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ACTION: Don’t let the GOP DOUBLE student loan interest rates on July 1st!
We need to make college more affordable, not less. But some in Congress seem to have it backwards. First, under the Ryan Budget, Republicans have proposed eliminating Pell Grants for two million students. And
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Tax Day Actions: NJ Citizen Action and Washington Community Action Network!
USAction affiliate Washington Community Action Network got great press coverage for their protest at a Wells Fargo bank. In a scene reminiscent of last fall’s Occupy Seattle protests, several hundred people rallied in downtown Seattle
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The Economic Story Progressives Need to Tell
By Richard Kirsch (Originally posted at NextNewDeal.net) In his 2003 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush vowed to protect Medicare two sentences after he trashed “nationalized health care.” The fact that
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Tax Day, Buffett Rule rallies across the country
Today is Tax Day and USAction affiliates are rallying Americans across the country today to call on the 1% and greedy corporations to pay their fair share! USAction affiliates and partners also delivered thousands
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Senate GOP blocks debate on Buffett Rule
In a 51 to 45 vote last night, a majority of the Senate supported the procedural vote to allow debate on the Buffett Rule but failed to reach the 60 votes required due to GOP
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Defend the Affordable Care Act
“When I hear Republicans say that we cannot afford health care reform, I wonder who they are talking about because I cannot live without these reforms.” Those are the words of Irene Grand of
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Tell the GOP: Stop Threatening War With Iran
Please sign our petition asking Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich to stop making inflammatory threats about attacking Iran
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Maine People’s Alliance Rallies for a Responsible Budget Solution
Yesterday, 55 Legislators and 175 members of the Maine People’s Alliance came together in the State House on March 15th to call for a responsible solution to the state budget, asking the House and Senate
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What if the 1% paid their fair share of Social Security taxes?
Our good friends over at SEIU answer that question: “If the 1% paid their fair share of Social Security taxes, we could make Social Security solvent for the rest of the 21st century and
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Romney Finds Republican Religion on the Minimum Wage
By Richard Kirsch (Originally posted at New Deal 2.0) Last month I wrote about how economic issues like the minimum wage were twisting Republican candidates into pretzels as they tried to make it look like they
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