Jane Dyer for Congress

Where do the candidates stand on issues important to you? From the AARP Voters Guide:
Each election year, AARP asks major candidates in selected races key questions about the issues most important to our members and their families. Candidates are allowed up to 125 words to answer each question. AARP does not edit or modify [...]

Anne Eller, from the phenomenally successful show “Meet Me at the Diner“ talked with Jane about her background and upbringing in South Carolina’s 3rd District. Visit http://www.wlma.net/category/podcasts/ to listen to the interview. Jane talks about her stance on the issues - her plan to bring leadership to Congress, including energy, outsourcing jobs, gas prices, [...]

This past Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m., Third House District Republican incumbent J. Gresham Barrett and Democratic challenger Jane Dyer sat down for a tough debate on the issues. There were many direct challenges to Congressman Barrett’s voting record as well as his political ideology. One example, as The State Writer Gina Smith wrote,
The [...]

On September 30, Jane spoke with Frank Knapp from the radio show “U NEED 2 KNOW” on the Select Talk Radio Network. Jane spoke about the current economic crisis as well as other issues and the current “30 Towns in 30 Days” campaign. Take 12 minutes and listen to Jane’s ideas for bringing a fresh [...]

We know the situation: we feel it every day. The failed policies of Bush and Barrett sent American jobs overseas and built a housing boom on the shoulders of individual debt. The mortgage bust sent the dollar reeling; the cost of oil skyrocketed.
People pull up to the pumps and pay more than $4.00 per gallon. [...]

I sit here and listen to George Bush try to explain to us why we are in this mess. The very idea that corporate greed has run rampant over the last eight years and now we get to bail out the people that got filthy rich off our sweat equity is appalling. The reason we [...]

This Labor Day, what do we have to celebrate as American workers? Not much. Many people are sitting at their kitchen table trying to figure out how to pay for gas and food. One of the two parents has lost their job and they have no healthcare for their kids. They are just hoping and [...]

Let’s learn how to disagree and still talk to each other. Over and over again we hear people express the same taboo: we mustn’t talk about politics. They say if we talk about politics we’ll get into an awful argument and we won’t be friends anymore.
The sad thing is they are [...]

South Carolina, more than some states of the union, has a cherished tradition of strongly honoring the men and women who put their lives on the line to defend this country. That tradition was born in the revolution and continues today in Iraq and Afghanistan. We honor our military and we make sure they are treated when they come home with the best of care and offered educational opportunities.

So why, given that long unbroken tradition, do we find that Representative Barrett has other ideas about honoring our Vets? [...]

Many of us in SC are ecstatic that Bush/Barrett were overridden on the Medicare Bill.  Finally, their efforts to reward insurance company’s profits at the cost of American citizens have been thwarted.
According to the Los Angeles Times (link),
Bush issued the veto in the morning, declaring the bill “objectionable” because it would take funds from [...]