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June 1999

6/30/99 6:02 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Analysts On Medicare
6/30/99 5:19 PM
Public Citizen:
Aggressive Lobbying Behind Claritin Patent Extension Bill Could Cost Consumers $1.6 to $3.2 Billion; Public Citizen Report Tallies Growth in Schering-Plough's Lobbying
6/30/99 5:01 PM
Violence Policy Center:
Gun Industry Loses in Court Again; Massachusetts Ruling Upholds Nation's First Consumer Regulation of Guns
6/30/99 3:09 PM
NARAL:
NARAL President Statement on House Passage of So-Called 'Child Custoday Protection Act'
6/30/99 3:05 PM
National Community Reinvestment Coalition:
Bank Bill Helps the Financial Industry, But Not Working People
6/30/99 2:37 PM
Planned Parenthood:
Planned Parenthood Statement on House Passage of HR 1218, The So-Called Child Custody Protection Act
6/30/99 12:00 Noon
Physicians for Social Responsibility:
Environmental Organizations Urge Ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
6/30/99 11:08 AM
Greenpeace USA:
Greenpeace Points to Dioxin Contamination From Vinyl Industry in Louisiana; 100 Foot Floating Banner Unfurled in Polluted Bayou
6/30/99 10:03 AM
Sierra Club:
Sierra Club Applauds Efforts To Save Everglades, But Says Engineering Alone Won't Do The Job
6/30/99 9:50 AM
Public Citizen:
Clinton/Gore Administration Sells Out Small Businesses, Consumers on Y2K Liability Bill
6/29/99 6:54 PM
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney:
McKinney Urges Clinton To Preserve And Protect Australia's Natural Heritage From Uranium Mining
6/29/99 5:23 PM
Senator Paul Wellstone:
Wellstone Says President Clinton's Medicare Plan A Step in Right Direction, But `We Must Do Better'; Prescription Drug Scheme Inadequate for Americans Most in Need
6/29/99 4:03 PM
Utne Reader:
"Changing the World is Hard. So Why Bother?"
6/29/99 3:06 PM
Council for a Livable World:
Star Wars: Conservative 'Go Slow' Approach Urged; Missile Defense Bill Sent To The President
6/29/99 2:07 PM
Ralph Nader:
Ralph Nader to Testify on Corporate Welfare, Business Subsidies
6/29/99 1:12 PM
Rainforest Action Network:
World-Wide Campaign Launched To Combat WTO Assault On Last Remaining Forests
6/29/99 12:23 PM
Public Citizen:
FDA Poised to Eliminate Labeling of Irradiated Food; Citizens Demand to Know When Food is Nuked
6/29/99 12:06 PM
Public Citizen:
Electric Restructuring: Ohio Community Choice Shows Congress the Way
6/29/99 11:40 AM
Environmental Defense Fund:
Global Warming: More Than Just Hot Air For The NY Region
6/29/99 11:28 AM
Amnesty International:
Amnesty International Calls For A Retrial of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan
6/29/99 10:10 AM
United Food and Commercial Workers:
Student Activists Target Tyson Foods
6/29/99 7:00 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Grave Short Comings in Oscalan Trial
6/28/99 7:56 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest:
Consumer Groups Call for Stronger International Food Safety, Labeling Rules
6/28/99 6:47 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists:
Global Warming Experts Educate Lawmakers
6/28/99 4:18 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church & State:
Prayer Resolution Shows House Hopelessly Adrift; House Should End Political Crusade Cloaked In Religion
6/28/99 4:07 PM
Amnesty International:
Amnesty International Files Legal Brief to Halt Use of Stun Belt
6/28/99 2:16 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Gore And AIDS Drugs
6/28/99 2:07 PM
National Organization for Women:
NOW National Conference to Focus on Images of Women in Media
6/24/99 6:07 PM
Senator Paul Wellstone:
Commerce Department Announces Steel Imports Up 30% Two Days After Announcing Steel Crisis 'Over'; Wellstone Calls Development `Disastrous' for Steelworkers & Their Families
6/24/99 5:35 PM
American Medical Student Association:
Med Students Question Intentions Behind AMA Unionizing Efforts
6/24/99 4:02 PM
Greenpeace USA:
Greenpeace Welcomes EU Moratorium on GE Crops
6/24/99 3:11 PM
American Small Business Alliance:
ASBA to NFIB: 'Whose Side Are You On? Small Business' or the Insurance Industry's?'
6/24/99 3:07 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Health Care: Big Issues
6/24/99 1:50 PM
Human Rights Campaign:
Congress Re-Introduces Bill Outlawing Anti-Gay Job Discrimination; ENDA Would Make Job Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation Illegal
6/24/99 1:05 PM
Multinationals Resource Center:
World Bank Promoting Dioxin Producing Technology in Third World Countries, says New Report
6/24/99 12:00 Noon
Sierra Club:
166 Representatives Tell Clinton To 'Act Boldly' To Save America's National Forests
6/23/99 5:14 PM
National Partnership for Women & Families:
Senate Leadership Gambles with Americans' Health
6/23/99 5:02 PM
Friends of the Earth:
House of Representatives Strikes Down A 'Road To Ruin': House Votes to Deny Funding for Route 710 in California
6/23/99 4:30 PM
National Environmental Trust:
Industry-Sponsored Group That Supports The Use Of DDT Would Allow Questionable Chemical Back IN US Toys
6/23/99 1:58 PM
Human Rights Campaign:
Vice President Gore and AIDS
6/23/99 11:23 AM
NARAL:
NARAL Statement on Bush's Call for 'Law to Protect the Unborn'
6/22/99 4:53 PM
Senator Paul Wellstone:
Wellstone Blasts Clinton Administration for Undermining Senate Effort to End Steel Crisis; Cloture Vote to Terminate Filibuster Fails 42-57 After Lobbying by White House
6/22/99 2:05 PM
Council for a Livable World:
Clinton-Yeltsin Arms Control Agreements: A Beginning, But Conclusion Needed
6/22/99 12:29 PM
Greenpeace USA:
With Public's "Right-To-Know" in Jeopardy, Greenpeace Kicks off Bus Tour of Louisiana's Worst Chemical "Hot Spots"
6/22/99 12:16 PM
Public Citizen:
Truck Safety Groups Release Study on Industry's Campaign Cash; Children of Crash Victims Call for Proper Safety Standards
6/22/99 11:38 AM
Clean Air Trust:
Oil Industry Admits Cleaner Gasoline Will Cost Less than 3 Cents a Gallon
6/22/99 11:05 AM
NARAL:
George W. Bush's Actions as Governor Contrast With Campaign Image as Centrist on Abortion
6/22/99 10:39 AM
People for Better TV:
Group Calls for Public Hearings Before FCC on Digital TV
6/21/99 5:16 PM
Common Cause:
House GOP Leadership Answers Call For Campaign Finance Reform With Phony Reform Hearings, Phony Reform Proposals, & A $25 Million Off-the-books Fundraising Scheme
6/21/99 4:21 PM
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney:
Debt Relief: McKinney says The 'Proof Is In The Pudding'
6/21/99 4:12 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists:
Global Warming: Scientists from Across the Nation Descend on Capitol Hill
6/21/99 4:10 PM
Sierra Club:
On Chemical Disaster Deadline, Congress Works To Revoke Public's Right To Know
6/21/99 3:34 PM
Rainforest Action Network:
Enviros Concerned As Weyerhaeuser Purchases MacMillan Bloedel
6/21/99 1:12 PM
People for the American Way:
Bush's Signature on Florida Voucher Bill Paves Way for Constitutional Showdown
6/21/99 9:30 AM
The Wilderness Society:
The Wilderness Society Issues '15 Most Endangered Wild Lands' 1999 Report
6/21/99 7:00 AM
American Federation of Teachers:
Teacher Salary Boost is One Way to Stem Teachers Shortages
6/17/99 5:55 PM
Childrens Defense Fund:
Children's Defense Fund Urges House Members To Protect Children, Not Guns
6/17/99 2:50 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
G-7 Meeting: Interviews Available
6/17/99 2:01 PM
Adbusters:
"Is Economic 'Progress' Killing The Planet?" - The Big Question Hits the Airwaves During the G8 Summit on CNN Headline News
6/17/99 11:00 AM
American Civil Liberties Union:
ACLU of Alabama Condemns Lawmaker's Attempt to Pass "Ten Commandments Amendment"
6/16/99 10:04 PM
Childrens Defense Fund:
Childrens Defense Fund Opposes Hyde/McCollum Juvenile Crime Bill
6/16/99 8:09 PM
Youth Law Center:
House Votes To Incarcerate 13-year-olds With Adults And Federalize Local Crimes; Congressman McCollum's Subterfuge Cuts Off Debate Over Controversial Measures
6/16/99 4:05 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Clinton And Child Labor Rights
6/16/99 3:07 PM
Violence Policy Center:
House Gun Bill Weakens Current Law VPC Fact Sheets Expose "Step Backward for Gun Control"
6/16/99 9:30 AM
US Public Interest Research Group:
US PIRG Report Documents 187 Million Tons of Excess Global Warming Pollution From SUVs and Other Light Trucks
6/15/99 11:26 AM
Human Rights Watch:
US Blocks Efforts to Ban the Use of Child Soldiers; Clinton Urged to Back Stronger Measures in Geneva
6/15/99 10:52 AM
US Public Interest Research Group:
Gas Guzzlers Emit Millions of Tons of Global Warming Pollution; U.S. PIRG To Release A Report Documenting Excess Pollution And Gas Expenditures
6/15/99 7:00 AM
Consumer Federation of America:
Microsoft Monopoly Pricing Costs Consumers Billions, Consumer Group Tells Joint Economic Committee
6/14/99 4:43 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Russians In Kosovo: Analysis
6/14/99 3:44 PM
Public Citizen:
Gambling Industry's Bets on Senator Lott Pay Off; New Investigative Study Reveals Majority Leader's Pattern of Party Fundraising and Pro-Casino Legislative Actions
6/14/99 12:25 PM
Human Rights Campaign:
Pornography Debacle In Inhofe's Office Showcases Hypocrisy Over Hormel Tantrum; In Light Of Embarrassing Revelations, Inhofe Should Apologize To Hormel For Placing Hold On Nomination
6/14/99 10:00 AM
US Public Interest Research Group:
Report Finds That Few Chemical Plants Plan To Reduce Disaster Zones; Finding Comes as Industry Lobbies Congress to Revoke Americans' Right-to-Know about Potential Chemical Accidents
6/11/99 3:09 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
Vermont Supreme Court Rejects Religious School Vouchers; Americans United Applauds Ruling, Says Court Momentum Turning Against Voucher Movement
6/11/99 1:38 PM
Public Citizen:
Senators Reject Key Consumer Provisions on Y2K; Bill Amendments to Protect Individuals and Small Businesses Fall
6/10/99 7:44 PM
US Public Interest Research Group:
U.S. PIRG's Clean Air Now Campaign Tours the Nation With A Giant, Inflated SUV, Calling for Clean Up Of Polluting and Gas Guzzling Sport Utility Vehicles
6/10/99 5:18PM
The Interfaith Alliance:
IRS Denies Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition Tax-Exempt Status; Confirms Christian Coalition's Blatant Partisanship And Unethical Political Strategy Of Manipulating Religion
6/10/99 4:19 PM
Amnesty International:
USA Leads In Blocking Efforts To Stop Use Of Child Soldiers
6/10/99 3:01 PM
People for the American Way:
Christian Coalition Loses Tax Exempt Status: IRS Ruling After Ten-Year Delay Recognizes Group's Clear Partisan Nature
6/10/99 2:30 PM
Sierra Club:
Activists Organize Against Factory Farm Pollution
6/10/99 2:20 PM
Critical Mass Energy Project:
New Report: Dammed Deregulation: How Deregulation of the Electric Power Industry Could Affect the Nation's Rivers
6/10/99 1:13 PM
Public Citizen:
International Drug Parity Act of 1999 (S. 1191) Would Save Consumers Billions By Leveling Playing Field for Drug Prices
6/10/99 12:42 PM
East Timor Action Network:
Killings, Torture and Brutal Intimidation Continue in East Timor; Campaign of Terror Threatens to Derail Plans for August Independence Vote
6/10/99 9:15 AM
US Public Interest Research Group:
PIRG Report "Public Loss, Private Gain" reveals Big Timber's Dirty Secrets
6/9/99 3:44 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Was This War Necessary?
6/9/99 2:55 PM
Human Rights Campaign:
HRC Executive Director Elizabeth Birch Comdemns Tantrum By Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe Over Hormel Recess Appointment
6/9/99 2:18 PM
Violence Policy Center:
VPC Denounces House Gun Bill as 'Spin Control, Not Gun Control'
6/9/99 10:33 AM
Planned Parenthood:
Planned Parenthood Urges Congress to Make Contraceptive Coverage a Reality this Year
6/9/99 9:40 AM
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney:
McKinney Says "NATO Should End The Bombing"
6/8/99 6:08 PM
NARAL:
Congress Blocks FDA Approval of RU-486
6/8/99 2:59 PM
Planned Parenthood:
Planned Parenthood Urges Congress to Make Contraceptive Converage a Reality This Year
6/8/99 1:06 PM
Amnesty International:
The Stun Belt - Cranking Up the Cruelty
6/8/99 12:16 PM
Greens/Green Party USA:
Kosovo Protests Bolster Green Party Congressional Drive
6/7/99 5:57 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Mental Health
6/7/99 5:28 PM
Amnesty International/USA:
Good Cops On Bad Cops; The'Greatest' On Human Rights: Muhammad Ali, Frank Serpico, Police Chief Join Amnesty International to Call for Ban on Electro-shock Weapon
6/7/99 4:33 PM
Sierra Club:
Mattaponi Indians And River Win A Battle In Fight Against Reservoir
6/7/99 1:37 PM
Texas Abortion And Reproductive Rights Action League:
Texas Pro-Choice Leader Questions Bush's 'Moderation' on Abortion
6/7/99 11:06 AM
American Lung Association:
Voters Demand SUVs Meet the Same Strict Air Pollution Standards as Cars, Says New American Lung Association Poll
6/7/99 10:36 AM
Clean Air Trust:
Clean Air Trust to Hold Luncheon Briefing on Truck Toxins
6/4/99 2:51 PM
Peace Action:
Nation's Largest Peace Group Declares War in Yugoslavia a Failure; Thousands of Protesters to March from the Vietnam War Memorial to the Pentagon Saturday
6/4/99 2:24 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Voices On Yugoslavia
6/4/99 1:49 PM
Center for Y2K & Society:
Center for Y2K & Society Launches Website, Y2K Grant Program
6/4/99 10:46 AM
Clean Air Trust:
EEI Toxics Disclosure Called `Transparent Ploy' to Deceive Public, Avoid Controls on Mercury, Other Toxics
6/3/99 4:15 PM
American Friends Service Committee:
AFSC Plans Civil Disobedience To Protest The War In Yugoslavia
6/3/99 4:02 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
TV Preacher Robertson Strikes Gold Deal With Liberian Dictator; Robertson's Greed 'Knows No Bounds' Says AU's Lynn
6/3/99 3:57 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
Behind the "Economic Miracle"
6/3/99 2:31 PM
International Campaign for Tibet:
Tibet Supporters Protest World Bank Resettlement Project; Poverty Reduction Scheme Opposed by Thousands as International Campaign for Tibet Launches Online Petition
6/3/99 2:26 PM
Campaign for America's Future:
Campaign for America's Future Launches New Website
6/3/99 12:23 PM
Amnesty International:
Muhammad Ali, Serpico Join Call to Ban Electro-Shock Weapon; News Conference June 8
6/3/99 11:18 AM
International Action Center:
June 5 March On The Pentagon Will Continue
6/2/99 6:58 PM
Grassroots Recycling Network:
Local Government Concerned About Plastic Waste; Calls for Coca-Cola and Miller Brewing Company to Use Recycled Material
6/2/99 5:40 PM
The Interfaith Alliance:
Pat Robertson Reclaims Power At Christian Coalition, Tate's Move to DC Reflects Re-Energized Strategy and Focus on 2000
6/2/99 5:18 PM
Council for a Livable World:
Republican Budget Flim-Flam Continues
6/2/99 2:15 PM
Public Citizen:
Public Citizen Asks FTC to Declare NEI Ads False, Misleading; Industry Ads Overstate Environmental Benefits of Nuclear Energy
6/2/99 9:45 AM
US Public Interest Research Group:
US PIRG Grades Congress On Public Interest Issues
6/2/99 8:00 AM
Advocates for Youth:
Poll: Public Support for Sexuality Education Reaches Highest Level
6/1/99 7:55 PM
People for the American Way:
Robertson Back In the Driver's Seat; Former Executive Director Randy Tate's Demotion Sends Message to GOP: Stick To Your Guns!
6/1/99 4:01 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
Federal Court Of Appeals Rules Against Private Religious School Vouchers
6/1/99 11:19 AM
Greenpeace:
French Police Forcibly Remove Greenpeace Protestors After 20-Hour Action Against Cogema's Nuclear Waste Dumping Into The Ocean
6/1/99 9:00 AM
2030 Center:
One In Six Young Adults Will Be 'Temps'; New Report By Policy Group Addresses Rise Of Temporary Work
6/1/99 8:30 AM
Greenpeace:
Milk, Chicken, Eggs - How Dioxin Is Contaminating Our Food Chain: Greenpeace Demands Immediate Implementation Of Zero Dioxin Policy
6/1/99 6:00 AM
Stand for Children:
1,700 Communities Across America Take a Stand for Children