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If House Bill Was ‘Mean,’ Senate Bill Is Cruel
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.
MoveOn calls for criminal justice reform after acquittal of police officer who killed Philando Castile
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.
MoveOn calls for Congress to begin impeachment proceedings
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.
WED 11AM: Ahead of Comey Testimony, Groups Rally on Capitol Hill to Deliver Signatures of 4M Americans Demanding Independent Commission Investigate Trump’s Campaign Ties to Russia
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 […]
Jon Ossoff comes in first in GA-06 primary
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.
Virginia stops anti-immigrant bill
A bill was making its way through the Virginia Legislature that would have forced teachers to aid immigration enforcement officers and reveal sensitive information about their students. Catherine Carey, who started a petition on MoveOn.org to oppose this bill, delivered more than 3,800 signatures and testified alongside DREAMer activists to successfully stop this bill from […]
MoveOn Members Endorse Tishaura Jones for St. Louis Mayor
The overwhelming majority of votes cast by St. Louis-based members of MoveOn.org Political Action have been cast to endorse Tishaura Jones in the city’s upcoming Democratic mayoral primary.
Ready to Resist: Emergency Call with MoveOn.org, Indivisible, and Working Families Party, January 22, 2017
Thank you to the more than 24,800 people who joined in Sunday night, January 22, the day after the historic Women’s Marches, for the Emergency Call with MoveOn.org, Indivisible, and Working Families Party. We moved right into action, learning how to organize locally and effectively to stiffen Democratic spines and weaken pro-Trump Republican resolve, in […]
Sessions Lashes Out at MoveOn and NAACP After More Than 180,000 People Sign Petition Overnight Opposing His Nomination Due to His Long Racist Record
MoveOn Petition Was Circulated by Alabama NAACP President Benard Simelton, Who Was Arrested in Civil Disobedience at Sessions’ Office Tuesday MoveOn Also Released New Video Featuring Leading Racial Justice, LGBTQ, and Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Opposing Sessions After a MoveOn.org petition by Alabama NAACP President Benard Simelton opposing the Jeff Sessions attorney general nomination because of […]