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Progressive Change Campaign Committee

Nebraska Voters Favor Public Option, Want Ben Nelson To Back It

Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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If Ben Nelson decides to filibuster a Democratic health care bill that includes a public insurance option, he should expect to lose support among Nebr...

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Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

Leaderless: Senate Pushes For Public Option Without Obama's Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ads, Health Care Bill, Trigger, White House, MoveOn.Org, Public Option, Olympia Snowe, Filibuster, Obama, Trigger Option, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Maine, House, Insurance Industry, Obama White House, Senate, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Health Care, Politics News

President Barack Obama is actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a state opt-out clause as p...

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Sam Stein

Harry Reid's Toughness Questioned In New Progressive Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Reid Public Option, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Reid Threatened, Nevada Ad, Reid Public Plan Nevada, Harry Reid, Harry Reid Pccc, Nevada Ad Campaign, Politics News

In a bold push to pass a public option for insurance coverage, a progressive advocacy group is launching an ad campaign directly calling into question...

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"Leader" Reid Must Lead

Adam Green | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Primary, Public Option, Pccc, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Progressives, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, Health Care, Politics News
Adam Green

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to pass a public option -- but only if Harry Reid makes sure that his Democratic super-majority does not side with Republicans on basic procedural votes.

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Censure Rep. Joe Wilson

Adam Green | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pccc, Obama, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Joe Wilson, Censure, Politics News
Adam Green

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee has launched a petition asking Congress to censure Rep. Joe Wilson.

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President Obama: It's Time To Step Up

Adam Green | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Yeswestillcanorg, Public Option, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Obama Campaign Staff, President Obama, 2008 Campaign, Petition, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Adam Green

Tonight, President Obama delivers his big speech to Congress at 8pm EST. It's expected that he'll express a preference for the public option. But frankly, that's not enough.

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Rachel Weiner

Progressive Obama Backers Take Out Full Page NYT Ad Targeting President

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pccc Ad, Obama Staffers Ad, Pccc New York Times Ad, Pccc, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Politics News

In a full-page New York Times ad released Wednesday, Obama campaign workers demand that the president fight for a public health care option. The Pro...

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400 Former Obama Staffers: Don't Demobilize the Troops Before the Battle With the Insurance Industry

Mike Elk | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Town Halls, Tea Bag, yeswestillcan.org, Public Option, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Rahm Emanuel, Freedom Summer, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks, Barack Obama, Organizing for America, Marhsall Ganz, Politics News
Mike Elk

It has become clear that Obama's supporters are beginning to lose faith and the desire to fight for the president if he drops the public option.

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Group Organizing Obama Workers For Ad Targeting President

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Workers Ad, Adam Green, Pccc Ad, Pccc, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Obama Volunteers Ad, Politics News

Many progressives have expressed frustration with President Obama's refusal to commit to a government-run health insurance plan. If the Progressive Ch...

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Progressives Take Action Aimed at Obama

Adam Green | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Will.I.Am, Petition, Pccc, Public Option, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Barack Obama, President Obama, Politics News
Adam Green

Obama's health care speech "is still being debated in the West Wing," reports Politico. That means there's still time -- we have one week to persuade Obama to do the right thing.

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Five Things You Can Do About Healthcare, In Ascending Order of Difficulty and Commitment

Ben Wyskida | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care for America Now, MoveOn.Org, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Healthcare Reform, Barack Obama, Firedoglake, Organizing for America, Health Care, Politics News
Ben Wyskida

If you voted last year, gave money last year, obsessed over the blogs and debates and Sarah Palin last year, then right now is the whole ball game. Here, in ascending order of difficulty, are five things you can/should do.

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Ben Nelson Responds (Lamely) to Progressives With New TV Ad (VIDEO)

Adam Green | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ben Nelson, Democracy for America, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Politics News
Adam Green

Airing statewide ads is a highly unusual move for someone not up for re-election until 2012. Hopefully for him, he didn't spend too much money on it.

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Newt Gingrich's Health Care Strategy in 1994: "Bipartisanship"

Adam Green | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pccc, Newt Gingrich, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Mark Warner, Politics News
Adam Green

History repeats itself, and Democrat after Democrat seems intent on playing right into the hands of Gingrich and other reform opponents.

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Sam Stein

Ben Nelson Personally Calls Nebraskan Who Ripped Him In Health Care Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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Hours after he appeared in a television ad attacking Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) for slow-walking health care reform, local Nebraska businessman Michael ...

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Progressive Groups, Supporters, Go After Baucus In New Ad Buy

Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baucus Ad Campaign, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Baucus Public Option, Max Baucus, Baucus Ad Buy, Progressive Change Campaign Committee Baucus Ad, Democracy for America, Politics News

Progressive groups are launching a new round of advertising against Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, (D-Mont.), in an effort to persuade ...

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Norm Coleman Raises $140,000 for Progressives -- Time for a Knock-Out Punch?

Adam Green | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota, Democracy for America, Pccc, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Dfa, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Normdollar, Recommended, Politics News
Adam Green

Either we lay the pressure on thick now and get Coleman to concede when the next ruling comes, or he appeals again -- keeping Al Franken out of the Senate for potentially months more.

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PA-Sen: Netroots Overwhelmingly Support a Draft Sestak Effort

Senate Guru | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Pa-Sen, Politics, Actblue, Democratic Primary, Netroots, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Joe Sestak, 2010 Senate Races, Politics News
Senate Guru

85% of Pennsylvanian respondents and 86% of respondents nationally want Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak to challenge Arlen Specter in the 2010 Democratic Senate primary.

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Fill Rahm's House Seat With A Progressive

Adam Green | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pccc, Il-05, Rahm Emanuel, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Jerome Armstrong, Tom Geoghegan, Politics News
Adam Green

Want to put a bold progressive in Rahm's House seat in the March 3 special election? Here's what you can do.

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Getting More Progressives Elected -- And Where You Fit In

Adam Green | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Innovation, Pccc, David Sirota, Victory, Consultants, Technology, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Digby, Huffington Post, Chris Bowers, Atrios, Recommended, Politics News
Adam Green

I realized at MoveOn that it makes no sense for progressives to raise tons of money for candidates who then spend it inefficiently. We need to help them run effective campaigns and win.

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Ryan Grim

Dem Activists Plan 'PCCC' To Back Progressives

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sam Bennett, Adam Green, Pccc, Tom Perriello, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Dccc, Politics News

On Tuesday, Tom Perriello was sworn in as a freshman member of Congress. Sam Bennett was not. The divergent courses these two progressive candidates ...

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