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Secretary Kerry: Don’t export armed drones
Killing by remote control has become a centerpiece of the Obama administration’s foreign policy. But the use of armed drones raises profound moral and constitutional questions. U.S. drone strikes have killed thousands of civilians including hundreds of children.
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Tell Congress: No blank check for endless war
The 2001 Authorization of Use of Military Force is a blank check for endless war that has been used to justify some of the worst abuses of executive power since 9/11. With Osama Bin Laden dead, Al-Qaeda a shell of its former self and our involvement in Afghanistan quickly diminishing, it’s time to repeal the 2001 AUMF once and for all.
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Republicans attacking women’s health care coverage
Women deserve coverage for maternity care, birth control and preventive services and to be protected from gender-based discriminatory pricing. Relentless, partisan attacks on the Affordable Care Act undermine women and their families.
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Tell National Grid: Keep your commitment to Cape Wind
Cape Wind, located off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was supposed to be America’s first offshore wind farm. It’s a historic project that’s been 14 years in the making, but now one of the oil billionaire Koch brothers is doing everything he can to kill it.
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Tell Congress: No sweetheart deals for exploitative for-profit colleges
Congress must support tough rules to rein in for-profit colleges and oppose any attempts to roll back or defund existing regulations on these companies, which make billions exploiting students while providing a sub-par education.
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Defend Planned Parenthood against Republican attacks
Republicans have already introduced bills in the House and the Senate to defund Planned Parenthood. It’s a blatant attempt to throw women and their families under the bus in order to score points for their extremist, anti-woman agenda.
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Tell the USDA: No GMO trees without public approval
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – the government agency tasked with regulating GMOs and assessing their risks to the public and the environment – didn’t think your opinion mattered when it secretly approved the first corporate-sponsored, patented, genetically engineered tree: ArborGen’s loblolly pine.
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The National Football League should pay taxes
The NFL earns billions in revenue every year, but hasn’t paid a dime in taxes since the 1960’s. It’s outrageous that the NFL is considered a “non-profit organization.”
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Tell Congress: Reject the “No More National Parks” Bill
Republicans must oppose the anti-environment and pro-corporate MAST Act, which would prevent the president from exercising his authority to designate and protect new national monuments without going through a crippling and unnecessary congressional and state approval process.
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Stand with Senator Bernie Sanders: Make secret trade agreements public
Republicans in the new Congress have already launched a backdoor attack against Social Security and moved to gut Wall Street reforms with more bailout for big banks. And now they are working with the Obama administration for the next big item on their agenda – a titanic corporate power grab called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
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Tell the Senate: Don’t cripple regulators with miles of red tape
The Senate must oppose the Startup Act, which would cripple regulators by tying them up in miles of red tape ‘cost-benefit’ analyses and prevent them from keeping the American people safe from financial crises, public health risks, and more.
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Stop Senator Menendez from warmongering on Iran
Along with Republican Mark Kirk, Senator Menendez has done more in the last two years than any other Democrat to beat the drums for war with Iran. Menendez is once again pushing a dangerous sanctions bill that, if passed, would sabotage negotiations and put us back on a path to confrontation and unnecessary war with Iran.
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Tell Senate Democrats: Save our consumer protection agency
Senate Democrats must oppose any changes that would undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ability to continue protecting millions of Americans from financial scams and predatory lenders, including any alterations to the agency’s leadership structure, funding, or regulatory authority.
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Tell President Obama: Reject Keystone XL and apply the climate test to all federal decisions
This is a make-or-break moment for the president’s climate legacy. Serious progress against climate change requires consistent action, not just words. Pres. Obama must immediately reject the Keystone XL pipeline and apply the climate test to all federal decisions on fossil fuel projects – whether for domestic use or export.
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Tell the Federal Reserve: No more delays. Implement the Volcker rule now.
The Federal Reserve must immediately implement the Volcker rule, which would ban Wall Street banks’ risky gambles and end proprietary trading. Delaying the ban on this reckless behavior further simply protects too-big-to-fail bank profits while leaving the rest of us on the hook for more bailouts.
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