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Watch President Obama Nominates Elena Kagan for Supreme Court

May 10, 2010

The President introduces Elena Kagan, the current Solicitor General, as his nominee to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. May 10, 2010.

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A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN

May 15, 2010

ivility may not be thriving on Capitol Hill, but don’t tell the congressional women’s softball team. The 12 women — eight Democrats and four Republicans — are a committed, bipartisan group. They practice at 7 a.m. up to three times a week, even in the freezing cold.
Team members include Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Jo [...]

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AADH Welcomes New Team Members

April 14, 2010

Over the last year we have been working hard to improve the way we function as a headquarters for local and area democrats. To that end we have made some recent additions to the Amarillo Area Democratic Headquarters staff.
Prenis Williams has come aboard as our Candidate Development Chair. A retired educator and former coach, Prenis [...]

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AADH Hate Mail Response

April 8, 2010

A letter addressed to the Amarillo Area Democratic Headquarters was received in the mail earlier this week, which expressed ill will toward President Obama.   Our staff informed the local FBI of the letter’s content and the FBI forwarded that information to the United States Secret Service.  The Secret Service contacted us and confirmed that they [...]

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Kay Not Quitting

March 31, 2010

Kay Bailey Hutchison has announced today she will not resign her Senate seat and will finish out her term.
Hutchison, 66, will serve out her third term, which ends in 2012. She had previously said she would resign her seat.

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President Obama On the Passage of Health Reform

March 22, 2010

President Obama speaks moments after the historic passage by the House of Representatives of the Senate’s health reform legislation.

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Heath Care Reconciliation Bill: Read it here

March 18, 2010

Congress is expected to vote Sunday to pass the HCR Bill. This is a good time to call your representatives and tell them to support the bill. You can find complete contact information for all of our area representatives here.

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Bye Bye Bayh

February 15, 2010

Democratic Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana announced Monday he will not be running for re-election.
The announcement comes as a surprise as the two term Senator, who has never lost an election, was leading his Republican opponent by a margin of 20 points in a recent poll.
Bayh said his decision to leave Washington was due to [...]

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Jerry Stein Appointed Community Outreach Chair

February 14, 2010

Due to popular demand the Amarillo Area Democratic Headquarters Board of Directors has voted to develop a Committee for Community Outreach.
Jerry Stein will head up the new committee.  Jerry is a retired Catholic pastor and long-time local activist.  He has been on the Peace Farm Board,  since near its beginning in 1986.
We are [...]

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President Holds Open Discussions with GOP

January 29, 2010

Today the President did something unusual in American politics – initiated an open dialogue with members of the opposite party. Visiting the House Republican retreat, he took questions on anything they wanted to talk about. He heard them out, acknowledged where they were right, and gave a genuine explanation where he felt they [...]

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