Show Congress America's REAL priorities
At the beginning of this month, the U.S. House voted by a razor-thin margin (216-214) to approve massive budget cuts to Medicaid, student loans, child support enforcement, and other vital programs --...
View ArticleYour War, and Your Kids, and Your Grandkids, and Your Great-Grandkids, and...
$3,000,000,000,000.00To save you a little time that is twelve zeros. Twelve zeros to the left of the decimal point are needed to express trillions of dollars. The bright side you ask?...
View ArticleFISA: Don't let the Democrats cave
Kossacks,Every couple months it comes to this – a firm deadline and a promise by leading Democrats that they’re going to pass FISA with telecom immunity.Only it hasn’t happened.Time and time...
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Sen. Russ Feingold says "thank you" (Video)
Hey Kossacks,Senator Feingold recorded a special thank you video which I just sent to TrueMajority.org/USAction members for all their work opposing telecom immunity. But this video is actually meant...
View Article'Because I live among men and not angels'
Voter turnout this election cycle among what’s been called the Rising American Electorate– a group that includes Latinos, young voters, and unmarried women, all of whom trend left -- is in jeopardy.We...
View ArticleHappy birthday, Social Security: And many more!
(Cross-posted at Aggressive Progressive)When I was a kid, the check came once a month.My parents paid into Social Security – in fact, in a bit of irony, one of my father’s jobs was with the Social...
View Article21 Days to Victory
(Cross-posted at Aggressive Progressive)Two years ago we voted to change the guard. Now, to paraphrase Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, we vote to guard the change.For almost two years we’ve watched...
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Video from Rally to Save the American Dream
cross-posted from Sum of ChangeWASHINGTON, DC: Demonstrations were planned in over 60 U.S. cities today to show solidarity with workers in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio and wherever workers' rights are...
View ArticleNo, we will not "cease and desist" telling people about hiring discrimination...
Cross-posted at USAction's blogTwo weeks ago, the nonprofit advocacy group I work for launched a campaign to end hiring discrimination against unemployed Americans.Specifically, USAction launched an...
View ArticleYou can stop the military spending buildup -- vote this week!
The House Republican leadership’s calls to cut the deficit ring hollow when one simply looks at the facts. Because not only will they not budge an inch on making the richest 2% pay their fair share in...
View ArticleURGENT: Critical vote on Bush tax cuts tomorrow!
Tomorrow, the Senate will have a chance to show us where their priorities really lie — either with the top 2% or the other 98% of us. We know the tax system is rigged in favor of the ultra-rich and...
View ArticleStop The Iran War Before It Starts: Give Diplomacy A Chance
After over a decade of two costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that has exploded our national debt and stretched our Armed Forces to their limit, we don’t need another war in the Middle East.But war...
View ArticleBattleground New Hampshire: Obama up by 3
A new poll out this morning has President Obama up by three points in New Hampshire. The poll, commissioned by USAction and conducted by Lake Research Partners, found Obama leading Romney 48-45 with 7...
View ArticleBattleground Ohio: Obama leads by 2, but has huge “favorability” advantage
Earlier today delliot updated us on USAction’s first battleground state poll. The poll, conducted by Lake Research Partners, found President Obama with a three-point lead in New Hampshire over Gov....
View ArticleObama up by 3 in North Carolina, 5 in Wisconsin
USAction today released two new battleground polls, one showing President Obama leading 47 to 44 percent in North Carolina and the other showing him leading 48 to 43 percent in Wisconsin.The polls,...
View ArticleBattleground Florida: O 48, R 47
A new poll released today by USAction and our partner Project New America shows President Obama with a 48 to 47 percent lead over Gov. Mitt Romney in Florida.The new poll continues a pattern of Obama...
View ArticleMichigan: O 48 R 41
A new poll released today by USAction and our partner Project New America shows President Obama with a 48 to 41 percent lead over Gov. Mitt Romney in Michigan.The new survey refutes the narrative...
View ArticleObama up by 3 in IA, 4 in OH and 6 in WI
Three new polls released Saturday by USAction and our partner Project New America show President Obama leading in key states that will help decide Tuesday’s election.In Iowa, President Obama leads Gov....
View ArticleUNBELIEVABLE: Rick Scott Stole Over 200,000 votes!
In the wee hours of November 7th, long after President Obama had been declared the projected winner to serve his second term as the President of the United States, voters in Miami-Dade County in...
View ArticlePull the Pork from the Pentagon
With less than two weeks to go before $1.2 trillion in automatic cuts will be triggered on March 1st, now is the time to pull the pork from the Pentagon so we can protect priorities like education,...
View ArticleJoin us tomorrow to Pull the Pork from the Pentagon
Join USAction and our allies as we fight for PEOPLE over PENTAGON PORK. Congress has a clear choice: protect vital domestic programs OR Pentagon CEOs. But they need to hear from you.From Philadelphia...
View ArticleRECAP: Wednesday's Pull the Pork from the Pentagon National Day of Action
We did it! With the deadline for $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts hitting today, on Wednesday we took to the streets to pull the pork from the Pentagon. From Annapolis and Milwaukee, all the...
View ArticleTell Congress: Stop these cuts to our communities!
At midnight Friday night, the deadline for $1.2 trillion in automatic cuts came and went without a resolution.But it didn’t have to be this way. For months, the Republican leadership in the House and...
View ArticleTell Harry Reid to end the Billion Dollar Big Oil Bonanza
Congress has a choice as they debate yet another budget showdown. Let's help them make the right choice. End billions in wasteful taxpayer subsidies to Big Oil. Protect vital programs that millions of...
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MA-Sen: League of Conservation Voters Campaigns For Ed Markey (D)
Received this e-mail from the League of Conservation Voters in support of Congressman Ed Markey's (D. MA-5) campaign for U.S. Senate in the 2013 Massachusetts Special Election:There is just one week...
View ArticleNo grand bargain in exchange for cuts to Social Security, Medicare and...
There's a lot of uninspiring news when it comes to our federal budget. A glimmer of hope struck when the Senate appointed conferees to the next budget conference and included Vermont's Bernie Sanders,...
View ArticleAsheville - This Saturday - Wisconsin Solidarity Rally
As is obvious to anyone who has glanced at the front page diaries and rec list over the last week and more, the protests in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, and elsewhere for labor rights is a huge issue for...
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