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'Colossal Backdoor Bailout': Outrage as Pentagon Funnels Hundreds of Millions Meant for Covid Supplies to Private Defense Contractors
Ocasio-Cortez Demands Democrats Use 'Every Procedural Tool Available' to Stop Trump From Filling RBG Vacancy
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Supreme Court
"Our reproductive rights are on the line. Our labor rights are on the line. Our right to healthcare is on the line. Labor and union protections are on the line. Our climate is on the line."
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'Now, Before It Is Too Late': Parents and Teachers Nationwide Call on Congress to Urgently Provide $250 Billion to Save Generation of Students
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Second grade teacher Alice Rey sanitizers students' desks for snack time at South Boston Catholic Academy in South Boston on Sept. 10, 2020.
"In a world turned upside down by a global pandemic, these backbone...
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McConnell Vows to Be 'Firewall' Against Progress in Senate As Democrats Mull Eliminating Filibuster
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
While lawmakers from both parties have used the tactic in the past, Democrats,...
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A new letter to congressional leaders from 24 groups urges lawmakers to weigh extension of expired FISA authorities into traditional legislation as opposed to a Continuing Resolution or a coronavirus emergency bill.
Two Dozen Progress Groups to Congress: No Secret Spy Provisions in Must-Pass Legislation
Demonstrators rally at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2019 to protest a proposal to add a citizenship question in the 2020 census.
Federal Court Blocks 'Nakedly Partisan' Trump Effort to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From Census
'I Blame Mitch McConnell the Most. At Least Pelosi Was Trying': Anger at GOP Over Economic Pain Grows
Covid ICU Doctor and Medicare for All Champion Robbie Goldstein Seeks to Upset Entrenched Democratic Incumbent in Key Primary
A woman walks past a protest banner demanding President Trump stop denying the science behind the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change set up in front of the Republican National Convention Headquarters on August 24, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Climate Power 2020)
As GOP Officially Re-Nominates Trump, Poll Shows 68% in US Disapprove of President's Pandemic Response
Postal Union Leaders Warn Removal of Mail Sorting Machines and Other DeJoy Damage May Be Difficult to Reverse
Dems Rebuke 'Legislative Malpractice' of Trump Team as Talks Crumble and Tens of Millions Face Hunger, Joblessness, Possible Eviction
Warning of GOP Voter Suppression, Progressives Urge Democrats to Reject Any Covid-19 Deal Without Election Assistance
Call for 'Emergency Charity Stimulus' as Billionaire Wealth Soars and US Nonprofits Sink
Sanders Rips Trump for 'Obscene' Boasting Over Stock Market as 30 Million Americans Face Financial Doom
'Could Mean a Huge Gap in Payments': Memo Warns GOP Unemployment Benefit Plan Would Take Months to Implement
Day After Voting Down 10% Pentagon Cut, 37 Senate Dems Join GOP to Approve $740 Billion War Budget

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Members of Congress to Introduce Resolution Supporting Juliana Climate Case Plaintiffs and Other Youths
Corporate Accountability
Millions of People Demand Congressional Action on COVID-19 Relief
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Leave Patriot Act out of Continuing Resolution: ACLU, Demand Progress, FreedomWorks, NAACP, and More
Greenpeace
THRIVE Agenda Creates Millions of New Jobs While Addressing Intersecting Crises of Climate Change, Racial Injustice, and Economic Inequity
Center for Biological Diversity
Congress Urged to Provide Immediate Pandemic Relief to U.S Food, Farm, Fish Systems
Food & Water Watch
300 Diverse Advocacy Groups Endorse the Farm System Reform Act and Urge Quick Passage in Congress
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