Kucinich on MSNBC "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann, March 8 2010

Hi, Dennis here,

This week a privileged resolution will be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives to make an attempt to try to get America out of the war in Afghanistan.

(February 25, 2010) - On Thursday, March 4, 2010 Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) will introduce his privileged resolution that will require House debate on continuing the war in Afghanistan.

It is expected that the resolution will be taken up for consideration on the following Wednesday, March 10, 2010 and that the debate will be subject to a rule providing for three hours of debate. 

(March 4, 2010) - Dennis Kucinich on CNN's Campbell Brown - discussing his meeting with President Obama to discuss health care reform. Rick Sanchez was filling in for Campbell Brown that day.

Kucinich Resolution will Spark House Debate Next Week

 (March 4, 2010) Today, Congressman Dennis Kucinich, along with 16 cosponsors, introduced H. Con Res., 248, a privileged resolution requiring the House of Representatives to debate whether to continue the war in Afghanistan. The debate will occur on Wednesday, March 11, 2010. The debate is expected to last three hours by House rule.

Kucinich Resolution will Spark House Debate Next Week

(March 3, 2010) U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich is seeking to force debate on the continuing war in Afghanistan through his privileged resolution.  The Congressman stated on Tuesday: 

“I am a proud member of this institution.  I believe in this institution and in the Constitution of the United States.  I think that moments arrive in the history of this institution when we have to take a stand for the Constitution. That is why this Thursday I will introduce a privileged resolution that will call for Congress to reclaim its power under Article 1 Section 8 as to whether or not we stay in Afghanistan.

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(March 3, 2010) Dennis Kucinich gives his opinion on what the future of health care legislation in Congress will be.

Washington D.C. (March 3, 2010) - Chairman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today demanded documents related to FirstEnergy’s promotion of “all-electric” homes and the discounted “all-electric” rate, as well as its subsequent termination of that discounted rate. The documents were requested as part of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee’s investigation of the marketing practices of FirstEnergy. 

Documents requested by the Subcommittee include:

Request that Administration Reevaluate Criteria Used to Assess Foreclosure Crisis

Washington D.C. (March 1, 2010) - Congressmen Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Steven LaTourette (R-OH), with 11 other Members of the Ohio delegation, have sent a letter to President Obama demanding that the administration reassess the criteria used to develop the $1.5 billion "innovation fund" to provide grants to "the states that are the hardest hit by this housing crisis."

The letter follows the exclusion of Ohio from the innovation fund and asks the President to reassess the criteria so that Ohio and similar states are eligible for the program.

"You cannot have a conversation about the foreclosure crisis in this country without including Ohio. Ohio had a foreclosure crisis long before the country did. The administration's decision to exclude Ohio from this initiative simply fails to address the totality of the foreclosure crisis. On the heels of the HAMP program that has similarly failed to deliver relief to Ohioans, I cannot understand how the administration could make a mistake of this magnitude. Our delegation has quickly organized to say with one voice, 'This cannot stand,'" said Kucinich.

"I don't know how they hand-selected five states and overlooked Ohio. It makes no sense," said LaTourette.

View the letter with signatures here.

(February 24, 2010) - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today offered the following statement on the address by U.S. Department of Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack about the Administration's priorities for reauthorizing the Child Nutrition Act. In his speech at the National Press Club yesterday, Secretary Vilsack said the administration will seek to end child hunger by 2015 and would ask Congress for $1 billion per year for 10 years to pay for the initiative