You Know, The Purpose Of Reconciliation Is

If You Look At The Record And The Enviable Record Which Sandra Day O'connor Has Written, You Find She Was The Fifth And Decisive Vote To Safeguard Americans' Right To Privacy, To Require Our Courtrooms To Grant Access To The Disabled, To Allow The Federal Government To Pass Laws To Protect The Environment, To Preserve The Right Of Universities To Use Affirmative Action, To Ban The Execution Of Children In America.

God Is Not A Franchise Of The Republican Party.

There Is No Room For Legal Hair-splitting When It Comes To The Humane Treatment Of Detainees - Not In A Nation Founded On The Rule Of Law And Respect For Human Rights.

If We Do Nothing, As The Republicans Suggest, We're Going To See Health Care Costs Reach A Point Where Small Businesses Can't Afford It And Families Can't Afford It. We're Going To See People Turned Down From Pre-existing Conditions. We're Going To Find The Medicare Doughnut Hole - A Gap In Coverage That's Going To Hurt A Lot Of Seniors.

Our Party Is A Diverse One, As Is My Home State Of Illinois.