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STOP the Blunt Amendment
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform met this morning to continue to play politics with women’s health. Chairman Darrell Issa refused to allow a minority witness to testify at the Committee hearing
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VIDEO: Did the Stimulus Work?
From the Center for American Progress: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus, turns 3 this week. Did it work? Michael Linden, Director of Tax and Budget Policy at the
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RECAP: Walk In My Shoes Day of Action for Jobless Workers
Across the country USAction affiliates and key allies are demanding that members of Congress stand up for jobless Americans. In 14 days more than one million Americans will begin to lose access to federal
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Does your Senator support the ‘Buffett Rule’? Ask them to cosponsor!
Nearly 40,000 of us have already signed on to support Sen. Whitehouse and his bill to tax the super-rich. And we’ll be delivering all your signatures to the Senate in-person. Right now, Sen. Whitehouse’s “Buffett
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Military spending one of the worst job creators
USAction and TrueMajority members have been fighting for responsible cuts to the bloated, wasteful Pentagon budget for years. As the wars of the past decade recede, we should use this as an opportunity to
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NEW BOOK: Fighting For Our Health By Richard Kirsch
Richard Kirsch, USAction board member and Strategic Adviser, has written a new book that you should check out! USAction co-founded Health Care for America Now (HCAN) and helped lead the field campaign in dozens of states
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Citizen Action of Wisconsin in the news: Affordable Care Act: Cure for U.S. Health Care?
USAction affiliate Citizen Action of Wisconsin Executive Director Robert Kraig was on Milwaukee Public Television for a discussion about the health care reform law. Check out the video below. Originally posted on the Milwaukee
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ProgessOhio: ALEC’s Grip On Ohio’s Legislature Puts Corporations Above People
Originally posted on ProgressOhio’s website: New Report Documents Influence of American Legislative Exchange Council in Columbus COLUMBUS, OH – A new report released today by People For the American Way Foundation, Common Cause, the
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Sign here to support the ‘Buffett Rule’
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is introducing the “Pay A Fair Share Act” today in the Senate. This bill would make it so millionaires and billionaires paying lower tax rates than the middle class would have
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