Demand Progress
Demand Progress works to win progressive policy changes for ordinary people through organizing, lobbying, and elections in the United States.
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Newswire article Thursday, January 09, 2020 Demand Progress Statement on War Powers Resolution Vote The following can be attributed to Demand Progress Executive Director David Segal: "Donald Trump has made it clear he is willing to risk all-out war with Iran unless Congress takes away his war powers. With tonight’s expected vote on a War Powers Resolution, the House can move to prevent a spiral... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, December 18, 2019 Grassroots Coalition Launches Campaign Calling on 2020 Presidential Candidates to Break Up Amazon, Facebook, Google and Other Big Technology Monopolies A grassroots coalition has launched a petition calling on all 2020 presidential candidates to commit to breaking up big technology monopolies like Amazon, Facebook, and Google. The coalition includes Demand Progress, MPower Action Fund, Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE), Daily Kos,... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, August 26, 2019 Netroots Groups Call for 2020 Candidates to Pledge to Restore Net Neutrality Today, a broad coalition of some of the country’s largest net neutrality advocacy groups are launching an activism site and pledge , which asks all 2020 presidential candidates to support strong net neutrality and reject telecom donations. In April, the Save the Internet Act—which would restore the... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Demand Progress Education Fund: Business Roundtable’s Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds Even as the Business Roundtable is being valorized for asserting that companies have obligations to more than just their shareholders, the Roundtable is a leading advocate for measures currently being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission that would undermine efforts to hold... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, July 11, 2019 Schiff Should Withdraw Anti-Press Language From Intel Auth Bill Demand Progress policy director Daniel Schuman today condemned House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) for including language in his committee's Intelligence Authorization bill that undermines press freedom and government oversight. Section 305 of the Intelligence Authorization Act... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, January 24, 2019 Progressive Groups Call on Chuck Schumer to Begin Fighting for Public Interest Watchdogs on Independent Agencies 20 progressive groups with broad membership organized around a diverse array of issues have come together to call on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the caucus he leads to begin to fight visibly and aggressively in pursuit of the strong independent agencies our country needs. They... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, December 20, 2018 Progressive Groups Urge Pelosi to Limit Corporate Power on Key Committees Today 19 groups wrote to House Speaker-Designate Nancy Pelosi to urge her to limit the power of corporate-aligned Democrats on some of the House’s most powerful committees, including Appropriations, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Intelligence, and Ways and Means. The groups also urge... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, December 13, 2018 Demand Progress Praises Unprecedented Senate Passage of Yemen War Powers Resolution The following may be attributed to Demand Progress Executive Director David Segal: "Today’s unprecedented Senate passage of a War Powers Resolution on a 56-41 vote is an extraordinary step towards ending the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has caused the world’s largest ongoing humanitarian crisis... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, November 29, 2018 Demand Progress Praises Senate Vote To Pass War Powers Resolution, Confront Trump-Saudi Impunity The United States Senate just passed, on a 63-37 bipartisan vote, a War Powers Resolution—led by Republican Mike Lee (R-UT) and Independent Bernie Sanders (I-VT)—that could compel an end to the Trump administration's support for Saudi Arabia’s ongoing war on Yemen. Demand Progress has helped lead a... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, November 16, 2018 In Wake of Midterms, 27 Groups Endorse Crucial Reforms to Strengthen Oversight of the Intelligence Community Today a bipartisan group of 27 organizations signed a letter [ LINK ] calling on the House of Representatives to strengthen its oversight of the intelligence community with specific recommendations for modernizing the House Intelligence Committee, empowering all members of the House to fully... Read more |