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This is Part Six of the story of the unbridled corruption in Colorados 1904 election, a contest between incumbent Governor James Peabody and challenger Alva Adams, who previously served two

The New York congressman willfully pulled a fire alarm to disrupt a congressional proceeding, and now he's lying about it.

THE FOUNDATION "Let justice be done though the heavens should fall." —John Adams (1777) Fellow Patriots, on this day in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a debilitating stroke that left him unable to fully function or discharge his duties. His wife Edith played an outsized role in running...

July 29, 2021 Press Release Washington, D.C. – Speaker Pelosi joined Senator Klobuchar, advocates and state legislators from across the country for a press call urging Congress to pass federal voting rights legislation.  Below are the Speaker’s remarks: Speaker Pelosi.  Thank you very much, Jessie.  You couldn’t see me, but I was hearing what you all had to say.  Senator Klobuchar, Madam Chair, thank you for your very strong statement.  You gave us hope with that.  And t...

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia lawmaker who was arrested after knocking on the door of the governor’s office as he made televised comments in support of the sweeping, controversial new election law he’d just signed will not be charged, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Rep. Park Cannon, an Atlanta Democrat, was arrested March 25 and charged with obstruction of law enforcement and disruption of the General Assembly. She was released from jail later that evening. “While some of Representative Ca...

Georgia lawmaker wont face charges for voting bill protest FILE-In this Thursday, March 25, 2021 file photo, State Rep. Park Cannon, D-Atlanta, is placed into the back of a Georgia State Capitol patrol car after being arrested by Georgia State Troopers at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta. Cannon was arrested by Capitol police after she attempted to knock on the door of the Gov. Brian Kemp office during his remarks after he signed into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of...

Lawmaker arrested for knocking on governors door urges Americans to keep knocking State Rep. Park Cannon addresses media after case dismissed by Fulton County DA Replay Video UP NEXT Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon, the Democrat who was arrested for knocking on Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemps door as he signed the states voting bill, says she will "keep knocking." "I ask you, Georgia, to keep knocking," Cannon said at a news conference Thursday outside the state capitol in Atlanta. "Ame...

Georgia lawmaker wont face charges for voting bill protest KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5FILE-In this Thursday, March 25, 2021 file photo, State Rep. Park Cannon, D-Atlanta, is placed into the back of a Georgia State Capitol patrol car after being arrested by Georgia State Troopers at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta. Cannon was arrested by Capitol police after she attempted to knock on the door of the Gov. Brian Kemp office during his rema...

Print this article A Georgia district attorney will not pursue charges against a state legislator arrested for knocking on the governor’s door during a signing ceremony for a controversial voting bill. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis considers the matter of Rep. Park Cannon’s March 25 arrest closed after conducting multiple interviews with people involved in the incident. “After reviewing all of the evidence, I have decided to close this matter. It will not be presented to ...

Georgia lawmaker wont face charges for voting bill protest KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5FILE-In this Thursday, March 25, 2021 file photo, State Rep. Park Cannon, D-Atlanta, is placed into the back of a Georgia State Capitol patrol car after being arrested by Georgia State Troopers at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta. Cannon was arrested by Capitol police after she attempted to knock on the door of the Gov. Brian Kemp office during his rema...