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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with Petition

Take Action: Aid, Not Troops, in Afghanistan
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, usa, war, terrorism, politics, military, obama, government, ethics, americans )

Daphna
- 2 days ago - go.sojo.net
The following letter is being issued by over a dozen Christian leaders to President Obama, as he considers a new strategy in Afghanistan. Please add your name to the letter, and we'll send a copy to the White House.
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Indigenous Peoples Day - Take Action
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, u.s., usa, obama, government, ethics, dishonesty, americans, constitution, freedoms, politics )

Daphna
- 5 days ago - change.org
The truth is, columbus was lost, and it was the indigenous people who discovered columbus. Do you really want to celebrate the legacy of a man who committed heinous crimes against the indigenous peoples throughout the Caribbean and Americas?
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Urge Attorney General Eric Holder to Take the Next Step Toward Justice. -Take Action
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, usa, troops, obama, military, government, ethics, americans )

Daphna
- 7 days ago - secure.aclu.org
Attorney General Eric Holder announced that a group of Guantnamo detainees, including defendants charged with participating in the 9/11 attacks, will be prosecuted in federal court rather than in the Guantnamo military commissions. This i
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URGENT! TAKE ACTION NOW! Petition to Senators re: Women's Rights!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: USA, health care bill, S 1796, women, women's rights, pro-choice, preventing abortion coverage, against women's healthcare rights, petition, NOW )

ON VACATI
- 7 days ago - capwiz.com
Senate plans to vote in amendment to health care bill, S 1796, preventing millions of women from obtaining insurance coverage for abortion under health care reform. Sign petition NOW!
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Take Action-Protect the Human Rights of US Citizens and Immigrants Locked Up in Jails Across the U.S.
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, petition, usa, obama, government, ethics, constitution )

Daphna
- 11 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Across the United States, thousands of people, including U.S. citizens, immigrants and asylum seekers, languish needlessly in detention facilities every day without even the right to a hearing to determine whether their detention is necessary. While detai
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Tell Congress It's Time to Reform the Patriot Act!- Take Action
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: bush, bushadministration, Petition, constitution, ethics, freedoms, government, obama, politics, u.s. )

Daphna
- 14 days ago - secure.aclu.org
Every day since President Bush signed the Patriot Act into law in 2001, this alarming and unconstitutional legislation has severely undermined American freedom. The Patriot Act has been in effect for too long. Don't let another day go by without sending
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Take Action- Make History By Urging Your House Member to Vote YES on Health Reform
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, Petition, congress, ethics, government, healthcare, obama, usa )

Daphna
- 16 days ago - secure.consumersunion.org
We are on the brink of an historic moment - getting all American access to affordable, reliable health coverage! Make history by urging your House member to vote YES on health reform. A vote could come as early as FRIDAY - send an email right
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Take Action- Tell Secretary Gates Not to Stand in the Way of Accountability!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, usa, obama, military, government, ethics, dishonesty, corruption, congress, constitution, americans, bushadministration, politics )

Daphna
- 18 days ago - secure.aclu.org
The president recently signed into law legislation that gives the Defense Department the authority to suppress evidence of its own misconduct. The amendment in the Homeland Security appropriations bill, which allows the DOD to exempt certain
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Condemn American Physicians Who Collaborated With the Bush Administration's Torture Policy
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, usa, war, politics, lies, government, ethics, dishonesty, corruption, bushadministration, americans, abuse )

Daphna
- 18 days ago - change.org
Please sign this petition and urge your elected officials to pressure the medical profession in the United States to take a serious stand against the use of torture. Some American physicians without ethics were guilty of collaboration with t
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Take Action-Pass the Energy Security Through Transparency Act
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, energy, government, humans, politics, congress, democrats, obama, republicans, americans, usa )

Daphna
- 22 days ago - secure2.convio.net
On September 23rd 2009, a bipartisan group of senators joined together in introducing the Energy Security Through Transparency Act (ESTA, S.B. 1700). This bill will require companies to disclose any payments they make to foreign governments for the commer
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Take Action: 3 Tibetans Reportedly Executed in Tibet
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, usa, Clinton-Hillary, Tibet, ethics, u.s., government )

Daphna
- 28 days ago - actionnetwork.org
We've just received a disturbing report that three Tibetans were executed in Lhasa on October 20th, 2009 for their alleged involvement in last year's protests. According to sources in Lhasa, the situation is extremely tense and Chinese author
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Support Creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency- Take Action
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, usa, u.s., republicans, democrats, congress, cover-up, corruption, ethics, government, media, obama, politics, americans )

Daphna
- 31 days ago - capwiz.com
One of the major lessons of the financial meltdown is that the government was not protecting consumers from harmful financial products and practices. Far too many consumers were pushed into mortgages they didn't understand, with terms that were onerous o
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Reject Torture and Support the Closure of Guantanamo Bay! - The Petition Site
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, usa, u.s., republicans, obama, media, propaganda, government, ethics, democrats, cover-up, americans, freedoms, military )

Daphna
- 31 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
On the second day of his presidency, President Obama declared to the world that the use of torture would no longer have a place in the United States of America -- announcing he would close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
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Fight Hate Now- Take Action
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, usa, politics, freedoms, ethics, americans, humanrights, ethics, freedoms, violence )

Daphna
- 31 days ago - hrc.org
Last Thursday, 49-year-old Jack Price, an openly gay man, was attacked right outside of his home by two individuals yelling anti-gay slurs. Price suffered a broken jaw, fractured ribs, collapsed lungs, a lacerated spleen, and had to be placed in a medica
14 comments
Tell Harry Reid: Don't Let the Baucus Bill Kill the Public Option- Take Action
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, americans, congress, government, healthcare, news, politics, democrats, republicans, u.s., usa )

Daphna
- 33 days ago - act.credoaction.com
On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee, led by Senator Max Baucus, passed a health care reform bill without provisions for a public health insurance option. This opens the door to procedural shenanigans that could prevent the public option from ever be
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