Tag: Chris Coons

Chris Coons Votes Against the Patriot Act Extension

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on May 28, 2011 • 17 Comments

Senator Coons asked the Senate to limit the extension of the Patriot Act to one month so that the Senate could seriously review and revise the law to reflect current lessons learned to scale back some of the broad authorities granted to government under the original Patriot Act.

Senator Chris Coons on Face the Nation

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on April 25, 2011 • 1 Comment

Senator Coons was on Face the Nation yesterday morning:

Chris Coons Speaks Up For Labor

Filed in Delaware by Unstable Isotope on April 5, 2011 • 2 Comments

Senator Chris Coons gave a speech yesterday supporting the labor movement and acknowledging the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Chris Coons Sponsors DOMA Repeal

Filed in Delaware, National by Unstable Isotope on March 18, 2011 • 2 Comments

Chris Coons announced he’s co-sponsoring a bill called the Respect for Marriage Act which would repeal the provision of DOMA that states marriage is between a man and a woman.

Chris Coons Continues To Impress

Filed in National by jason330 on February 13, 2011 • 5 Comments

Coons used the Huffington Post to release the first draft of the “serious close” portion of a speech he gave at the Washington Press Club Foundation’s Congressional Dinner. I wasn’t sure where he was going with it, but the example he used to illustrate his point brings it home. Read it and try to imagine […]

Delaware Delegation Proposes National Park

Filed in Delaware by Unstable Isotope on February 11, 2011 • 6 Comments

The Delaware Congressional delegation introduced a bill to designate a national park in the state.

Senator Coons’ First Floor Address in the Senate

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on January 30, 2011 • 1 Comment

Chris Coons gave his first floor speech on the Senate floor this past Thursday, on the subject of reviving and supporting the manufacturing sector in the US

Coons Named One of the Freshmen to Watch

Filed in Delaware, National by nemski on January 5, 2011 • 20 Comments

The Washington Post put together a list of 10 freshmen in the 112th Congress to watch that includes Sen. Coons

Chris Coons Fumbles in His First Week

Filed in National by liberalgeek on November 18, 2010 • 30 Comments

Our new Senator, Chris Coons, made his way onto a list today, and it isn’t the list of independent thinkers. Today, in a Judiciary Committee meeting, the committee voted unanimously to approve the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA). The act seems, at first blush, to be a good idea. The goal is to […]