MoveOn Activists Celebrate Victory in Debt Ceiling Battle

(Photo by Sean Zanni/Getty Images for MoveOn) After months of MAGA Republicans’ holding our economy hostage, the Biden administration and Congress have finally reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling, prevent a national default, and preserve critical federal programs. The budget deal that President Biden secured isn’t perfect, but it protects jobs, veterans’ benefits, historic climate change investments enacted in 2022, and lifesaving health care benefits, while mostly preserving the social safety net. Together, MoveOn members’ activism stopped Republicans in Congress from dragging all of us into a catastrophic…

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Parent Activists Warn That Fight for Education Far From Over

Parent activists, school board members, and a congressman gathered Monday in Washington to remind Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Justice Department that the fight for education is only just beginning.  “Whether it’s radical transgender policies in our schools, whether it’s putting masks on our children, which is paramount to child abuse, whether it’s forcing vaccines on our children, or whether it’s teaching radical critical race theory in our school systems, educating our teachers to teach that, the lens through which everything is taught, we reject that,” Rep. Bob Good,…

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‘A plea for democracy’: Activists push US Congress to pass Hong Kong bill – New York Post

‘A plea for democracy’: Activists push US Congress to pass Hong Kong bill  New York Post Hong Kong democracy activists urged members of the US Congress to pass legislation to combat human rights abuses in the city, rejecting any suggestion that … “us congress” – Google News

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‘It’s completely on Congress’: Human rights activists urge U.S. lawmakers to scrutinize Sissi – The Washington Post

‘It’s completely on Congress’: Human rights activists urge U.S. lawmakers to scrutinize Sissi  The Washington Post Two years ago, the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on state, foreign operations, and related programs held a hearing on Egypt. The experts testifying … “us congress” – Google News

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