“Pioneers” of outsourcin​g … Stephanie Cutter, BarackObama.com


The Washington Post reported that “Mitt Romney‘s financial company, Bain Capital, invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries like China and India.”

This is the same guy that goes around the campaign trail talking a huge game about being able to protect American jobs by standing up to foreign countries like China. But now we know that Romney and his partners made millions while sending American jobs overseas.

This is a critical point, and we need to make sure everyone knows it. Check out this video I recorded today, and share it far and wide:

Romney’s support of outsourcing didn’t just happen in the private sector. As governor of Massachusetts, he vetoed legislation that would have banned companies from shipping state jobs overseas — and he actually outsourced state jobs to a call center in India.

In contrast, President Obama has a jobs plan that could put up to a million people back to work — including teachers, cops, firefighters, construction workers, and veterans — help small businesses create jobs right now, and help to put an end to American jobs being shipped overseas. He’s also fighting for tax breaks for companies that bring jobs back to America.

Mitt Romney is fighting for tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas — the type of companies he ran in the private sector.

This isn’t just a policy position for Romney, it’s his economic philosophy — and it’s his record.

Read the article, watch the video, and share them both far and wide — doesn’t get a lot more important than this one:

Thanks,

Stephanie

P.S. — Chip in $5 or more today, and help make sure we have the resources to spread the truth about Romney’s record.

sign the “MY BOSS IS NOT MY DOCTOR” petition … Al Franken


Al Franken - U.S. Senator, Minnesota

Here’s a handy way to tell the difference between your boss and your doctor: Ask to see a stethoscope (doctors usually have those handy). If the person who’s trying to control your access to health care can’t produce one, that’s your boss — and you shouldn’t let him or her decide what care you can get.

 
This is pretty simple: Bosses aren’t doctors. And Republicans shouldn’t put them in charge of your health care. No wonder 26,545 people have already signed our “MY BOSS IS NOT MY DOCTOR” petition.
That’s 26,545 people whose bosses are not their doctors, and don’t want their bosses deciding what health care they can and can’t get.
So if you haven’t signed our petition — and your boss is not, in fact, your doctor — don’t wait another minute. Click here, sign now.
Thanks for reading — and remember: If it walks like a boss, talks like a boss, and can’t produce a stethoscope on demand, it isn’t a doctor.
Al
P.S.: It took hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of research to develop the stethoscope test. Okay, no, it didn’t. But a grassroots campaign like this one does cost money. And it would be great if you could chip in a few dollars to help us keep it going.

Extinction doesn’t get a second chance … Ashley Schaeffer, Rainforest Action Network


Rainforest Action Network
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 Extinction doesn’t get a second chance.
Donate today

Endangered orangutans are hovering on the very edge of extinction.  Palm oil companies have deforested so much of the forests orangutans depend on for survival, they literally have nowhere left to go.
Mankind’s closest relative urgently needs our help.
Wild orangutans are nearly extinct and need us to take a stand.  You can help this important work by chipping in just $10 today.
The footage below, which I filmed in Borneo, shows a pregnant orangutan trapped inside an area of active palm oil development on the border of Tanjng Puting National Park.  Because orangutans cannot swim, she cannot reach the protected lands on the other side of this river, condemning her to inevitable death by starvation or at the hands of plantation workers.

Watching her broke my heart.
Donate today
Palm oil companies prioritize profit over life. Horrific scenes like the one captured above must come to an end.

RAN is pushing big industry buyers like Cargill to take responsibility for the very real impacts of their supply chains, their role in land conflicts affecting Indigenous communities, and the role palm oil is playing in species extinction.
By donating just $10 today, you are joining with hundreds of other donors to make sure that we are saving orangutans, like the one above, from extinction.
Deforestation in Indonesia has reached crisis proportions — but a narrow window of time remains to stop this historic tragedy before it is too late. During the past decade orangutan populations have decreased by about 50% in the wild. This means that without drastic intervention, orangutans may soon be extinct as biologically viable populations in the wild.

RAN is working hard to pressure the Indonesian government and palm oil industry giants like Cargill to end this tragedy once and for all.

Please be generous.  Extinct orangutans don’t get a second chance.

Ashley

For the forests,

Ashley Schaeffer             Rainforest Agribusiness Campaigner

The House of Representatives: Bills that may be on the Flr. Week of 6/25


Text of Bills for the Week of Jun. 25, 2012

First Published:        June 22, 2012 at 03:35 PM Last Updated: June 22, 2012 at 07:00 PM      XML

The following are links to the text of legislation scheduled for consideration during the week of June 25, 2012

For the complete schedule, please visit the Majority Leader’s site.

Items that may be considered under suspension of the rules

H.R. 4850 Enabling Energy Saving Innovations Act           [PDF]                  [XML]
H.R. 5625 Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act           [PDF]                  [XML]
H.R. 3173 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reform the process for the enrollment, activation, issuance, and renewal of a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) to require, in total, not more than one in-person visit to a designated enrollment center           [PDF]                  [XML]
H.R. 4251 Securing Maritime Activities through Risk-based Targeting for Port Security Act           [PDF]                  [XML]
H.R. 5843 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to permit use of certain grant funds for training conducted in conjunction with a national laboratory or research facility           [PDF]                  [XML]
H.R. 4005 GAPS Act           [PDF]                  [XML]
H.R. 1447 Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2011           [PDF]                  [XML]
H.R. 5889 Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation Act of 2012, as amended           [PDF]                  [XML]
H.R. 4223 Safe Doses Act           [PDF]                  [XML]
H.R. 4018 Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Improvements Act of 2012, as amended           [PDF]                  [XML]
H.R. 3501 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 Kerr Avenue in Rome City, Indiana, as the “SPC Nicholas Scott Hartge Post Office”           [PDF]                  [XML]
H.R. 3276 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2810 East Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, Florida, as the “Reverend Abe Brown Post Office Building           [PDF]                  [XML]
H.R. 3412 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1421 Veterans Memorial Drive in Abbeville, Louisiana, as the “Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building”           [PDF]                  [XML]
H.R. 3593 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the “National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office           [XML]                  [PDF]
H.R. 3772 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 150 South Union Street in Canton, Mississippi, as the “First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post Office Building”           [PDF]                  [XML]
Senate Amendment to H.R. 2297 To promote the development of the Southwest waterfront in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes           [PDF]
              Added              06/22/2012 at 05:42 PM

Items that may be considered

H.Res. __ Resolution recommending that the House of Representatives find Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the committee on Oversight and Government Reform           [PDF]
              Added              06/22/2012 at 06:13 PM

Items that may be considered pursuant to a rule

H.R. 5972 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013           [PDF]                  [XML]
              Added              06/22/2012 at 06:56 PM
H.R. 5973 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013           [PDF]                  [XML]
              Added              06/22/2012 at 07:00 PM

Support Sherrod Brown


It’s a clip of Sherrod on Rachel Maddow’s show talking about the millions of undisclosed, special interest, Karl Rove-directed dollars pouring into the Ohio Senate race.
Watching it makes me proud to be on Sherrod’s team.
Click — to hear about what we’re fighting for straight from Sherrod — then make a contribution to help us get this message out!


We need to reach $500,000 in our Truth Fund this month. It’s a huge goal, but we’re on our way.
And with $10 million already spent against Sherrod on TV ads, now’s the time for you to act.
I hope you enjoy the video — and I hope you’ll consider making a grassroots investment in our campaign today.
Thank you so much,

Sarah Benzing Campaign Manager Friends of Sherrod Brown