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New Hampshire State House Votes To Tell Congress To Overturn Citizens United
New Hampshire State House Votes To Tell Congress To Overturn Citizens United Late yesterday, the New Hampshire state house took a bipartisan 189-139 vote to ask the U.S. Congress to overturn the disastrous Citizens United decision by amending the U.S. Constitution....
Action Alert: Stop Sneaky Biotech Rider from Passing in House!
"I don’t know who authored this provision, maybe somebody in Washington knows but no one is willing to put their name on it and that’s a shame.." Unfortunately, the Senate passed the Continuing Resolution with the biotech rider today. Now we need to raise our voices...
The Town That Fought Fracking (And Is Winning…) – Earthjustice
Mary Ann Sumner is Town Supervisor for the Town of Dryden (population 14,500) in upstate New York. She loves Dryden, and she takes her job very seriously. That's why she is in New York State Supreme Court today, fighting a lawsuit brought against her and Dryden by an...
Flies, Maggots, Rats, and Lots of Poop: What Big Ag Doesn’t Want You To See
What's it like inside a factory farm? If the livestock and meat industries have their way, what little view we have inside the walls of these animal-reviewing facilities may soon be obscured. For the second year in a row, the industry is backing bills in various...
Judge Scalia, in “Legislative Soul Search!”
Quote of the Day
"I believe that the only way to fix this Republic is through cross-partisan reform. We must, I believe, find a way to work with people we don't agree with to make this Republic work again. People who think differently from how we do about a wide range of substantive...
Community Safety & Mental Health Conference 3/20/13
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Protecting Virginia from Bad Federal Budget Choices
Elizabeth Warren Smacks Down Wall Street Bankers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQo9W7sRbKQ Elizabeth Ann Warren (née Herring; born June 22, 1949) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. She was previously a Harvard Law School professor specializing in...
Republican state legislators endorse Democrat McAuliffe
Three former Republican state legislators endorse former DNC head McAuliffe March 13, 2013 / Associated Press Three former Republican state legislators who’ve had past differences with the GOP have endorsed former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe...
