YDA’s Executive Director takes on Ann Coulter on Hannity + Colmes about the Iraq war. Watch how Ann describes the Iraq war like a gang fight in LA.

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ABC has a new program called Be Seen, Be Heard where they ask young people to send in video clips on pressing issues. YDA’s Executive Director Jane Fleming went up against the Young Republican’s President to tackle the issue young people wanted the President to address in the State of the Union.

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YDA encourages our members to hold State of the Union (SOTU) Watch Parties in your community. Below are a few happening in the DC area.

If you are holding one and it is open to the public, fell free to add to the blog post with your party’s info.

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We Did it! On January 17th, by a vote of 356 yea to 71 nay, the House passed HR 5 – the College Student Relief Act of 2007. This bill, if passed into law, will cut need based student loan interest rates in half – a huge victory for all young Americans.

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Students, Parents Call on Congress
to Make College Affordable
Unique Events Attract Thousands to National Day of Action
College students today called on Congress to cut student loan interest rates as a first step to making college more affordable. At a Capitol Hill news conference students offered their personal stories and support of the bill and a [...]

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In his address to the nation, President Bush again attempted to explain a plan to win the war in Iraq. Instead of following the responsible course of action the Iraq Study Group suggested, he argued for a third escalation in Iraq – a move which the Young Democrats of America oppose. Young voters in the last election were loud and clear. We want a new direction in Iraq that will lead to an end of the war.

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Citing the Denver host committee’s strong bid and growing Democratic gains in the Rocky Mountain West, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today announced that Denver will host the 2008 Democratic National Convention Monday, August 25 to Thursday, August 28.

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As Young Democrats, we are glad to see issues that affect both our futures and the future of the country at large finally being addressed. Over the next week, the new Congress will introduce bills that will monitor honest leadership, open government, and fiscal responsibility; implement measures to raise the minimum wage for the first time in nearly ten years; implement the 9/11 commission’s recommendations; and increase price negotiations on drug prescriptions.

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