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, 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 |
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Newswire article Monday, October 01, 2018 Demand Progress Hails Gov. Jerry Brown Restoring Net Neutrality Protections for 40 Million Californians The following statement regarding the signing into law of SB 822 can be attributed to Robert Cruickshank, Campaign Director at Demand Progress: "This is a big day for net neutrality. Gov. Jerry Brown has just restored a free and open internet to the 40 million people of California — the world’s... Read more |
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Newswire article Sunday, September 30, 2018 Demand Progress Hails Gov. Jerry Brown Restoring Net Neutrality Protections for 40 million Californians The following statement regarding the signing into law of SB 822 can be attributed to Robert Cruickshank, Campaign Director at Demand Progress: "This is a big day for net neutrality. Gov. Jerry Brown has just restored a free and open internet to the 40 million people of California — the world’s... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Major Progressive Groups Call for Resolution to End US Involvement in Yemen 15 progressive grassroots groups are pressing the House to pass a resolution to end US involvement in Yemen by directing thousands of activists to sign a petition and make phone calls through the website StopTheWar.us . The organizations include Demand Progress Action, CREDO, Daily Kos, Defending... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, August 21, 2018 Demand Progress Statement on Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act The following can be attributed to Demand Progress Executive Director David Segal: “Senator Warren’s plan is strong enough to actually address the corruption that is pervasive on Capitol Hill — and help restore power to the people. The Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act has strong and... Read more |