Monthly Archives: September 2010

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Electing Women to Make Progressive Change… Emily’s List


EMILY's List

For those who doubt the power of Sarah Palin‘s influence, Tuesday’s primary results should be a wake-up call. Her candidates won in six out of eight races, and each one is more extreme than the next.

A few weeks ago, EMILY’s List launched a campaign to highlight the extremist agenda of Sarah Palin and her candidates. We asked for our supporter’s perspectives, and boy, did we get them. Along with the quarter of a million people who watched our video, we received some wonderful, touching, inspiring, and to-the-point letters and emails:

“I support women candidates, but not ones that speak against women’s rights!” — Carolyn, MO

“I am a mamma grizzly and Palin’s ultra-conservative stances endanger my family’s freedom and America‘s future.” — Cheryl, MD

As our campaign continues, it is these voices that guide us — YOUR voices. Women — and men! — across the country, some of them highlighted in our new video, are rejecting Sarah Palin’s extremist candidates and their backwards-looking agenda.

Take a moment to watch our new video and then join Team EMILY to help bring voters to the polls.

Thanks for being part of the EMILY’s List community.

Take care,
Stephanie Schriock
Stephanie Schriock
President, EMILY’s List

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DADT vote next week …victory is NOT certain


Human Rights Campaign


The Senate will decide the fate of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” NEXT WEEK.

With anti-equality senators threatening to block the bill, years of work is in jeopardy.

It’s crunch time. Senate majority leader Harry Reid has scheduled a vote on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” for next week.

If we win this, it will be a victory years in the making – but make no mistake about it: this is not a done deal and the threat of a filibuster from Sen. John McCain looms large.

Because of Sen. McCain’s pledge to block the vote from even happening, now is the time for every single person who supports the repeal to speak out.

Swing senators are making up their minds as we speak. But it’s just as important that lawmakers who are already on our side hear from us so they know they have the political support to go to the mat on this issue. This is a 100-senator strategy, and we need your help to make it work.

Then forward this email to ten friends.

Though public opinion and top military leaders are with us, repeal is absolutely not a sure thing.

The right wing is making hysterical claims that allowing lesbians and gays to serve openly in the military will increase sexual assault and “undermine the religious liberties” of military chaplains. They are mobilizing their activists and putting intense pressure on senators.

And because John McCain and his cronies have threatened to filibuster the bill, the hurdle is even higher – we’ll need 60 votes to succeed.

So many times in the past, when we’ve been on the doorstep of progress – on hate crimes, on employment non-discrimination, on marriage equality – they have had a trick up their sleeves. Whether it’s last-minute legislative maneuvers or “poison-pill” amendments, they can and will do everything in their power to derail progress.

That’s why we need your voice more than ever. Will you take a moment to email the Senate?

After you take action, please forward this email to ten friends.

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is a travesty, plain and simple. It doesn’t just violate basic principles of fairness and equality; it undermines our national security. At a time when we are fighting two wars, America can’t afford to be turning away soldiers, translators, analysts, engineers, doctors, or officers…

We’re on the precipice of a history-making moment, a landmark in the struggle for civil rights. So much is riding on this vote. Thank you for your unflagging support.

Sincerely,

Joe Solmonese
Joe Solmonese
President
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The Republicans are holding middle-class tax cuts hostage


Hi,

I read the information below and signed the Petition …join me!

The Republicans are holding middle-class tax cuts hostage because they want to extend the Bush tax giveaways for millionaires. And some Democrats are even agreeing with them!

President Obama has made clear he won’t compromise on this. But with votes coming up in just a few weeks we need to make sure Democrats to the right thing. I just signed a petition telling Democrats to stand with Obama. Can you join me at this link?

http://pol.moveon.org/bushtaxcuts/?r_by=-17809870-RwljJsx&rc=confemail

Thanks!

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Holding Working Families Hostage


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Stand Up for Working Families

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Your Members of Congress need to hear that you want them to stand up for working families, not millionaires.

Take Action

Do you know what makes me mad?

Some Members of Congress are pushing for tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans while holding hostage measures to help working families.

Yes, it’s true. As early as next week, the Senate could decide what to do about tax cuts that expire at the end of this year. President Obama proposes to extend tax cuts for the middle class and lower-income working families, while allowing the provisions of the Bush-era tax cuts that only benefit the wealthiest two percent of households to expire on schedule. But some Senators insist on holding tax cuts for the middle class hostage to tax breaks for millionaires — at a cost of over $700 billion over the next ten years. And, adding insult to injury, they would allow tax cuts designed to help struggling families to expire.

We need your help. Can you join the National Call-in Day Today, September 16, and call Congress right now?

Your Members of Congress need to hear that you want them to stand up for working families, not millionaires. Tell them to pass tax cuts for the middle class and working families, and let the tax cuts for the wealthiest two percent expire on schedule. Tell them we need the $700 billion we’d save to create jobs, protect essential services, and begin to bring the deficit under control.

The only way we can succeed is by flooding Congress with calls. Please click here to call Congress — and then forward this e-mail to everyone you know and tell them to call, too.

Thank you for your continued support.

Joan EntmacherSincerely,

Joan Entmacher
Vice President for Family Economic Security
National Women’s Law Center

P.S. Every call makes a difference. Someone needs to stand up for the little gal (and guy). Please take a few minutes to call Congress today.
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Political Theater: Did Sestak vote to gut Medicare? (via Anderson Cooper 360)


Tom Foreman | BIO AC360° Correspondent (CNN) — Grabbing a U.S. Senate seat is never easy, and it can be particularly challenging in a big, beefy political state like Pennsylvania which politicos nationwide watch for voting trends. So even when Rep. Joe Sestak knocked off long-time Sen. Arlen Specter in the Democratic primary, Sestak knew he would have t … Read More

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