Tag: congress
By Nick Berning. Wednesday, June 21 2017
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.
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ACA | congress | Health Care | Medicaid | Obamacare | Planned Parenthood | repeal | republican health care bill | tax cuts for the rich | trumpcare
By Nick Berning. Thursday, June 8 2017
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.
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comey | comey hearing | congress | high crimes and misdemeanors | impeach | impeach Trump | impeachment | james comey
By Nick Berning. Tuesday, June 6 2017
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 […]
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congress | independent commission | investigate trump
By Nick Berning. Tuesday, April 18 2017
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.
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congress | Elections | ga-06 | georgia | Health Care | jon ossoff | Obamacare | resistance | trumpcare
By Brian Stewart. Wednesday, December 10 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC — MoveOn Civic Action’s Executive Director, Anna Galland, called today on Democrats in Congress to reject the $1.1 trillion federal spending bill proposed yesterday, stating: “This spending bill has been corrupted by Wall Street banks that are actively working to undermine rules that currently prevent them from […]
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budget | congress | Federal Budget | statements
By Jo Comerford. Thursday, October 16 2014
DenverPost: What were you thinking? Retract your endorsement of @CoryGardner. Sign Jamie’s petition and share MoveOn’s fullpage ad.
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birth control | Colorado | congress | Contraception | cory gardner | environment | immigration reform | lies | Radical Right | Republicans | senate campaign | sharable images | war on women
By Nick Berning. Thursday, September 11 2014
Statement of Anna Galland, executive director of MoveOn.org Civic Action, in response to President Obama’s speech to the nation: Few if any decisions a country makes are as consequential as the decision to go to war. Such a decision must not be taken lightly, or made in haste. We remember well the lives lost and damage […]
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AUMF | bombing | congress | Iraq | isil | isis | moveon.org | president obama | Syria | War | war powers
By Nick Berning. Monday, June 2 2014
MoveOn applauds President Obama’s bold action in adopting carbon pollution standards — an important step in a longer journey to tackle climate change.
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carbon emissions | carbon pollution | carbon pollution standards | Climate Change | congress | EPA | global warming | smokestacks
By Nick Berning. Friday, May 30 2014
Here are examples of the sponsored Facebook posts, promoted tweets, and pre-roll video MoveOn.org Civic Action members have pitched in to run to ensure that lawmakers and their staffs hear the powerful voice of Richard Martinez, the parent of a victim of the shooting at UCSB:
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ads | congress | gun violence | gun violence prevention
By Nick Berning. Friday, February 7 2014
Are Republicans and corporate and 1% interests waging a war on the poor?
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congress | Corporate Influence | economy | jobs | Robert Reich | Senate | unemployment insurance | videos | war on the poor | working families