From the Atlanta Progressive News: ATLANTA – US Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced two bills in the US House on April 17, 2008, that address federal penalties for possession of marijuana and the use of medical marijuana, respectively. HR 5843, cosponsored by Reps. Ron Paul (R-TX) and William Lacy Clay (D-MO), would eliminate all federal […]

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“If you have any, any kind of loyalty to the Democratic Party, perhaps you need to rethink your strategy and bow out gracefully in order to save this party from a disastrous end in November” – Rep. William Lacy Clay Related: Plog Daily Briefs: Have You Slapped a Superdelegate Today?

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We’ve leveled our fair share of criticism (see related) at Clay -who we all know that if not for his father – would NEVER be a member of the United States Congress. But today, we want to applaud the Congressman for his efforts to address the current epidemic (tongue firmly planted in cheek) of online […]

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By Sam Youngman The former congressman who shepherded the Family and Medical Leave Act through Congress sought Thursday to debunk Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) claim to the legislation, saying she “never had anything to do with it.” Former Rep. William Lacy Clay, Sr. (D-Mo.) is circulating an email disputing Clinton’s claim that the law […]

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With Hillary supporters and party insiders scrambling to find a way to take the nomination from Barack Obama, our own Lacy Clay gives us further incite into the Democrat Party’s increasingly public “uncivil war.” It’s funny, the Democrat Party loves black folks, except of course when they’re challenging the overwhelming white, male establishment for power. […]

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Rep. Lacy Clay pictured with his mother, father, and sister Michelle Clay. By Allison Mccabe At CREW, we’re compiling a list of Political Action Committees (PACs) controlled by members of the U.S. House and Senate. Today, when I called Rep. William Clay’s (D-MO) congressional office they referred me to the campaign director, Michelle Clay (who […]

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Posted by Bill Jempty (wizbangblog.com) Today’s winner comes from the Congressional hearing into whether Roger Clemens used steroids or HGH. Our elected leaders have better things to do IMHO. Our winner today is Congressman William Lacy Clay. He gets the award for the following. Rep. William Lacy Clay, a Missouri Democrat, asked Clemens what uniform […]

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“Some of our colleagues misread the tea leaves of politics and thought it was a slam-dunk for Hillary, and it’s not.” Read more… “Now the veneer has come off people like [Black Entertainment Television founder] Bob Johnson, who felt compelled to make statements that might bring down the one candidate who can expand upon the […]

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Rep. William Lacy Clay (Mo.), an Obama campaign co-chairman, said yesterday that Clinton was “trying to score cheap political points on the back of Martin Luther King’s legacy” when she said that “King’s dream became a reality when Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964” — the statement that helped launch the debate […]

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   Dear Mr. President: Seventy House Members wrote in July [2007] to inform you that they will only support appropriating additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during Fiscal Year 2008 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of our troops out of Iraq before you leave office. Now you are requesting an […]

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