Please attend one of these health care events in our area and help make history by securing health care for all Americans.

Submitted by Mike_Hiland on March 12, 2010 - 9:17pm

"Congress on the Corner" with Rep. Schrader Saturday, March 13 12:00 PM 16201 SE McLoughlin Blvd (Oak Grove, OR) Rep. Schrader is holding a "Congress on the Corner" event to allow constituents to talk with him one-on-one. Please attend this event and make sure... Final March for Reform Event RSVP » Details » <!-- Report Objectionable Content -->
	Final March Sunday! Sunday, March 14 5:30 PM OFA Office (Portland, OR)

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Time to finish Health Care Reform and make history (downloadable resources)

Submitted by Mike_Hiland on March 11, 2010 - 12:25am

The attached files provide a wealth of information about whats at stake for Health Care Reform. This is our time, a time for us to make history and do something good for our people and our country. Please look these over, use them, and lets get over the finish line.

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LA Times: Corporate Money Pours into Chamber of Commerce to Sway Elections Thanks to Supreme Court

Submitted by Mike_Hiland on March 10, 2010 - 1:07am

By People for the American Way

Investigative reporter Tom Hamburger has an excellent article in today's Los Angeles Times on the tens of millions of dollars pouring into the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to defeat candidates who stand in the way of Big Business.

As Hamburger reports, the Chamber spent $144 million last year on advocacy and plans to spend substantially more this year. And those dollars will have more impact than ever thanks to the Supreme Court, which recently ruled 5-4 that giant corporations can directly oppose or support candidates for public office.

The article also explains how companies use the Chamber to do their dirty work while concealing their involvement:

Read the full posting...

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GOP Budget plan : $2 Trillion less in revenue while the bottom 90 percent pay higher taxes

Submitted by Mike_Hiland on March 10, 2010 - 12:46am

New Report from Citizens for Tax Justice

Rep. Ryan's House GOP Budget Plan: Federal Government Would Collect $2 Trillion Less Over a Decade and Yet Require Bottom 90 Percent to Pay Higher Taxes

Read the report.

It's difficult to design a tax plan that will lose $2 trillion over a decade even while requiring 90 percent of taxpayers to pay more. But Congressman Paul Ryan has met that daunting challenge. This analysis makes obvious that Congressman Ryan's budget plan has nothing to do with balancing the budget, but has everything to do with creating a system that takes more from the poor and less from the rich.

If the extensive tax proposals in his plan were fully in effect in 2011:

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Derrick's Progressive News 03-08-10: Michael Moore or Rahn Emanuel

Submitted by D2Duehren on March 9, 2010 - 2:12am

Derrick's Progressive News

Progressive News Contents

Michael Moore: President Obama: Replace Rahm With Me

Obama’s Reprehensible Rhetoric Against Single-Payer

An Optimistic List of Obama’s Accomplishments

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Ben Westlund - Champion for Affordable Health Care in Oregon

Submitted by Content Publisher on March 8, 2010 - 5:25pm

From Jennifer Warren:

It was my great honor to work in the Capitol during the amazing 2003 session, and then-Rep. Westlund's return after his first surgery for lung cancer was capped by this floor speech, which none of us present will ever forget.

His words are as true today as they were then, and given the state of our state and the last session, they have an even deeper meaning and resonance.

They should open every legislative session with this speech.

Ben Westlund came back to the Legislature humbled by his experience, and with a very different attitude about how the people of Oregon are impacted by the actions of their elected officials.

Of all his other accomplishments, and the accolades rightfully bestowed on him, after this speech- I knew him best as one of the great champions for affordable health care in Oregon.

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