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Cadott, WI – Wisconsin United to Protect Social Security along with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Secretary Rod Nilsestuen and the Wisconsin Farmers Union held a press conference today to decry steep benefit cuts and the risky privatization scheme under President Bush's Social Security proposal as part of the launch of Rural Americans for a Secure more »

WASHINGTON – The Campaign for America's Future began airing a new radio ad today that urges Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, to address the needs of everyday Ohioans instead of spending his time on gambling deals for Washington lobbyists. The ads heighten the controversy surrounding Rep. Ney, who was accused by Republican radio hosts in his district last week of attempting to intimidate them after they read news reports of him on the air.

NEVADA - Nevada United to Protect Social Security held a press call today, joined by Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), to release a report showing that Nevada's rural areas depend on Social Security income more than the non-rural communities.  On the call, Senator Reid decried steep benefit cuts and the risky privatization scheme under President Bush's Social Security proposal as dangerous f more »

Bellefonte, PA - At a press conference today in Centre County, Pennsylvanians United to Protect Social Security, along with Ni-Ta-Nee NOW and other members of the Pennsylvanians United coalition, released a report that illustrates how much rural and farming communities would suffer under the Bush/Santorum privatization plan.

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University Park, PA - As President Bush arrives in University Park, PA today to address the Future Farmers of America, one topic he's not likely to bring up is the negative impact of his Social Security cuts on rural Pennsylvanians.

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WASHINGTON - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, addressing the Campaign for America's Future's "Take Back America" conference, today called on progressives to push for election reform, pension reform and to increase their outreach to the evangelical Christian community.

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Progressives Emboldened, Voters Want A Very Different Set of PrioritiesLeaders To Discuss Ideas To "Take Back America" Next Week more »

WASHINGTON – House Energy Committee members received $166,028 from energy producers in the first quarter of this year with more than three-quarters going to Republicans, according to a report released today by the Campaign for America’s Future. more »

WASHINGTON – Nearly a thousand constituents called their representatives in Congress last week and another 75,000 faxed them to find out where they stand on House Majority Leader Tom DeLay . Only 20 representatives said that Rep. DeLay is ethically fit to serve and more than half of all members declined to take a stand. The mounting pressure prompted Rep. more »

BOSTON— A new report, entitled ”Taxpayers for a Day:  The Most to Gain, the Least to Lose” from United for a Fair Economy (UFE) and the Institute for America’s Future (IAF), finds that CEOs of Wall Street firms supporting the partial privatization of Social Security effectively pay into the system for only a few days a year. more »