BATON ROUGE -- The Louisiana Democratic Party today released the following statement from Chair Karen Carter Peterson, marking the 78th anniversary of the day President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, on August 14, 1935: “Seventy-eight years ago, we made a pledge to America’s seniors that [...]
BATON ROUGE -- Upon hearing the news of Rep. Rodney Alexander’s retirement after six terms in the U.S. Congress, Louisiana Democratic Party Executive Director Stephen Handwerk issued the following statement: “While we did not always share Rep. Alexander’s views, he was one of a very few Congressional Republicans willing to [...]
BATON ROUGE -- While Republicans are threatening to shut down the government and throw the economy into chaos, Bill Cassidy refuses to say if he supports these efforts. “The only thing Bill Cassidy is ‘deliberative’ about when it comes to issues that affect middle-class families is that he is deliberately [...]
