News Archives: Tagged Lisa Brown
THE HILL: House Dem backs Mich. legislator silenced for ‘vagina’ remark
Rep. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) is urging support for a Michigan lawmaker who was barred from speaking on the state House floor after using the word “vagina” in an abortion debate.. Peters grabbed attention for joining a petition in support of Brown and her colleague, Barb Byrum (D)… The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, which is behind the petition, has launched online ads targeting Bolger and another GOP leader in response to the scandal. [more]
AP: Silenced lawmaker gets huge outpouring of support in what Democrats say is ‘war on women’
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee has collected more than 48,000 online signatures calling on Michigan Speaker James Bolger and Majority Floor Leader Jim Stamas — both Republicans — to apologize to Brown for denying her the right to speak. The attention has dramatically raised Brown’s profile in her fight to knock off a GOP incumbent in the Oakland County clerk’s race and brought money from donors nationwide… [more]
OAKLAND PRESS: PCCC campaign seeks apology to Michigan Rep. Lisa Brown in vagina controversy
A national progressive group is circulating a petition and launching an ad campaign to pressure Michigan House Republicans to
apologize to a Democrat banned last week from speaking on the House floor. [more]
