Why It’s Time to Dump DOMA: Sam Paltrow [1]
This piece is the first in a series of guest blog posts on “Why It’s Time to Dump DOMA.” In the weeks leading up to the Supreme Court arguments on the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act, we’re asking friends of PFAW to share...
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Obama Nominates Iowa’s First Ever Female Circuit Court Judge [2]
The White House announced two new federal appeals court nominees today, Jane Kelly of Iowa to serve on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and Gregory Alan Phillips of Wyoming to serve on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Kelly’s nomination...
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John Kerry Identifies ‘Deluge of Money’ as Threat To U.S. Democracy in Farewell Speech [3]
In his farewell address to the Senate today, newly confirmed Secretary of State John Kerry highlighted three causes of what he called a “dangerous but reversible” decline in our country’s democracy: “the decline of comity,...
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PFAW Calls on Republican Governors to Follow Virginia’s Lead, Denounce Election-Rigging [4]
WASHINGTON – People For the American Way today called on the Republican governors of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Ohio to reject plans to rig their states’ electoral vote apportionment. Today, a Virginia state Senate committee...
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PFAW Applauds President’s Inclusion of LGBT Families in Immigration Reform Proposal [5]
WASHINGTON – People For the American Way today applauded President Obama’s proposal for comprehensive immigration reform, which includes equal rights for same-sex couples.
“The president has proposed a common-sense and necessary...
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PFAWF’s Young People For Program Welcomes More Than 115 Student Leaders at Annual Summit [6]
This weekend People For the American Way Foundation’s Young People For Program held its 2013 National Summit in Washington, DC. Attended by 117 young leaders from 64 different universities, this year’s Summit – “...
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PFAW: Senate Immigration Framework an Important Step in the Right Direction [7]
WASHINGTON – People For the American Way praised the bipartisan immigration reform framework presented today in the Senate, which includes a path toward citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
“This bipartisan framework is a hugely...
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African American Ministers in Action Praise Inclusion of Path to Citizenship in Bipartisan Senate Immigration Proposal [8]
WASHINGTON – People For the American Way’s African American Ministers in Action today praised the bipartisan immigration framework unveiled today in the Senate, which includes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and their...
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Obama Highlights Judges in Response to Filibuster Deal [9]
The president again signals the priority he places on judicial nominations during his second term.
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Recess Appointments Ruling Shows Consequences of GOP Obstructionism [10]
There would be no litigation on recess appointments but for Republicans' refusal to allow the Senate to vote on President Obama's nominees.
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When Everything Is Partisan, Just Do What's Right [11]
I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised when Republicans started complaining that President Obama's second inaugural address was too "partisan" and lacked "outreach" across the aisle. But who was left out? What did...
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GOP Electoral College Scheme Advances in Virginia [12]
On Wednesday, Republican state senators in Virginia cleared the first hurdle in their push to fundamentally change how state Electoral College votes are allocated.
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White House Petition for Constitutional Amendment on Campaign Cash Clears Threshold [13]
25K call on President Obama to use State of the Union to endorse amendment movement
Today, a petition on the White House website urging President Obama to “use the State of the Union to call for a constitutional amendment to get big money out...
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PFAW: Filibuster Reform Provides Only Modest Relief for Ending ‘Unprecedented GOP Obstruction’ [14]
WASHINGTON – People For the American Way called the filibuster reform deal set to be announced by Senators Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) only a modest step in addressing the extraordinary GOP abuse of Senate rules. ...
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Of, By and For Actual People [15]
In 2011 comedian Stephen Colbert announced his plan to form a political action committee, noting that he believed in "the American dream."
"That dream is simple," he joked. "That anyone, no matter who they are, if they are...
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PFAW Foundation Submits Amicus Brief in Critical Voting Rights Case [16]
Yesterday, People For the American Way Foundation , on behalf of its Young People For program, joined with Demos and several other civil rights groups to submit an amicus brief to the Supreme Court urging it to reject a new requirement in Arizona...
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Judiciary Committee Launches New Session with Judicial Nominations [17]
Judiciary Committee Democrats start the new session of Congress focused on the importance of confirming federal judges.
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PFAW Urges Congress to Pass Reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act [18]
WASHINGTON – People For the American Way today praised members of the House and Senate for reintroducing a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which House Republicans allowed to expire at the end of last year.
“Democrats...
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40 Years After Roe, My Personal Fight for Justice [19]
"I am my mother's child. The one she told one day many years ago, as I laid on a hospital table that, 'God did not intend for your life to be like mine!' The forms had been signed, we were in agreement and I was tearfully rolled...
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PFAW Praises President Obama’s Common Sense Plan to Reduce Gun Violence [20]
People For the American Way praised President Obama for putting forward bold proposals to combat gun violence and joins him in urging Congress to take swift action on the issue.
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