ADA: Updates (via Facebook)
While there are some good items in this bill it completely ignores important reforms to sentencing, bail, and other restorative justice solutions. Many of our friends in the Congressional Progressive Caucus voted against this bill as a result.
Trump-backed prison reform bill sails through House
politico.com
But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has signaled he’s unlikely to bring the bill up in the Senate.
ADA is supporting the Second Chances campaign in FL to restore voting rights. Please sign in support as we hope to be successful in FL and to spread the effort to other states.
Sign to Support Restoring the Eligibility to Vote to 1.4 Million Americans in Florida
actionnetwork.org
Florida’s system for restoring a person’s eligibility to vote is broken. If a person is convicted of a felony, they are barred for life from voting. This excludes more than 1.4 million Floridians. These are our family, friends and neighbors. In honor of Second Chances month, we are asking you to...
ADA Welcomes New National President.
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) is proud to announce that Pennsylvania State Senator Art Haywood (D-4th District) is our newly elected national President. His proven leadership and marvelous record on progressive issues are an excellent match for ADA as we work together to stop Trump, expand our work on key issues, and fuel a progressive blue wave in the upcoming elections.
ADA Iowa educating voters.
UPDATE: Democratic candidates for 1st District meet at forum
wcfcourier.com
WATERLOO — Democratic candidates hoping to challenge Rep. Rod Blum for Iowa’s 1st District U.S. Congressional District seat squared off at a forum Friday night at the Waterloo Center for
More primaries today! Get out and vote folks.
It's World Press Freedom Day, May 3rd. No news ("fake" or otherwise) on whether Trump will be celebrating.
un.org
World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO's General Conference. Since then, 3 May, the anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek is celebrated worldwide as World Press Freedom Day.
If it walks and quacks like a duck...it’s hard to believe it’s NOT a duck.
Opinion | What makes the Muslim ban a Muslim ban? Trump.
washingtonpost.com
If the ban had been issued by anyone other than Trump, the argument in court probably wouldn’t have happened at all.
On Tax Day topics: for those that like stats, charts, and visuals.
10 Things You Should Know on Tax Day
itep.org
Everyone pays taxes, including those who earn the least. Our collective federal, state, and local tax system includes income taxes, payroll taxes (Social Security, Medicare), property taxes, sales and other excise taxes. The total share of taxes (federal, state, and local) that Americans across the....
ADA: What You Should Know
Join Us April 14-15 in DC: ADA Convention
Join ADAers and Progressives from around the country at the 2018 Convention. We'll talk issues, hear from experts, train on key campaign tactics, and map our role in the 2018 Blue Wave! REGISTER...
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How has Congressional partisanship evolved?
A researcher in London has used ADA Voting Records over the past 70 years to create a tool that shows all sorts of interactive information on partisanship trends. Check out the tool HERE.
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Welcome to ADA’s New Website
Welcome to the new site for American's for Democratic Action. We are a little rough around the edges, as we are still getting content into place. But come on in anyway and look around.
read moreCelebrate 70 Years of ADA Action
ADA is celebrating 70 years of resisting, building and winning a liberal future. Join us this October in Washington, DC to celebrate and support our current work of organizing against Trump. Our 2017 Honorees are: Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) has long been...
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