Liberal Democrats - Poltical Broadcast #1 2015
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Washington All the talk about GOP Sen. Marco Rubios prospects as a presidential candidate raises an inevitable question for Democratic favorite Hillary Rodham Clinton: If shes the nominee, will she choose a Latino as her running mate?
In 2016, having the first female presidential nominee for a major party in US history may not be enough diversity for the Democratic ticket. The Latino vote is a fast-growing, crucial piece of the American electorate for both parties. So it may, in fact, make sense for Mrs. Clinton to double down on diversity with a Latino running mate.
High on the presumed list is Julin Castro. Hes secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and former mayor of San Antonio long eyed as a rising Democratic star, along with his identical twin, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D) of Texas.
Last May, when President Obama tapped Julin Castro to run HUD, it was clear the White House was trying to build the then-mayors national rsum. Mr. Obama was excited about the mayor bringing his practical, on-the-ground success to scale at the federal level, a White House official said at the time.
In 2012, Mr. Castro was the Democrats choice as the partys national convention keynote speaker a slot Obama used in 2004 as a springboard to national fame, and eventually the presidency.
From the moment Castro was nominated to run the housing department, the move was framed as an effort to position him for the next Democratic ticket.
From Castros perspective, being seen as a veep prospect could pay dividends in his work at HUD, usually a backwater for national media coverage. He is cautious about his talk of the future. But he cant control what reporters write about him including a recent piece in The Daily Beast that asserted, Julian Castro is in VP training camp.
Castro said his top goal at HUD is to implement Obamas call to end veterans homelessness, and also to expand housing vouchers for victims of domestic abuse. But inevitably, he was asked about the future.
Well see what happens in the years to come, Castro told The Daily Beasts Eleanor Clift and a handful of other reporters. Im trying to do a great job as HUD secretary. If you do a great job, that opens up opportunities, sometimes opportunities you dont even see in the future.
Clinton reportedly has long had her eye on Castro, and though theyve met a couple of times, they dont know each other well, Ms. Clift reports.
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Hillary Clinton-Julian Castro 2016: an already inevitable Democratic ticket?
Washington All the talk about GOP Sen. Marco Rubios prospects as a presidential candidate raises an inevitable question for Democratic favorite Hillary Rodham Clinton: If shes the nominee, will she choose a Latino as her running mate?
In 2016, having the first female presidential nominee for a major party in US history may not be enough diversity for the Democratic ticket. The Latino vote is a fast-growing, crucial piece of the American electorate for both parties. So it may, in fact, make sense for Mrs. Clinton to double down on diversity with a Latino running mate.
High on the presumed list is Julin Castro. Hes secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and former mayor of San Antonio long eyed as a rising Democratic star, along with his identical twin, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D) of Texas.
Last May, when President Obama tapped Julin Castro to run HUD, it was clear the White House was trying to build the then-mayors national rsum. Mr. Obama was excited about the mayor bringing his practical, on-the-ground success to scale at the federal level, a White House official said at the time.
In 2012, Mr. Castro was the Democrats choice as the partys national convention keynote speaker a slot Obama used in 2004 as a springboard to national fame, and eventually the presidency.
From the moment Castro was nominated to run the housing department, the move was framed as an effort to position him for the next Democratic ticket.
From Castros perspective, being seen as a veep prospect could pay dividends in his work at HUD, usually a backwater for national media coverage. He is cautious about his talk of the future. But he cant control what reporters write about him including a recent piece in The Daily Beast that asserted, Julian Castro is in VP training camp.
Castro said his top goal at HUD is to implement Obamas call to end veterans homelessness, and also to expand housing vouchers for victims of domestic abuse. But inevitably, he was asked about the future.
Well see what happens in the years to come, Castro told The Daily Beasts Eleanor Clift and a handful of other reporters. Im trying to do a great job as HUD secretary. If you do a great job, that opens up opportunities, sometimes opportunities you dont even see in the future.
Clinton reportedly has long had her eye on Castro, and though theyve met a couple of times, they dont know each other well, Ms. Clift reports.
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Hillary Clinton-Julian Castro 2016: an already inevitable ticket?
DES MOINES Majority Senate Democrats issued a fiscal 2016 budget outline Tuesday that calls for spending the same $7.341 billion proposed by Republican Gov. Terry Branstad but parts ways on his priorities by seeking a higher investment for K-12 schools for the coming school year.
Its time to break the budget gridlock, said Sen. Bob Dvorsky, D-Coralville, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Our balanced budget is sustainable and spends less than the state takes in.
Tuesdays announcement caught majority Republicans in the House by surprise and could draw out the negotiating process given that GOP legislators were operating under the assumption the Legislature would be working under joint spending targets, said Rep. Chuck Soderberg, R-LeMars, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
Its disappointing I guess to know that theyve released their targets and not working on joint targets, Soderberg said.
The Senate Democratic plan calls for a 2.625 percent increase in state support for Iowas local schools, a tuition freeze for in-state students at Iowas regent universities for a third straight year, fully funding property tax credits and meeting 2013 commitments to property-tax relief and education reform. The plan includes an early-retirement incentive plan for eligible state employees that Democrats project will save the state $16.1 million in the next fiscal year.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs, said Democrats have been working with majority House Republicans to resolve budget differences but decided to move ahead with spending targets Tuesday while Branstad and GOP legislators work to forge their consensus approach. House Republicans were at a $7.175 billion level for fiscal 2016, leaving a $166 million difference with the spending level set by the governor and now Senate Democrats.
We think its time to start moving our budgets, Gronstal said in an interview. He said Senate Democrats adopted the same use of $129 million from the states surplus ending balance to fund the overall 5 percent growth in general fund spending.
We figure thats an appropriate place to be, Gronstal said of the decision to adopt the governors overall spending level. We dont do everything in the budget the same way that the governor does it, but thats fiscally responsible. We know that well have challenges in the next fiscal year.
Soderberg said GOP lawmakers plan to stick with the budgeting principles not to spend more money than the state collects in yearly revenue and not to use one-time money to fund ongoing programs or expenses. He likened to do otherwise to a family using a savings account to pay for a home mortgage.
Weve stood firm on our prinicles for five years. I do not anticipate that that would change because I think Iowans expect that, he said. Anytime you spend more than what you have, that obviously creates a problem.
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Senate Democrats seek same spending level as Branstad
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) A technicality House Democrats raised Tuesday succeeded in stalling at least for a few days two of the Texas Legislature's top conservative causes, proposals that would allow the "open carry" of handguns and prohibit local ordinances banning hydraulic fracturing.
With Republicans controlling the Legislature and widely supporting both measures, outnumbered Democrats often resort to delay tactics, betting that the longer it takes to pass bills they oppose, the less total such proposals become law.
Legislators had braced for hours-long debate on both issues. But just a few minutes into discussion on the bill authorizing licensed Texans to carry their handguns holstered or otherwise in plain sight, Democratic Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer objected, citing House rules. He argued that three witnesses who testified on the bills while they were still in committee were incorrectly recorded in the official record.
Republicans convened immediate committee meetings to advance corrected versions of the bills. Both now will be eligible to return to the floor on Friday, though the exact timing hasn't yet been set.
Martinez Fischer, of San Antonio, said afterward of open carry that his "aim was to confront that piece of legislation by any means possible."
Its sponsor, Sherman Republican Rep. Larry Phillips, called the error a "procedural glitch" that occurred because the committee was hearing two bills at once.
Martinez Fischer's efforts succeeded in derailing a House vote to overturn Texas' post-Civil War ban on the open carry of handguns as the state strides toward becoming America's largest to legalize the practice.
A similar measure already cleared the Senate. More than 800,000 state residents have concealed handgun licenses.
Phillips, who noted the measure still has 80-plus House co-sponsors, said approval would still come as quickly as possible.
"When they don't have the votes," he said of Martinez Fischer's maneuver, "they look for every other way to kill it."
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Democrats stall 'open carry,' fracking bills on technicality