View this chart of competitive Senate races in 2016 from Riley and Rebecca Newman.
Analysis of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Fiscal Year 2016 Defense Appropriations Bill
On June 11, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved $575.9 billion in discretionary defense spending – $489.1 billion in the base budget and $86.8 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations fund (OCO). The $489.1 billion approved for the base budget is $45.2 billion below the President’s base budget request, and the $86.9 billion for OCO is […]
2015 Drinan Awards
Thank you to all who made the 2015 Father Robert F. Drinan National Peace and Human Rights Award such a success! Below, watch videos of our honorees as they accept their award and give their remarks, and view a slideshow of photos taken of the event. Additionally, be sure to visit our YouTube and Facebook pages for more pictures […]
Drinan Honoree Senator Chris Murphy
In 2006, when we awarded the very first Father Robert F. Drinan Award to none other than Father Drinan himself, a young and courageous new leader was just getting his start. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, was elected to the House of Representatives in 2006 largely due to his strong opposition to President Bush’s […]
Drinan Honoree Representative Keith Ellison
Some members of Congress are still looking for ways to kill ongoing negotiations to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran and instead begin dropping bombs. Not Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)—he offered an amendment to the defense budget bill stating it could not be construed to authorize force against Iran. It passed. But many in the House also voted […]
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