2010: A progressive strategy to win
11-18-2009 – 12:50 pm | Comments

By Brent Budowsky | The Hill
Progressives throughout the nation should rally around a strategy that could bring a surprise victory in the 2010 elections with a clear electoral plan and a program that is patriotic, …

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Defeat Max Baucus Call – November 5th 2009
11-13-2009 – 10:29 pm | Comments
Defeat Max Baucus Call – November 5th 2009

Senator Max Baucus has demonstrated over and over that he is the single biggest stumbling block in the Senate to single-payer healthcare.
PDA is seeking a viable progressive candidate–who supports single-payer healthcare–to run for Max Baucus' …

REP. WEINER WITHDRAWS SINGLE PAYER AMENDMENT FROM CURRENT HEALTH CARE DEBATE
11-6-2009 – 4:56 pm | Comments
REP. WEINER WITHDRAWS SINGLE PAYER AMENDMENT  FROM CURRENT HEALTH CARE DEBATE

Washington, DC – Today, Representative Anthony Weiner (D – Brooklyn and Queens), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, released the following statement on his decision to withdraw his single payer amendment …

Chairman Waxman’s Statement on Rep. Weiner’s Single-Payer Amendment
11-6-2009 – 4:51 pm | Comments
Chairman Waxman’s Statement on Rep. Weiner’s Single-Payer Amendment

WASHINGTON, DC — Today Chairman Henry A. Waxman released the following statement in response to Rep. Anthony Weiner’s decision not to offer a single-payer amendment to the House Democratic health care legislation:
“Rep. Anthony Weiner has …

Rep. Conyers Applauds Rep. Weiner for Heroic Effort to Further the Cause of Medicare for All
11-6-2009 – 4:46 pm | Comments
Rep. Conyers Applauds Rep. Weiner for Heroic Effort to Further the Cause of Medicare for All

Washington, DC – Today, Representative John Conyers, Jr.(D – MI) released the following statement applauding the work of Representative Anthony Weiner (D- NY) to promote the cause of single-payer national health care:
“I want to thank …

Pelosi Statement on Congressman Anthony Weiner’s Single Payer Alternative Washington
11-6-2009 – 4:37 pm | Comments
Pelosi Statement on Congressman Anthony Weiner’s Single Payer Alternative Washington

Pelosi Statement on Congressman Anthony Weiner’s Single Payer Alternative Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on Congressman Anthony Weiner’s single payer alternative: “Within the next few days, the …

On the Withdrawal of Rep. Weiner’s Single-Payer Amendment
11-6-2009 – 4:15 pm | Comments
On the Withdrawal of Rep. Weiner’s Single-Payer Amendment

n the eve of what could have been the first vote on single-payer legislation in our nation’s history, we have just learned that because of last minute developments, the vote and debate on Congressman Weiner’s …

Shut Down This Murderous Racket: Change We Need and Crave
11-5-2009 – 6:42 am | Comments
Shut Down This Murderous Racket: Change We Need and Crave

By Matt Reichel | Dissident Voice
Al Capone is awake in his grave in awe at the criminal racket promulgated by the health care industry: a murderous multi-billion dollar industry that keeps the world’s Superpower in …

Pelosi Arrested Us for Asking for Healthcare
11-4-2009 – 8:01 am | Comments
Pelosi Arrested Us for Asking for Healthcare

By Dan Hodges, Chair, Health Care for All-California | AfterDowningStreet
Around 3PM this afternoon I was one of 12 single payer activists who were escorted from the reception area of Nancy Pelosi’s office in the San …