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MORE MORE MORE!: LATINO POWER ON CAPITOL HILL

Posted by LATINO EVENTS Y TESPIS MAGAZINE on Friday, October 23, 2009 , under , , , , , , , , , | comments (0)



Good to know that 23 out of 28 Latino members of Congress are not Republicans, + 1 Independent. This article was published by HispanicLink.org.
"Special Report: A Look at Hispanic Power on Capitol Hill. By Erick Galindo.

At 5%, the number of Hispanics in the 111th Congress may be small, but with two chairs, two vice-chairs and potent subcommittee chairs, their power and influence is grand.

Five of the 28 Hispanic members of the House sit on the Committee on Appropriations, which controls the government’s purse strings. It is considered one of the House’s most important committees. Even the Appropriations subcommittees are seen as powerful. Subcommittee chairs have been called “cardinals" because of the power they wield.

Democrat José Serrano (NY-16) has jurisdiction over the Treasury, Judiciary and National Security Council, among others, as the chairmen of the influential Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Service and General Government.

He is joined on Appropriations by fellow Democrats Dennis Cardoza (CA-18), Ciro Rodríguez (TX-23), Ed Pastor (AZ-04) and Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34).
Hispanics are also spread into other top committees such as Agriculture, Judiciary, Ways and Means, Homeland Security and Armed Services.
The high-ranking Permanent Select Intelligence Committee is chaired by Silvestre Reyes (TX-16). He is joined by Nydia Velázquez (NY-12), of the fast-rising Small Business Committee, as the only other Latino committee head.
Loretta Sánchez (CA-47), of Homeland Security, is one of two Hispanics serving as vice-chairs.

On the other side of the aisle, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-18) is the ranking Republican on the influential Foreign Affairs committee.
Of the 28 Hispanic House legislators, 23 are Democrats, four are Republicans and one is Independent.
After the recent retirement of Mel Martínez (R-FL), Bob Menéndez (NJ-D) remains as the only Hispanic sitting on the Senate side."
Read all in HispanicLink


GET IT NEW YORKERS: IS ABOUT EQUALITY NOT RELIGION

Posted by LATINO EVENTS Y TESPIS MAGAZINE on Thursday, May 28, 2009 , under , , , , , , , | comments (1)



Karen Schuster of Rochester, NY has a gay son and three straight children. She wants to know why her son Luke does not have the same rights as her daughter Jessica. In Karens words, If Jessica meets someone and falls in love and wants to get married, she can. But if Luke meets someone and falls in love and wants to get married, he can't. It's not equal treatment.This painful situation is the reality for thousands of families across New York State. We need the New York State Senate to act now and pass the marriage equality bill so that same-sex couples will no longer be treated as second-class citizens.




One of the most dominant myths used by forces opposed to marriage equality is that allowing same-sex couples to marry would somehow negatively affect religious institutions or apply restrictions to their freedom to worship as they choose. Although this myth is patently false, that has not stopped some opponents from using the claim to lead people to believe their religious freedom is in danger.

Fortunately, in New York, we do not need to speculate on how religious institutions, spiritual life and the freedom to worship will be affected if the state passes a law allowing same-sex couples to marry. New York needs only to look to our neighbor to the east, Massachusetts — where marriages for same-sex couples have been legal since 2004 — to see that the worries about such a law negatively impacting people of faith have been unfounded.


SENADORA CAROLINE KENNEDY?

Posted by LATINO EVENTS Y TESPIS MAGAZINE on Monday, December 15, 2008 , under , , , , | comments (0)



Finalmente se confirmó lo que se venía hablando a medias voces. Caroline Kennydy comenzó hoy activamente a acercarse a los principales protagonistas de nuestra esfera política. Aunque la desición solo la puede tomar el gobernador Paterson, me parece excelente que se acerque y trate de formar la mejor coalición de voluntades y apoyo politico y social. La labor como senadora de Nueva York no es una bagatela y requiere de la mayor dedicación y preparación. En las próximas semanas tendremos la oportunidad de conocerla más de cerca y estudiar sus credenciales. Y asi decidir y apoyar su elección para el beneficio máximo del estado de Nueva York.