This week was full of news about Mitt Romney’s vice presidential pick, Paul Ryan. Here are three important stories about Romney’s selection that you don’t want to miss:
1. 12 Things You Should Know About Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan
2. INFOGRAPHIC: Everything You Need To Know About Romney’s Dishonesty On Medicare
Best,
Igor Volsky Deputy Editor, ThinkProgress
You might have heard: Mitt Romney announced his vice presidential pick, Paul Ryan from Wisconsin. The Romney/Ryan ticket is just a double down by the GOP on its plan to destroy the middle class. While a member of Congress, Ryan crafted a budget plan that would end Medicare as we know it and slash funding for education and to fix our crumbling infrastructure, like bridges and roads. He has supported destructive free trade agreements, like CAFTA, that shipped good U.S. jobs overseas. Ryan wants to gamble with our retirement by privatizing social secruity. And, like Romney, he has supported attacks on collective bargaining rights for public workers and defended tax breaks for the rich. We need to get the message out: The Romney/Ryan plan would transform America from the land of opportunity for all into a land of entitlement for the rich. They’re going to spend millions of dollars on TV ads, but we have something better than a pot of money from the Cayman Islands. Each of you has the power to influence the people who matter most: your friends and family, the folks you talk to all the time. We don’t need media pundits to share our message when we have the power of real people. Share our Facebook image now with your friends and family so that you, not Romney and Ryan’s rich donors, can be the one who gets the message out: In Solidarity, Nicole Aro |
While Mitt Romney announces Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential pick today, a politician who will tout the same failed policies that have benefited only their deep-pocketed donors, tens of thousands of working families will launch a campaign to demand elected leaders support an agenda that gives economic rights for all.
The rally for the middle class today is about people, not secret money. It stands for everyone, not just Wall Street. We’re fighting for our economic rights, for a more secure future for all of us.
The demand is simple. All of us should have a right to full employment and a living wage, full participation in the electoral process, a voice at work, quality education and a secure, healthy future.
All of these rights are vital to getting our country back on track and making it work for everyone, not just the Mitt Romneys and Paul Ryans of the world. But if you can’t be in Philly today, you still can get involved.
With the election only three months away, we need to start working together to hold politicians accountable for their votes on these issues and make sure they listen to us after November. Today, Mitt Romney doubled down on his drive to destroy the middle class by selecting Paul Ryan, someone who wants to end Medicare as we know it, kill jobs for working families, and give tax breaks to the rich.
If you believe everyone should have basic economic rights, show your support here by clicking on the link and tell us what issues matter most as we head into Election Day: http://go.aflcio.org/2ndBillofRights.
Thank you for everything you do.
In Solidarity,
Nicole Aro
Deputy Director
Digital Strategies, AFL-CIO
P.S. You can follow today’s event in Philly live at the Workers Stand for America website.
We’ve been busy tracking the biggest news this week. Here are three important stories from ThinkProgress you might have missed:
1. How Did 21-Year-Old Chavis Carter Get Shot In The Head While Handcuffed In A Police Car?
2. Eight More Ways Women Now Benefit Under Obamacare
3. New Analysis: Voter Purges Disproportionately Remove Minorities, Seniors, Young People
Best,
Igor Volsky Deputy Editor, ThinkProgress
Schedule for Pro Forma Sessions only, with no business conducted …
(note that beginning on Tuesday, August 7th, the pro forma sessions will be held in Hart 216 while repairs are being made to the Senate Chamber)
– Friday, August 3rd at 10:15am
– Tuesday, August 7th at 11:00am
– Friday, August 10th at 11:00am
– Tuesday, August 14th at 2:30pm
– Friday, August 17th at 11:30am
– Tuesday, August 21st at 10:00am
– Friday, August 24th at 10:00am
– Tuesday, August 28th at 2:30pm
– Friday, August 31st at 11:30am
– Tuesday, September 4th at 11:30am and
– Friday, September 7th at 12:00pm
If the Senate receives a message from the House that it has adopted S.Con.Res.59, providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives, the pro forma sessions above will not occur and …
the Senate will adjourn until 2:00pm on Monday, September 10, 2012.
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The next meeting in the HOUSE is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on August 7, 2012.?
The next meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on August 3, 2012
What have Republicans done FOR Americans ? When will the Middle and Lower classes get tired of the Austerity Republicans have forced upon us
| 10:00:44 A.M. | The House convened, starting a new legislative day. | |
| 10:00:59 A.M. | The Speaker designated the Honorable Bill Flores to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. | |
| 10:01:23 A.M. | Today’s prayer was offered by the House Chaplain, Rev. Patrick J. Conroy. | |
| 10:03:08 A.M. | JOURNAL APPROVED – The Chair announced that pursuant to section 3(a) of H. Res. 747, the Journal of the last day’s proceedings was approved. | |
| 10:03:22 A.M. | PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – The Chair led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. | |
| 10:03:53 A.M. | The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received a message from the Secretary of the Senate on August 3, 2012 at 9:23 a.m. stating that that body had passed S. 3245, H.R. 4240, H.R. 3670, and H.R. 1402; and agreed to S. Con. Res. 59, S. Con. Res. 58, and H. Con. Res. 135. | |
| 10:04:53 A.M. | The Speaker announced that the House do now adjourn pursuant to section 3(b) of H. Res. 747. The next meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on August 7, 2012. |
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