Progressive Change Campaign Committee

Why Did Progressives Lose An Illinois Congressional Race So Badly?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: MoveOn.Org, Election 2012 Blog, Brad Schneider, Elections 2012, Howard Dean, Democracy for America, Ilya Sheyman Illinois, Robert Dold, Ilya Sheyman Lost, Moveon, Video, Pccc, 2012 Election, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Ilya Sheyman, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- After several rounds of painful soul searching, Washington-based progressives are comparing notes on Ilya Sheyman's stunning open-primar...

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Progressives Try To Draft Chellie Pingree To Replace Snowe

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Video, Olympia Snow Retiring, Chellie Pingree Maine, Election 2012 Blog, 2012 Election, Olympia Snowe Maine, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Chellie Pingree, Olympia Snowe, Elections 2012, Olympia Snowe Stepping Down, Senate 2012, Politics News

A group of progressives is already trying to draft a replacement for retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). The Progressive Change Campaign Committ...

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Brad Miller Urged To Run For Governor By Progressive Fundraisers

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Brad Miller Governor, North Carolina Redistricting, Video, Redistricting, Dodd-Frank, Wall Street, Pccc, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Brad Miller Pccc, Brad Miller Congress, Brad Miller Resigning, David Price, Brad Miller, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Just hours after Wall Street reform icon Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.) announced that he would not seek re-election to Congress in November,...

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Progressive Activism Helps Prevent Wall Street Banks From Receiving a "Get Out of Jail Free" Card

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Bank Fraud, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Foreclosure Fraud Investigation, State Attorneys General, Foreclosure Fraud, Eric Schneiderman, Kamala Harris, Politics News

When progressive activism achieves meaningful results and scores a win over Wall Street banks, there's nothing wrong with taking a little victory lap.

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Get Live Wisconsin Recall Updates Here!

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Recalls, Elections, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Recall Elections, Pccc, Wisconsin Recall, Scott Walker, Video, Politics News

We'll be updating this liveblog all day with information from the ground in Wisconsin as the grassroots works to recall the Republicans and stop the war on working families that Scott Walker and his allies up for election today started.

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Watch: Progressive Groups Run New Ads In Wisconsin Recall Elections

HuffingtonPost.com | Paige Lavender | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Recalls, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Union Bill, MoveOn.Org, Sandy Pasch, Wisconsin Protest, Afp, Wisconsin Unions, Democracy for America, Citizens United, Alberta Darling, Luther-Olsen, Wisconsin Recall Election, Video, Wisconsin Democrats, Wisconsin Recall, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Americans for Prosperity, Wisconsin Republicans, Club for Growth, Alberta-Darling-Recall-Election, Wisconsin Recall Elections, Wisconsin Ads, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Three progressive groups are set to launch a six-figure television ad buy in the days leading up to the eight remaining Wisconsin state ...

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Progressives Protesting Obama Over Medicare, Social Security Cuts

Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Pccc, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, PCCC Obama Protest, Chicago, Illinois, Obama Social Security Cuts, Obama Medicare Cuts, Obama Social Security, Barack Obama, Obama Medicare, Chicago News

A progressive activist group is preparing to protest at President Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters, demanding that he refuse to cut what they vie...

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Poll: 80 Percent Say Tax Millionaires More

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Debt, Federal Budget Deficit, Debt Ceiling, MoveOn.Org, Jan Schakowsky, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Budget, Elections 2012, Jeff Sessions, 112th Congress, Tax the Rich, Millionaires Tax, Federal Budget, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Republicans may find a resolution to make the rich share more of the pain in debt-reduction "rather pathetic," but new survey data sugge...

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Progressives Tell Schumer: Don't 'Cave' On Spending

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Democrats Budget, Pccc, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Chuck Schumer Pccc, Jobs Democrats, Chuck Schumer Jobs, Chuck Schumer Progressives, Democrats Spending Cuts, Democrats, Democrats Cave, Charles Schumer, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Progressives are targeting the Senate Democrats’ top message and policy maestro, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, telling him not to "cave...

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Al Franken To Obama: Give Elizabeth Warren A Recess Appointment

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren Recess Appointment, Elizabeth Warren, Pccc, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Elizabeth Warren Cfpb, Al Franken, Cfpb, Barney Frank, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) urged President Obama Wednesday to grant Elizabeth Warren a recess appointment to head the Consumer Financial ...

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Progressive Favorite Announces 2012 Run

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Ann McLane Kuster, New Hampshire Primary, New Hampshire ELection, Pccc, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, New Hampshire, Elections 2012, Ann Kuster, Charlie Bass, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Five months after narrowly losing the race for New Hampshire's second congressional seat, progressive favorite Ann McLane Kuster has ann...

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Progressives Target Wisconsin State GOP Senators With Recall Threat

Talking Points Memo | Evan McMorris-Santoro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: PCCC Wisconsin Protests, Progressives Wisconsin Recall Threat, Wisconsin Recall Threat, DFA Wisconsin Protests, Scott Walker, Wisconsin Protests, Progressive Wisconsin Recall Threat, PCCC Wisconsin Campaign, DFA Wisconsin Campaign, Democracy for America, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Wisconsin Protests Recall Threat, Politics News

A pair of national progressive groups are firing the first shots in what could become a full-scale recall campaign against Republican state Senators i...

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Progressive TV Ad Pressures Obama in Iowa

Adam Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iowa, Politics, Msnbc, Pccc, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, President Obama, New York Times, Washington Post, Obama, Robert Gibbs, Greg Sargent, Barack Obama, Video, Politics News

In just one day, more than 3,000 progressives have chipped in more than $50,000 to help the Progressive Change Campaign Committee run a ...

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60,000 protest Comcast attack on Netflix

Adam Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Competition, Msnbc, Pccc, Fcc, Julius Genachowski, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Federal Communications Commission, Abc, Keith Olbermann, Netflix, Comcast, Petition, Cbs, Net Neutrality, Nbc, Technology News

The Huffington Post front page, the AP, and the New York Times are reporting developing details about the big news that broke last night: Comcast will...

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Political Ads Targeted Women And Senior Citizens

TylerKingkade | Posted 05.25.2011

Within the file cabinets of hundreds of television stations around the country are public files concerning political campaigns which often go completely unreported.

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Net Neutrality Watchdog Group Uses Google, Facebook Ads To Attack Google

techcrunch.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Google Net Neutrality, Onewebday, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality Google, Technology News

Consumer watchdog group Progressive Change Campaign Committee, the people behind last month's Net Neutrality protests in Mountain View and the amazing...

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Nancy Pelosi And Harry Reid: Passing Middle-Class Tax Cuts Is A Top Priority

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Pccc, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Tax Cuts, Afl-Cio, Middle Class Tax Cuts, Democracy for America, Afl, Middle Class Taxes, Politics News

With additional reporting by Ryan Grim. NEW YORK -- A trio of progressive groups forcefully came out Friday in support of holding a vote on tax cuts...

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200,000 sign petition for Olbermann

Adam Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Raul Grijalva, Msnbc, Suspended, Pccc, Petition, Keith Olbermann, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Politics News

As Danny Shea, Sam Stein, and others are well documenting, Keith Olbermann's suspension is getting a ton of attention. The Progressive Change Campaign...

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All 95 Candidates Who Pledged Support For Net Neutrality Lost On Tuesday

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Net Neutrality Debate, 2010 Elections, Elections 2010, Net Neutrality Legislation, Net Neutrality, Democrats Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality Fcc, Net Neutrality Google, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Technology News

The FCC's push for Net Neutrality legislation suffered another setback on Tuesday, after all 95 of the candidates who pledged their support for it los...

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Tensions Already Flaring Between Progressives And Centrists Over Democrats' 2010 Performance

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Third Way, Swett New Hampshire, Progressive Centrist, Katrina Swett, Pccc, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Progressives, Democrats Progressive, Ann Kuster, Democrats Centrists, Kuster New Hampshire, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The spinning wars over the election results will occur not just between Democrats and Republicans but also amongst Democrats themselves....

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95 Democrats Make Net Neutrality 2010 Issue

Adam Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ann McLane Kuster, Free Press, Julius Genachowski, Pccc, Internet Freedom, Boldprogressives, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Pc-Magazine-Online, National Journal, Bold Progressives, Net Neutrality, Technology News

Once again, progressives are working together with bold Democratic challengers, on the issue of corporate control of the Internet, to show Democratic Party leaders what it looks like to go on the offensive.

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VICTORY!! Progressive Beats Blue Dog in New Hampshire Primary

Stephanie Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pccc, Progressive, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, 2010, Kuster, Politics News

We did it!! Just minutes ago, bold progressive Ann McLane Kuster defeated Joe Lieberman's presidential campaign co-chair Katrina Swett in tonight's Ne...

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Elizabeth Warren Wins The Support Of Two More Senators

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Udall, Elizabeth Warren, P Street Project, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, John Kerry, Al Franken, Elizabeth Warren Supporters., Business News

Two more Senate Democrats climbed aboard the Elizabeth Warren bandwagon on Friday, signing on to a statement circulated by Sen. Al Franken encouraging...

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Google Goes "Evil"

Adam Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don't Be Evil, Free and Open Internet, Free Press, Colorofchange, MoveOn.Org, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Verizon, 300000, Credo, Petitions, Net Neutrality, Google, Fcc, Julius Genachowski, Federal Communications Commission, Technology News

Following a conference call with Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg I can now say that Google, a company that I've long admired and currently hold thousands of dollars of stock in, just "went evil."

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Netroots-Labor Solidarity: A Work in Progress

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aft, Afl Cio, Netroots Nation, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Leo Gerard, Campaign for America's Future, Seiu, Netroots, United Steelworkers, Nea, Matt Stoller, Jane Hamsher, Afscme, Politics News

there is substantially more discussion in the blogosphere about cultural issues (whatever stupid thing Sarah Palin said today) important to urban professionals on the East and West Coast than trade issues important to steelworkers in the Midwest.

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