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To Stop Threat of 'For-Profit Surveillance,' Rights Groups Demand End to Partnerships That Give Cops Access to Amazon Ring Data
Citing 'Troubling' Refusal, House Democrats Subpoena Pompeo for Documents as Part of Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Common Dreams staff
"Your failure or refusal to comply with the subpoena shall constitute evidence of obstruction of the House's impeachment inquiry."
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Capitol Hill Screening of Netflix Series 'Unbelievable' Part of Push to Reauthorize Rape Kit Backlog Law
Julia Conley, staff writer
"What a difference it makes when a woman who says she's been assaulted is not...
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Ahead of Climate Strike, Greta Thunberg Tells US Lawmakers to Their Faces: Sorry, You're Not Trying 'Hard Enough'
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Don't invite us here to just tell us how inspiring we are without actually...
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House Democrats Denounce DHS For Blocking Lawmakers' Access to Detention Centers Amid Reports of Rampant Abuse
Warnings of Grave Climate and Human Rights Impact as US Export-Import Bank Approves $5 Billion for Natural Gas Project in Mozambique
Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Ilhan Omar. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Explains What She and Rep. Tlaib Planned to Accomplish Before Israel Barred Them
CodePink Files Complaint Over AIPAC's 'Illegal Propaganda Trip' to Israel for Members of Congress
'Timely Action Is Critical': Doctors Call On Congress to Investigate Children's Deaths In Migrant Detention Centers
Democrats Propose Constitutional Amendment to 'Wipe Clean the Dark Stain' of Citizens United
'Congress Needs to Wake Up': Demanding Lawmakers Declare Climate Emergency, Extinction Rebellion Activists Superglue Themselves to Capitol
On First Anniversary of Kavanaugh Nomination, Groups Demand Democrats Follow Through on Promise to Probe Perjury and Assault Accusations
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Watchdog Groups Call on Congress and Federal Regulators to Impose Moratorium on Facebook's Proposed Cryptocurrency
Advocates Push for Structural Reforms at House Hearing on Reparations for Slavery and Racial Injustice
'Not a Popular Position,' But a Consistent One: To Fight Corruption on Capitol Hill, Ocasio-Cortez Backs Pay Raise for Congress
Marie Newman
Citing Threats to Abortion Rights, Sanders Endorses Marie Newman's Democratic Primary Challenge Against Anti-Choice Incumbent Dan Lipinski

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More Than 270 Groups Urge Senate to Increase Endangered Species Funding
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2.2 Million Petition Signatures Demanding Medicare for All Hit Capitol Hill
Common Cause
With DC Circuit Remand of FCC Net Neutrality Repeal Congress and States Must Act
Women's Earth & Climate Action Network
Women’s Rights and Climate Activists to Host Briefing on A Feminist Agenda for the Green New Deal
Amnesty International - USA
Congress Should Immediately Pass the Assault Weapons Ban
National Iranian-American Council
NIAC Statement on First Congressional Hearing on the Muslim Ban
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