Author: Nick Berning
By Nick Berning. Tuesday, September 26 2017
STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS THAT REPUBLICAN SENATORS HAVE DECIDED AGAINST BRINGING THE GRAHAM-CASSIDY HEALTH CARE REPEAL BILL UP FOR A VOTE Statement by MoveOn Washington Director Ben Wikler: “The GOP attempt to rip coverage away from millions of Americans has once again crumbled in the face of furious opposition. But it’s now clear that […]
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graham-cassidy | Health Care | repeal | Senate | trumpcare
By Nick Berning. Thursday, September 21 2017
MoveOn.org Members Vote to Endorse Democrat Doug Jones for Alabama Special Senate Election Progressive Organization Calls on Democrats to Follow Jones’ Lead and Vigorously Contest House and Senate Seats in All Parts of the Country ALABAMA —Alabama members of MoveOn.org Political Action voted overwhelmingly in support of Democratic candidate Doug Jones for the state’s special election for […]
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2017 elections | alabama | doug jones | endorsement | Senate
By Nick Berning. Thursday, September 21 2017
Virginia MoveOn Members Endorse Ralph Northam for Governor, Justin Fairfax for Lt. Governor Progressive Group’s Members Also Endorse Diverse Slate of 11 Candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates VIRGINIA — Virginia members of MoveOn.org Political Action have voted overwhelmingly to endorse Ralph Northam for Governor, Justin Fairfax for Lt. Governor, and 11 candidates for the House of […]
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2017 elections | endorsement | governor | ralph northam | virginia
By Nick Berning. Saturday, September 2 2017
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aid | disaster relief | harvey | harvey community relief fund | hurricane | hurricane harvey | Immigration | low-income communities | racial equity | racial justice | recovery | relief
By Nick Berning. Monday, June 26 2017
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ACA | Health Care | health care repeal | leo | repeal | trumpcare
By Nick Berning. Wednesday, June 21 2017
This bill will take a wrecking ball to health care in this country, leaving millions without care, making health care unaffordable for many, eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood, and giving massive tax cuts to the wealthy. Shockingly, this bill’s cuts to Medicaid are even deeper than those passed by the House—at a moment when Medicaid and Medicare should be dramatically expanded.
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ACA | congress | Health Care | Medicaid | Obamacare | Planned Parenthood | repeal | republican health care bill | tax cuts for the rich | trumpcare
By Nick Berning. Saturday, June 17 2017
This acquittal should serve as a call to action and challenge all of us to redouble our commitment to reform. All of us must help confront and abolish the systemic racism that plagues our criminal justice system—and our nation’s past and present—and to stand for the principle that Black lives matter.
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Black Lives Matter | criminal justice | criminal justice reform | philando castile | police violence | racial justice
By Nick Berning. Thursday, June 8 2017
It is now clear that Trump’s effort to use the powers of the presidency to interfere with an ongoing investigation of whether, how, and why a foreign power tried unlawfully to undermine our electoral process is exactly the kind of fundamental abuse of power that the founders believed is an impeachable offense—a ‘High Crime or Misdemeanor’ under our Constitution.
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comey | comey hearing | congress | high crimes and misdemeanors | impeach | impeach Trump | impeachment | james comey
By Nick Berning. Tuesday, June 6 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 — 11:00AM ET Press Conference Calls on Members of Congress to Sign Discharge Petition to Create Independent Commission to Investigate Trump Reps Nadler, Doggett, Deutch, Eshoo and Sarbanes Join Members of Common Cause, CREDO, MoveOn, Public Citizen, and More in Push for Independent Commission Investigation of Trump Campaign’s […]
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congress | independent commission | investigate trump
By Nick Berning. Tuesday, April 18 2017
Jon Ossoff’s first-place finish tonight is a huge triumph for the Resistance and for progressives, who boosted Ossoff to the top of a crowded race in a Republican-leaning district.
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congress | Elections | ga-06 | georgia | Health Care | jon ossoff | Obamacare | resistance | trumpcare