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WASHINGTON BEAT. U.S. Senate campaign's underground war
COMMENTARY. U.S. Rep. Charles “Charlie” Melancon, a Napoleonville Democrat, is getting help in his fight to unseat U.S. Sen. David Vitter from the Louisiana Democratic Party and the national Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Vitter has been more direct in criticizing Melancon, putting his name on much of the campaign shots he’s firing. But Vitter also has gotten help from the Louisiana Republican Party. Read more…Posted in: Politics, Campaigns, U.S. Congress
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Confrontation not political, woman claims
A Baton Rouge rape survivor whose videotaped confrontation with U.S. Sen. David Vitter is circulating around the Internet said Tuesday that the incident was not politically motivated. The incident is posted on YouTube and has had more than 100,000 viewers as of Tuesday evening. The YouTube video is available http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6YZ1wP1978 Read more…Posted in: Politics, Campaigns, U.S. Congress
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Fight is on for Melancon's seat
Now that Democratic U.S. Rep. Charles “Charlie” Melancon is running for the U.S. Senate, the political scrum among possible candidates for his open U.S. House race has attracted national attention. Melancon’s open seat is expected to attract up to a dozen candidates who will zero in on capturing the only Democratic seat in the state’s U.S. House congressional delegation. Read more…Posted in: Politics, Campaigns, U.S. Congress
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Melancon run will be tough
Political pundit Elliott Stonecipher said Vitter is running against Democratic President Barack Obama and is trying to tie now-congressman Melancon to president who is thought to be unpopular with many Louisiana voters.
“Melancon’s hope is based really on unemployment coming down and the economy doing better,” Stonecipher told the Press Club of Baton Rouge. “Charlie Melancon is not in charge of his own destiny.”
Posted in: Politics, Campaigns, U.S. Congress
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Lawmakers study redistricting
A legislative redistricting expert warned lawmakers Thursday of politics that could interfere with the drawing of new election district lines that meet constitutional muster. Read more… -
POLITICAL HORIZONS. Rudeness rooted in redistricting
OPINION. Our summer of boorish behavior seemed to peak last week. In sports, tennis star Serena Williams threatened a line judge. In entertainment, singer Kanye West grabbed a mic from singer Taylor Swift. And in politics, controversy continued over South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie” outburst during President Barack Obama’s speech before the U.S. Congress. Read more…Posted in: Politics, Campaigns, Legislature
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La Lege gears up for redistricting
Richard Alan Hannon/The Advocate
Louisiana Rep. Rick Gallot, D-Ruston, addressing the state House of Representatives in February 2008. This week he's preparing to kick off efforts that will lead to new district lines for elected officials. The work needs to be complete by the next statewide elections in the fall of 2011.
The Louisiana Legislature is gearing up to redraw the lines of the districts from which state legislators, congressmen, Public Service Commissioners and others are elected.
State Rep. Rick Gallot, chairman of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee, will head the decennial exercise along with state Sen. Bob Kostelka, R-Monroe, who chairs the Senate & Governmental Affairs Committee.
Though the work never really ends, Gallot, D-Ruston, said he plans to release this week a schedule that includes education, training and a timeline, which will include town hall meetings around the state.
Basically, the season kicks off in earnest in April 2010, when the U.S. Census Bureau begins its count.
Gallot said the state’s official population numbers should start coming in from the federal government in February 2011. He expects a special legislative session will be needed in March or April 2011 so that both chambers of the Legislature and the governor can sign off on the newly drawn district lines early enough to allow the U.S. Department of Justice time to vet the plans.
Qualifying for the 2011 elections begins in August of that year.
Posted in: Politics, Campaigns, Legislature
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Louisiana could lose congressional seat
State Rep. Rick Gallot, the Ruston Democrat who will co-chair the Legislature’s effort to redrawing of district lines to match the state’s population, said he expects Louisiana to lose one of the state’s seven congressional seats.
The seats to the U.S. House of Representatives are apportioned every 10 years based on a state’s population.
Early indications show that the state’s population has dropped from about 4.5 million to about 4.2 million or so, he said.
“People need to understand that they need to participate in the census. That’s important,” he said.
Posted in: Politics, Campaigns, Legislature
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Jindal part of early presidential straw poll
Gov. Bobby Jindal is among the potential contenders listed on an early straw poll in the battle for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. The Washington, D.C.-based Family Research Council Action announced Tuesday the possible candidates that will be on the ballot this week at a conference on conservative issues. Read more…Posted in: Politics, Campaigns, Gov. Jindal
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Boustany to give rebuttal to Obama
Brian Tuck/The Advocate
U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Louisiana
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, a Lafayette Republican and retired cardio vascular surgeon, will give the Republican response to President Obama’s joint session to Congress on health care Wednesday.
“Health care is a kitchen table issue that affects all Americans, and I believe we need an honest discussion on how we come together to fix what’s broken, while building on what works,” Boustany said in a Tuesday statement.The Boustany retort will be his second to an Obama message. In May, Boustany gave the response to the president’s weekly address. The response was televised for the Internet.Boustany, who has been a frequent guest to talk about health care on national news shows, has stressed what he calls strengthening the doctor-patient relationship through health care.He has expressed concern about the creation of a national commission that would both pick what qualified insurers can participate in a government-run program and the rates that can be paid to the health care providers.Boustany will be allotted five minutes for the response, which will be televised on all three national networks.“I’m pleased the president will speak to Congress tomorrow night and I look forward to presenting commonsense reforms that Republicans and all Americans can stand behind,” Boustany said.Posted in: Politics, Campaigns, U.S. Congress
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