McSTREAMY.COM (07/08/2016) – Final preparations for the 2016 Democratic Party National Convention are getting down to business as the July 25-28 event is nearing swiftly. The full Democratic Platform Committee is meeting in Orlando on July 8th and 9th to approve the final draft of the platform. McStreamy.com is presenting a screening of the live stream to provide an open window to the process. Congressional Representative Barbara Lee says it is the most progressive Democratic Party platform in history.
U.S. House Congressional Representative, Barbara Lee.
Reflecting the values of the Democratic Party, the drafting process has been open and inclusive, with a series of public hearings where diverse voices and constituencies had an opportunity to provide input and made their points of view known. The prior meetings and input helped to formulate the draft that will receive final committee approval during the July 8th and 9th meeting in Orlando.
“When there were disagreements, as any democratic process is bound to have, they were respectful, honest and sincere. And the final draft represented a collaborative effort, across both campaigns and committee members”, Representative Barbara Lee said.
The Platform Committee has united around many progressive issues including the need to make sure all Americans earn at least $15 an hour and can join a union; asking the wealthy pay their fair share through a multi-millionaire surtax; breaking up too big to fail financial institutions that pose a systemic risk to the stability of our economy; and expanding social security.
Other provisions in the Democratic Party Platform going into the convention: Helping those in poverty, in part through an expansion of the earned income tax credit for childless workers and expanding the child tax credit to lift more children out of poverty; increasing resources for community health centers; declaring opposition to the Hyde and Helms amendments which restrict women’s access to safe abortions at home and abroad; and abolishing the death penalty.
“I recognize there are bound to be some who are disappointed with the outcome. But our Party’s platform has always been both aspirational and imperfect. In fact, on issues like climate change, I voted with Senator Sanders, and didn’t get everything I was hoping for. This is how our democracy functions,” Congressional Representative Barbara Lee explained.
The live streamed final draft meeting sessions of July 8th and 9th in Orlando, Florida, are shown in the screen below. The Video may or may not be live, as the feed may, instead, sometimes be a recording of what happened in the prior session, if the current, live, session has not resumed.
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