Democratic Nationa lCommittee

Party Organizations

Campaign Committees

	The Democratic Governors' Association The Democratic Governors’ Association was founded in 1983 to support the candidacy of Democratic governors throughout the nation. The DGA provides political and strategic assistance to gubernatorial campaigns. In addition, the DGA plays an integral role in developing positions on key state and federal issues that affect the states through the governors’ policy forum series. http://www.democraticgovernors.org/

	The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee The purpose of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is to elect more Democrats to the United States Senate. From grass-roots organizing to candidate recruitment to providing campaign funds for tight races, the DSCC is working hard all year, every year to increase the number of Democratic Senators. http://www.dscc.org/

	The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee serves as the official national Democratic campaign committee charged with recruiting, assisting, funding, and electing Democrats to the U. S. House of Representatives. We provide services ranging from designing and helping execute field operations, to polling, creating radio and television commercials, fundraising, communications, and management consulting. http://www.dccc.org/

	The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee provides strategic services and financial assistance to Democratic leaders and candidates at the state legislative level. For nearly a decade, DLCC has been an integral part of the continued success Democrats have had winning at the state legislative level. http://www.dlcc.org/

	The Association of State Democratic Chairs The Association of State Democratic Chairs’ mission is to help build strong state parties in order to elect Democrats from the State House to the White House. To accomplish this goal, the ASDC focuses exclusively on the current and future needs of State Democratic Parties. It acts as a service organization dedicated to supporting and educating its members, State Party executive directors and staff. http://www.democrats.org/asdc

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State Democratic Parties

The State Democratic Parties work to elect local, state, and federal candidates in their states, as well as supporting the state campaign for the Democratic presidential nominee, Senator Barack Obama. Learn more about your state party

Contract on America

For the better part of the past year, Republicans have tried to come up with a new agenda for the American people with mixed results. However, the Tea Party is now the most potent force in Republican politics.

Will Hillary Clinton run for Office

SurveyUSA poll shows that Hillary Clinton would defeat President Barack Obama by a 20-percentage-point margin in a head-to-head race for the presidency.

Ethanol Subsidy nearly 6 billion dollars a Year

Critics of the ethanol program noted that energy legislation enacted in 2007 requires oil companies to produce 36 billion gallons of biofuels like ethanol by 2022, arguing that refiners will have to rely on ethanol whether it is subsidized or not.

President Obama Signs Hate Crimes Prevention Act Into Law

Today President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law, legislation that will extend new federal protections to people who are victims of violent crime because of their gender, sexual orientation or identity, or disability.