do is elect them again and everything will be OK.

]]> http://www.midwestvaluespac.org/blog/2010/delaware-online-elect-coons-to-the-senate-because-of-fiscal-integrity/ Brattleboro Reformer: The eye of a Senator BRATTLEBORO -- Sen. Patrick Leahy said he was a little nervous the first time he brought his camera into the U.S. Capitol.

Leahy was Vermont's junior senator back in the early 1980s when he noticed Sen. Howard Baker taking photos of the historic events that were unfolding in Congress.

]]> http://www.midwestvaluespac.org/blog/2010/brattleboro-reformer-the-eye-of-a-senator/ Nashua Telegraph: Hodes pushes green energy, national renewable standard NASHUA – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Paul Hodes said Wednesday that more tax credits and a national standard on the use of renewable energy would help create more “clean energy” jobs.

The two-term congressman said he would pay for his proposals through the elimination of federal subsidies for the oil and gas industry plus $60 billion in targeted defense cuts.

]]> http://www.midwestvaluespac.org/blog/2010/nashua-telegraph-hodes-pushes-green-energy-national-renewable-standard/ Nashua Telegraph: Shea-Porter, Hodes fulfilled their promises U.S. Reps. Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes share a quality that is all to rare among elected officials: They fulfill their promises.

That is why, in the past two years, we have seen meaningful overhaul of Wall Street regulation, reform of credit card rules, an end to combat operations in Iraq, and the beginnings of a recovery that has brought us back from the brink of financial ruin and put us on a path to prosperity.

]]> http://www.midwestvaluespac.org/blog/2010/nashua-telegraph-shea-porter-hodes-fulfilled-their-promises/ Shoreline Plus: Sierra Club endorses Richard Blumenthal for the U.S. Senate The Connecticut Chapter of the Sierra Club, in conjunction with the national Sierra Club, announces its endorsement of candidate Richard Blumenthal for election as U.S. senator from Connecticut.

“Richard Blumenthal’s experience, values, integrity, energy, and dedication as the state’s Attorney General have been instrumental in creating strong environment protections for the state. Connecticut is a cleaner, healthier and more desirable place to live and work due to his diligence and efforts” said Martin Mador, Political Co-Chair of the Sierra Club’s Connecticut Chapter. “His role in enforcement of state law and as an advocate in the legislative and administrative arenas for strong protections has substantially improved the quality of life here.”

]]> http://www.midwestvaluespac.org/blog/2010/shoreline-plus-sierra-club-endorses-richard-blumenthal-for-the-u-s-senate/ KGMI: Senator Patty Murray Visits Whatcom County Today WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. -- U.S. Senator Patty Murray will be in Whatcom County today, August 31.

Murray is scheduled to tour the Intalco Aluminum Works plant on Mountain View Road in Ferndale and meet with workers.

]]> http://www.midwestvaluespac.org/blog/2010/kgmi-senator-patty-murray-visits-whatcom-county-today/ Nevada Appeal: Letter to the Editor: We need Harry Reid’s power in Washington We need Harry Reid's power in Washington

I recently watched a political ad implying that Harry Reid is responsible for the housing market collapse and the high unemployment rate in Nevada. Most intelligent people realize that this is a ridiculous claim. It is obvious that our current economy has been caused by greed in various sectors and the failure of Nevada to diversify its economy.

]]> http://www.midwestvaluespac.org/blog/2010/nevada-appeal-letter-to-the-editor-we-need-harry-reids-power-in-washington/ Sheboygan Press: Letters: Feingold an excellent example of government of, by and for the people Sen. Russ Feingold took a courageous stand on "Wireless Wiretapping" and stood up to a president who acted like the Bill of Rights and the Constitution were repealed by 9/11.

No wonder he received a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

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