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Latest Congress Watch Action Items
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Tell Congress: You Deserve a Better Bailout!
When the House of Representatives rejected a financial bailout package on Monday, Congress had an opportunity to address objections to the proposal and ensure the rights of Main Street were protected. Instead, the Senate hastily added provisions - many wholly unrelated to fixing the economy - that caused the bill to balloon to a colossal 451 pages. Most legislators haven't had the time to read or understand it. This is an outrage! Tell Congress that you deserve a better bailout.
No More Taxation Without Representation
More than half a million people live in Washington, D.C. without voting representation in Congress. D.C.citizens pay U.S. taxes, fight and die for the U.S. during wartime and yet, shockingly, they have no vote in the Congress that governs them. Please join concerned citizens from around the country in flooding the Capitol with calls and emails to push through this critical and historic civil rights legislation!
Nursing Home Arbitration
We trust nursing homes to make sure our loved ones are in a safe environment, but many elderly residents are neglected. Instead of focusing on providing the best care to their residents, nursing homes are busy immunizing themselves from accountability by inserting binding mandatory arbitration clauses into the fine print of their admission papers.
Tell the Senate to Go Digital
The current system for senators to submit campaign finance reports to the Federal Election Commission is a maze of back-and-forth between agencies that requires printing and re-typing the same information repeatedly. The result is an annual $250,000.00 bill to taxpayers and the delayed release of information to the public.
Call on Congress to Support Fair Elections
The problem of money and its influence in elections is fundamental and must be addressed with a fundamental solution: the public funding of congressional elections - also called Fair Elections. Demand Congress pass the "Fair Elections Now Act" and put voters back at the center of elections.
Shed Some Light On Government
From unfounded claims of "national security" and "executive privilege," the public has been given phony excuses for why we are denied information about our government. It is time to end this deception and restore transparency to our government. Ask your members of Congress to return sunlight to our nation.
Demand the Return of the Presidential Records to the Public
President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13233 to give current and previous presidents the power to withhold their records INDEFINITELY. Right now, a bipartisan bill to undo the Bush order is close to becoming a law, but it is being blocked by Senator Jeff Sessions. Tell your senators to demand a vote on the bill now.
Recall Nancy Nord
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is supposed to protect us from dangerous products, but Chairwoman Nancy Nord seems more interested in protecting industry profits. Tell Congress to "RECALL" Nancy Nord and to PASS the CPSC Reform Action of 2007 with additional ethics reforms to prevent staff from accepting industry-sponsored travel.
Halliburton's Arbitration Trap
Jamie Leigh Jones told ABC's 20/20 that while she was working in Iraq for a Halliburton subsidiary called KBR she was gang raped. Now, Halliburton is denying her constitutional right to have her traumatic experience heard by a jury because of a clause in her employment contract.
Protect Your Rights – Opt Out of the "Comcastic" Fine Print
This summer, Comcast consumers found a little pamphlet called "Arbitration Notice" was quietly slipped into their cable bill. This unfair and stealthy move by Comcast strips consumers of their rights. Read more and learn how you can stand up to Comcast and its corporate bullying on the Watchdog Blog.
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