Wendy Davis
Senator Dan Patrick on Handling the Texas Filibuster

State Senator Dan Patrick, who is running for lieutenant governor, disagrees with how Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst handled the June 25, 2013 filibuster of State Senator Wendy Davis. Continue reading

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Rick Perry’s Reaction to the Texas Filibuster

Texas Governor Rick Perry provides his reaction to the filibuster of Senator Wendy Davis from June 25, 2013, where she prevented a vote from being taken on Senate Bill 5, which would restrict abortion access in the state. Continue reading

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Senator Wendy Davis on Her Filibuster

On May 29, 2011, Senator Wendy Davis of District 10 in Texas held a filibuster that forced Governor Rick Perry to need to call a special session to continue the debate of a budget bill that cut $4 billion from public education in the state. Continue reading

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Wendy Davis Defends Pro-Choice in Texas

This video from the Texas Tribute shows clips from Senator Wendy Davis’s eleven-hour filibuster on June 25, 2013 to prevent a vote from being taken on Senate Bill 5, which would significantly restrict the abortion laws of the state. Continue reading

Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger: An Appeal to JFK March 3, 1961

  "Mr. John F. Kennedy   The White House   Washington, D.C.       Dear Mr. President: I take the liberty of writing you as a fellow classmate of Harvard 1940, and as the man I voted for last November. I am a musician, a singer of folk songs, … Continue reading

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First page of Reagan’s State of the Union Address after Challenger disaster; January 28 1986

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Thank you for allowing me to delay my address until this evening. We paused together to mourn and honor the valor of our seven challenger heroes. And I hope we are now ready to do what they would want us to do– go … Continue reading