Author: MoveOn Staff
By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, January 15 2015
National Campaign Professionals and Obama Alums Also Join Effort Encouraging Elizabeth Warren to Run for President DES MOINES, IOWA — In an expansion of the Run Warren Run effort in Iowa, MoveOn.org Political Action is announcing the hiring of Blair Lawton as the campaign’s Iowa field director and the hiring of four other field organizers. […]
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, January 12 2015
MoveOn.org Civic Action Executive Director Anna Galland on the announcement that Antonio Weiss has withdrawn his name from consideration to become the Treasury Department’s undersecretary of domestic finance: “Thanks to Senator Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats who stuck their feet in the revolving door between Wall Street and Washington, and to hundreds of thousands of […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Monday, January 12 2015
This is one in a series of semi-regular updates on our Run Warren Run effort and Senator Warren’s work to give all Americans a fighting chance. WITH FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS, WARREN HAS ‘STRUCK A CHORD.’ A recent two-hour focus group run by pollster Peter Hart for the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of […]
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, January 9 2015
Elizabeth Warren photo taken by Tim Pierce. MoveOn.org Political Action and Democracy for America announced today that more than 200,000 people have now joined the Run Warren Run effort calling on Senator Elizabeth Warren to run for president. Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn Political Action, on the achievement: “In just a few weeks, more than 200,000 Americans […]
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, January 9 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 9, 2015 In advance of his upcoming State of the Union address, President Obama is set to unveil a plan today at Pellissippi State Community College in Tennessee that would make two years of community college free for students. The proposal could benefit roughly 9 million students each year and […]
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Economic Justice | Education
By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, January 8 2015
The results are in and Chicago MoveOn members have voted decisively to endorse Jesús “Chuy” García for Mayor of Chicago ahead of the February 24 election! Rahm Emanuel has been one of the most divisive and destructive mayors in Chicago history. He’s attacked teachers, closed community schools across the city, and used his office to […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, January 8 2015
This is one in a series of semi-regular updates on our Run Warren Run effort and Senator Warren’s work to give all Americans a fighting chance. Senator Warren returned to Washington this week as the 114th Congress convened and wasted no time before delivering a rousing economic speech and pushing back against a Republican proposal […]
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, January 7 2015
Statement from Ben Wikler, Washington director of MoveOn.org Political Action, in response to Senator Elizabeth Warren’s keynote remarks at the AFL-CIO’s Raising Wages Summit: “If every American watched Senator Warren’s speech just before walking into the voting booth, progressive candidates would sweep the House, Senate, and state governments across the country. Senator Warren is a […]
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, January 7 2015
WATCH LIVE: Elizabeth Warren addresses the AFL-CIO.
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, January 5 2015
Happy New Year! Organizing is well underway in Iowa and our New Hampshire program will launch this month. Stay tuned for updates on our growing movement, and you can always reach us at press@moveon.org. WWWD: What Will Warren Do? Here’s more from the AP’s list of “10 things to watch in ’15 ahead of Iowa Caucus” with […]
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Candidates | Elections