In a victory for the environment, the Senate voted
today to remove a provision from the 2004 budget bill
opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska
to oil drilling. An amendment to remove this oil drilling
provision, sponsored...
18 March 2003
This week the House & Senate debate 2004 budget plans. They
will be voting to give tax cuts to the rich or to invest in children and
families - choices that will affect the nation for years to come.
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ACTION ITEMS: 1...
18 March 2003
As he pushes ahead with war plans, President Bush is also exploiting
the national preoccupation with the war by trying to pass a gigantic
new tax cut. The Bush tax package includes $700 billion in new cuts,
and a total revenue...
17 March 2003
Congress may vote this week on a budget bill for 2004 that includes new provisions to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. And late reports indicate that the U.S. Senate might be just one vote away from voting to...
17 March 2003
Today a young woman was killed in Gaza. Young women, but more often young men, get killed in Gaza and the West Bank every day, and the world pays no attention. What was different today is that Rachel Corrie was an American, an activist...
17 March 2003
When the U.S. government announces the commencement of the war against Iraq, go on strike. Take your car and park in the nearest major intersection.
Block our freeways, bridges and subway entrances. Close down our cities. If ...
Block our freeways, bridges and subway entrances. Close down our cities. If ...
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