Legislative Update for January 4, 2013

The new Members of Congress were sworn into office on Thursday, January 3. The House also re-elected Rep. John Boehner as Speaker and Nancy Pelosi as Minority Leader. Click here to see how your representative voted. On January 4, the House and Senate met for a Joint Session of Congress to count the electoral votes for president and vice president. The official tally was 332 electoral votes for President Obama/Vice President Biden and 206 votes for Gov. Romney/Rep. Paul Ryan.

NANCE: Hollywood’s Hypocrisy on Media Violence Must End

How can Hollywood even attempt to offer solutions to gun violence, when they are in fact a part of the problem?

World Down Syndrome Day

“If the choice were left up to the child, I am confident he or she would choose life. I know my son would.”