By MoveOn Staff. Monday, June 20 2016
Senate Republicans tonight blocked meaningful action to prevent gun violence in America by failing to pass legislation that would have strengthened our gun-sales background check system. MoveOn.org Political Action Executive Director Ilya Sheyman responded to the vote with the following statement: “For years, in the wake of mass shooting after mass shooting after mass shooting, […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, June 15 2016
“We’re ready to defeat Donald Trump and those who support and enable his hateful and toxic agenda.” With the voting completed in the final Democratic Primary in Washington, D.C., MoveOn.org Political Action Executive Director Ilya Sheyman released this statement: “MoveOn members congratulate Secretary Hillary Clinton on her glass-ceiling-shattering campaign and being the presumptive Democratic nominee […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Monday, June 13 2016
Karine Jean-Pierre, national spokesperson and senior advisor for MoveOn.org Political Action, had the following response to Donald Trump’s speech today: “As the Orlando community transcends sexual orientation, race, and religion to unite and grieve together, Donald Trump is attempting what yesterday’s assailant couldn’t achieve: to divide Americans and turn our communities against each other. MoveOn […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, June 8 2016
MoveOn.org Political Action Executive Director Ilya Sheyman: “In the last year, Bernie Sanders has won 22 states, shattered fundraising records through small donor donations, and electrified millions of Americans with a bold, progressive vision for America. In short, Bernie’s campaign has revolutionized politics as we know it and in doing so brought in millions of […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Monday, June 6 2016
In a new exclusive video with MoveOn.org Civic Action, Demos Action, and Inequality Media, leading progressives voices Demos’s Heather McGhee and University of California-Berkeley Professor Ian F. Haney López expose the many ways in which Donald Trump uses racism as a strategy to divide Americans—for his own gain and for the benefit of others in […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, June 2 2016
Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action, responded to President Obama’s statement in support of expanding Social Security: “MoveOn members nationwide applaud President Obama’s call to expand Social Security, a significant new policy and a testament to work of grassroots activists who changed our national dialogue from one of ‘grand bargains’ that hurt seniors […]
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By Emily Figdor. Wednesday, May 18 2016
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, May 18 2016
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, May 13 2016
A growing chorus of former supporters of Senator Chuck Grassley is urging the Senator to stop playing politics with the U.S. Supreme Court. Sen. Grassley is refusing to uphold his Constitutional duty to consider President’s Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland. Iowan, Jim R., Urbandale, Iowa.
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Courts and Judiciary
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, May 13 2016
On May 9 and 10, Iowa MoveOn members traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with their senior Senator, Chuck Grassley. As former voters and supporters of Sen. Grassley, they delivered a powerful message that only voters can give: Sen. Grassley, you’ve lost our respect and our vote by playing politics with the Supreme Court. The […]
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