Washington, D.C. — Today, Rahna Epting, the executive director of MoveOn, released the following statement on news that Senator Joe Manchin is working with Democrats to change critical voting rights legislation: “Our democracy is under daily attack from forces seeking to destroy it for their own political gain. It started long before January 6th and […]
“Bold Recovery Now” campaign will engage up to 10M voters and target key Senators through print and digital ads, lobby days, and phone and text banks Washington, D.C. — MoveOn, one of the largest independent progressive advocacy groups in the United States, today launched a new “Bold Recovery Now” six-figure campaign to demand Congress put […]
Washington, D.C. — Statement of Rahna Epting, Executive Director of MoveOn, on news that the Biden Administration will continue infrastructure talks with a larger bipartisan group: “Enough. The time for talk is over. Now is the time for action. Republicans have made clear their only goal is to obstruct everything. 81 million people voted for […]
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rahna Epting, the executive director of MoveOn, released the following statement regarding Republicans’ use of the filibuster to prevent the creation of a January 6 Commission: “Today, Mitch McConnell used the Jim Crow-era filibuster to do exactly what it was created for — propping up white supremacy at the expense of democracy. […]
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rahna Epting, the executive director of MoveOn, released the following statement after Senators Capito, Toomey, Barrasso and Blunt released their own version of an infrastructure plan: “Another day, another offer from Republicans that falls well short of meeting the needs of this moment. This is a classic Washington trick — attempt […]
Today, we honor the life of George Floyd and the countless people harmed or killed by police. One year ago today, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd on a Minneapolis street in broad daylight. The video footage of this murder shocked and galvanized the world. But for so many Black communities, this murder was […]
Today, Rahna Epting, the executive director of MoveOn, released the following statement on President Biden’s first hundred days in office. “In just the first hundred days of the Biden Administration, we have already experienced some of the seismic changes people across the country fought for to save our democracy from the callous, cruel, and catastrophic […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Valerie Jean-Charles covidresponse@fenton.com Progressives Mobilize to Pass Heroes Act, House COVID Relief Bill Groups Vow to Continue Fighting for Improvements and Additional Relief WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leaders of the country’s biggest progressive organizations pledged today to mobilize their millions of members to pass the HEROES Act relief package just proposed […]
Believe survivors has always meant that people who come forward with allegations of sexual violence deserve the presumption of truth, and that their allegations should be heard and respected, not ignored or dismissed. Sexual violence is an epidemic in our country. We owe survivors a process where they are treated fairly, in a trusted system. […]