Blount County Democrats

Talking Points: Reducing the Deficit and Meeting our Obligations
· For the sake of our economy we must take action to reduce our nation’s deficit and get our fiscal house in order.
· President Obama wants the biggest deal possible and [...]

Talking Points: Deficit Negotiations
· As President Obama said, progress has been made. And President Obama believes that additional progress is possible, but there is little question that there are still real differences regarding the deficit that we need to work through.
· [...]

STATEMENT OF COMMON PURPOSE
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC has focused America’s attention on the dangerous influence of corporate power in our democracy and the urgency of taking all necessary measures to undo that influence, including amending the Constitution.
Generations of Americans have amended the Constitution over the years to ensure that “We [...]

• America has just come through the worst recession in generations. Although the American economy is now growing and adding private sector jobs, too many Americans are still working to get back on their feet.
• Today, there are [...]

Click the link below to view a complete detail of the Damage done by the radical republicans in our Tennessee State Legislature this year.
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It’s crystal clear that Tennesseans have soundly rejected the extremist GOP agenda rammed through the state legislature this year.
A new, statewide Vanderbilt University poll found that support for the Republican-led state legislature has “plummeted 20 percentage points since January.”
The GOP honeymoon is over and Tennesseans are riled up like never before over lawmakers stripping teachers [...]

Here are some talking points on Medicare. It’s a response to an op-ed DesJarlais wrote, but the FACT CHECK section is not unique to him. Every Republican in Tennessee voted to do away with Medicare and they are all spreading the same lies in defense of their vote. Medicare is a [...]

Tennessee’s much-publicized educational reforms overshadowed the fact that the state’s policy decisions during the 2010 legislative session took a sharp rightward turn.  Immigration and abortion were big targets, but public health and safety were also negatively affected by legislation that defied common sense.

Tennessee’s $29.9 billion budget represented an overall decrease of 0.3 percent from FY [...]

Resolution of the Blount County
Democrats in Praise of President Obama’s Pursuit of Bin
Laden
Where as Osama Bin Laden was the mastermind of Al Queda; and
Where as Al Queda attacked the embassies of the United State of American August 7 1998; and
Where as Al Queda attacked the service persons of the United State of American October 12, [...]

The Blount County Democratic Party held its two year Reorganization on Saturday April 9, 2011 at the Blount County Library.  New District Representatives were elected for each commission district.  Those representatives then elected the new officers for the 2011-2012 Election cycle.  Those officers will be responsible for the Blount County Democratic Party for the up [...]