Progressive Buttons Blog

It should be clear now to all American progressives that we cannot rely upon the leadership of the Democratic Party to do the right thing. We need to lead from the grassroots, and push Congress to repeal the Patriot Act.

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Wall Street has sent out its lobbyists to pay off members of Congress who are willing to block John Tierney’s legislation. They’ve even got one of their own insiders, David Sukoff, a former hedge fund manager, to run as a Republican candidate against Tierney

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Brett Guthrie voted to allow financial firms that are taking government bailout money to continue avoiding sensible reforms. Guthrie voted to encourage rotten high stakes gambling on financial markets using public money as collateral.

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This year, in the ultimate betrayal of trust, Democrats in Congress are working with Republicans to extend the Patriot Act, and continue its abuses without significant reform.

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If Congressman Adrian Smith really wants to keep government out of health care, how come Congressman Smith has authored legislation to provide lots of taxpayers’ money to establish government-run health care programs for animals?

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Unfortunately, right wing Supreme Court justices appointed by Republican candidates saw things differently, and ruled to overturn the power of the Clean Water Act to protect a huge number of American waterways and wetlands. Some in Congress are working to overcome that problem with a new piece of legislation to restore the integrity of the Clean Water Act. The bill is called the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007.

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Anti-choice ideology is getting really extreme in Alabama, if even a non-implanted fertilized egg is regarded as having full legal rights as a complete human being. It’s time for pro-choice Alabamans to get active, and stop taking their rights for granted.

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