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03/10/2010
04:28 PM
Largest Peace Group-House Vote First Step to Remove Troops from Afghanistan
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March 10, 2010
Peace Action
Peace Action, the nation’s largest grassroots peace group, supported a debate and vote today on legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would have removed all troops from Afghanistan this year.
03/10/2010
03:14 PM
Forthcoming IPCC Independent Review is Welcome
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March 10, 2010
Union of Concerned Scientists
Today’s announcement by the United Nations and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that the InterAcademy Council
(IAC) will review the IPCC’s "processes and procedures" for its science
assessments was welcomed by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).
03/10/2010
03:12 PM
Righting a Wrong – Let Shareholders, Not CEOs, Decide How Corporate Money Is Spent on Politics
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March 10, 2010
Public Citizen
Irresponsible corporate governance has become a plague on the U.S.
economy and soon will become a plague on our political system as well.
In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Supreme
Court unleashed unlimited corporate spending in elections, but made no
effort to ensure that those who own companies – their shareholders -
have any say over these corporate political expenditures.
03/10/2010
03:11 PM
Washington to Become Second State with Overdose Protection Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 10, 2010
Drug Policy Alliance
On Wednesday, Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire is expected to sign a
bill that will protect people calling 911 when witnessing a drug
overdose. Washington will join New Mexico as the second state in the
country with this life-saving legislation.
Accidental drug overdoses cause the death of more than 26,000
Americans every year. According to the Centers for Disease Control,
drug overdose now ranks as a leading cause of preventable death in the
U.S., second only to motor-vehicle accidents.
03/10/2010
03:03 PM
CREW’s Melanie Sloan Issues Statement on House Democrats’ Ban on Private Contractor Earmarks
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March 10, 2010
CREW
CREW executive director Melanie Sloan stated today, “CREW applauds
House Democrats for finally recognizing that the American public is
tired of watching members of Congress trade earmarks for campaign
contributions. This is a terrific first step in breaking the link
between campaign dollars and legislation.” Sloan continued,
“It is ironic, of course, that this action follows so close on the
heels of the House Ethics Committee’s PMA report, which found no link
between contributions and earmarks, but then again no one really
believed that anyway.”
03/10/2010
02:27 PM
GAP Hails New D.C. Whistleblower Protection Law
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March 10, 2010
Government Accountability Project
The Government Accountability Project
(GAP) praised D.C. City Councilmember Mary Cheh for her leadership regarding
the unanimous approval of the D.C. Whistleblower Protection Amendment Act of
2009. The significant good government reform went into effect today after
congressional review.
03/10/2010
02:09 PM
Sallie Mae, That’s Just Not Right!
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March 10, 2010
US PIRG
Sallie Mae. Such a “friendly and inviting name,” Lindstrom notes,
for the nation’s largest student lender. And Sallie’s website
proclaims: “We’ve made finding the right student loan easy.”
“But
Sallie Mae is anything but friendly or inviting. The
mega-student-lender handles over 35 percent of all federal student loan
volume in the country, for a total of $14.1 billion. And these days,
Sallie Mae doesn’t seem to be focusing much on making finding "the
right student loan easy.”
03/10/2010
12:35 PM
Free Press: Clyburn Is Right — Competition Is Key to Broadband Adoption, Lower Prices
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March 10, 2010
Free Press
Today, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn issued a statement urging the
Federal Communications Commission to examine competition in the
broadband market.
Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott made the following statement:
03/10/2010
12:17 PM
Whistleblower Advocates Oppose Senate Bill
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March 10, 2010
National Whistleblowers Center
Prominent national security whistleblowers and advocacy groups issued a letter today urging the Senate to vote against the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 (S.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC, could soon have some of the strongest whistleblower Current date and time: Wednesday 10th of March 2010 08:53:44 PM
03/10/2010
12:08 PM
DC Council Ahead of the Curve on Whistleblower Protections
March 10, 2010Project On Government Oversight
protection laws in the U.S. After being introduced last year, the
District’s Whistleblower Protection Amendment Act of 2009 has been
passed unanimously by the DC Council, signed by the Mayor, and is projected to become law this week — the only remaining hurdle is the mandated review by Congress.