Author: MoveOn Staff
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, January 22 2018
Statement from MoveOn.org Political Action Executive Director Ilya Sheyman in response to the deal to reopen the government without protecting Dreamers: “This is a bad, outrageous deal. Trump and Republicans in Congress stood with their anti-immigrant nativist base, and too many Democrats backed down, abandoned Dreamers, and failed to fight for their values. “The fight […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Saturday, January 20 2018
Statement from Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action, in response to the Trump Shutdown: “There is no doubt that Donald Trump, congressional Republicans, and their racist agenda are fully responsible for this government shutdown. When Trump rejected a bipartisan immigration deal and ended negotiations, he threw the entire government into chaos. Now, it’s […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, January 17 2018
Organization’s millions of members will also support emerging progressive leaders at the state and local level and mobilize in key Senate races Group pledges accountability for congressional votes on health care, taxes, and Dream Act, and for rubber-stamping Trump’s agenda With recent election results in Alabama, Virginia, and elsewhere indicating that progressives are energized, prepared […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, January 16 2018
Trump, GOP Would Pay Price for Government Shutdown Say Voters in Key Senate Districts in New Poll Polling in 12 key battleground Senate districts shows strong support for protections for Dreamers in spending bill, opposition to funding for border wall—and that Trump and GOP will bear responsibility for a government shutdown. Read the full memo […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, January 12 2018
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By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, January 9 2018
If the recent victories in Alabama, Virginia, and elsewhere have indicated anything, it’s that progressives are able to win elections anywhere when we resist and show up at the ballot box. MoveOn members were instrumental in these resistance efforts, and we will continue to build a movement that stands up for vulnerable communities and wins […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, December 21 2017
Statement from Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action, in response to Democrats in Congress failing to stand by their promise to pass protections for Dreamers before year’s end: “This failure to pass a clean Dream Act before heading home for the holidays is unconscionable and Democrats who supported the Republicans’ continuing deportation resolution […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, December 20 2017
Statement from Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action, in response to the Senate’s passage of the Republican tax bill: “In a final act of 2017, Republicans in Congress have pushed through a tax plan that will raise taxes for half of all Americans and likely leave 13 million people without health care coverage—all […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, December 20 2017
Signers include America Ferrera, Rosario Dawson, Jennifer Lawrence, Uzo Aduba, Scarlett Johansson, Kendrick Sampson, Don Cheadle, Mark Ruffalo, Sally Field, Aidy Bryant, Julianne Moore, Michael Pena, Shailene Woodley, and others. ** See the letter here: http://bit.ly/2oXjpHv While negotiations on voting on Dream Act before the holidays are in peril, more than 40 high-profile celebrities and […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, December 19 2017
Statement from Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action, in response to the House passage of the Republican tax bill: “Today’s tax vote is a bucket of gasoline thrown on the fire of out-of-control economic inequality. Millions of families will suffer if the GOP tax scam that prioritizes the interests of big corporations and […]
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