Action Center
Don't let the Right fix the next presidential election! [1]
Recent proposals by some lawmakers to apportion electoral votes in presidential elections based on congressional district rather than being awarded in the current winner-take-all fashion by popular vote is outrageously undemocratic and would ignore the will of the voters in these states.
Tell Congress: Listen to Common Sense, NOT the NRA's Lies [2]
NRA officials are waging a campaign of misinformation and fear mongering in opposition to common sense reforms that could reduce gun violence -- many of which the NRA's own members overwhelmingly support.
Petition: Remove Michele Bachmann from the House Intelligence Committee [3]
Sign the petition to Speaker Boehner! Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann should be removed from her seat on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence after a series of irresponsible allegations against U.S. government employees.
Support These 3 Progressive Principles for the Next Fiscal Deal [4]
Rep. Keith Ellison proposed some good principles for Congress to stick to.
Tell Congress: It's Time to End the Bush Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest 2%! [6]
Any deal struck to prevent automatic across the board tax increases and sequestration cuts must allow the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans to expire.
Tell Senate Republicans: End the Obstruction! [7]
Tell Senate Republicans: End the obstruction and confirm the president's judicial nominees in the current lame duck session!
Tell ALEC's Corporate Sponsors it's Time to Cut Ties. Tell them to Ditch ALEC! [9]
Coca Cola, Pepsi and Kraft have all announced they're severing ties with the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council. Tell other companies to do the same!
Dump DOMA [10]
It’s time for some real change we can believe in. It’s time for the federal government to stop punishing loving same-sex couples. It’s time to repeal DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act).
Tell Mitt Romney: Corporations are NOT people! [11]
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney told an Iowa audience, “Corporations are people.” Take action and tell Romney that he could not be more wrong. Corporations are NOT people. People are people.
Tell the Senate: We've Had Enough Delay. Stop Republican Obstruction. [12]
We've had enough delay and procedural foot dragging. It's time to stop Republican obstruction of judicial nominees.
Tell Congress: Amend the U.S. Constitution to ensure the government has the authority to limit corporate influence in elections [13]
The Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC threatens to tear apart the fabric of our democracy and grant powerful corporations unfettered influence in our political process. Sign PFAW's petition to tell Congressional leaders to amend the Constitution today.