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House votes AGAINST war funding.

Posted by Margie on May 15th, 2008  | Leave a Comment  | 
Published in ACT NOW!, Legislation, Iraq War, Actions, Commentary, News

Thank you!
In an amazing turn of events, the House of Representatives today voted AGAINST the supplemental funding for the war in Iraq!!
The bill would have provided $166 billion in war funding, the largest single provision since the war started in 2003. In a move that no one expected, dozens of Republicans voted “present,” which is […]

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Wow, we won one.

Posted by Margie on May 15th, 2008  | 1 Comment  | 
Published in Legislation, Commentary, Events, News

Just moments ago, by a near-unanimous vote, the Senate stood up to Big Media. They voted to throw out the FCC decision to let the largest media companies swallow up even more local media.
This is simply an astounding victory, and it would not have happened without the massive grassroots effort by you and thousands of […]

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Call Tester and Baucus NOW

Posted by Margie on May 15th, 2008  | Leave a Comment  | 
Published in Legislation, ACT NOW!, Actions, Commentary, General Interest

As early as tonight, the Senate will have its last chance to roll back media consolidation, and Sen. Jon Tester and Sen. Max Baucus could cast the deciding vote. All of our work to stop runaway media conglomerates could come down to your senators!
Their vote would overturn a disastrous FCC giveaway of local news outlets […]

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