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1.7.07 Changing the Guard | read more

It’s a new day on Capitol Hill, and Democrats say they have a plan. Now they have to make it work.

1.5.07 Michigan Coalition Nudges Congress | read more

A Michigan coalition has embraced the new congressional Democratic Party agenda to hike the minimum wage, reduce the cost of college loans and allow more competition in setting prescription drug prices. Michigan Citizen Action (MCA) wants all of that done in the first 100 hours of the new session in Washington.

1.5.07 Michigan Groups Push Bills in New Congress | read more

The democratically controlled Congress should boost the federal minimum wage, reduce by 50 percent the interest on college student loans, and give the Medicaid system the authority to bargain with major drug companies to lower the cost of prescription drugs for seniors.

1.5.07 Groups Back Congressional Action | read more

As the 110th Congress convened Thursday under Democratic control, a coalition of organizations said in Lansing they were calling on their members to help get passed an agenda that included an increase in the minimum wage and cuts in the interest rate charged for student loans.

1.5.07 Should Democrats Focus on Domestic Agenda as Bush Escalates Iraq War? | read more

With the opening day of the 110th Congress, Democrats took control of the House and Senate for the first time in 12 years. They’ve outlined an ambitious domestic agenda for their first 100 hours in power, including raising the minimum wage and negotiating lower prescription drug prices for Medicare recipients.

1.5.07 The Pay Gap Is Unacceptable - Let’s Raise the Minimum Wage | read more

A few days ago, Americans United for Change reported that the CEOs of the nation’s top companies will earn in two hours and two minutes what minimum wage workers will earn over the course of an entire year.  A pay gap of this enormity contradicts the morals and values upon which our country was founded and is absolutely unacceptable in our nation today.

1.3.07 Pushing the Democrats to take immediate action in Congress | read more

The middle class is once again the political pawn being positioned on the congressional chessboard, this time by the Change America Now (CAN) campaign.

1.3.07 100 Hours Mark the Change | read more

In the three fleet weeks before the president’s State of the Union address, the new Congress will put down a clear marker that the times are changing.

1.1.07 Minimum Wage Earners Get a Boost | read more

300,000 Ohio workers are a little more happy with their jobs today. Their hourly wages have gone from $5.15 to $6.85 an hour today as the law that passed in this Novembers election take affect.

12.25.06 Middle Class Agenda Gets Group Support | read more

Progress Ohio, a coalition of liberal-leaning Ohio groups, is
calling on Greater Cincinnati Reps. Steve Chabot and Jean Schmidt to support
several middle-class issues that incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,
has said will be tops on her agenda.

12.22.06 Loebsack cleans out desk, ready to head to Washington | read more

Congressman-elect Dave Loebsack of Mount Vernon is pledging his support of what’s been dubbed the "Change America Now" agenda.

12.21.06 Minimum-Wage Deal as Bellwether | read more

President Bush signaled support for raising the federal minimum wage, suggesting the White House is looking for an early deal with Democrats on one of their priorities next year.

12.20.06 Change America Now campaign kicks off in Utica (with video) | read more

Central New York Citizens in Action along with Congressmen-elect Michael Arcuri addressed issues such as repealing tax breaks for big oil companies and cutting interest rates on student loans.

12.20.06 Push planned for minimum wage hike | read more

The two Democrats going to Congress from the state next month say they support the national party’s "100 hours" agenda of raising the minimum wage, eliminating tax breaks for oil companies and making prescription drugs more affordable.

12.19.06 Hodes vows support for ‘100 Hours’ | read more

Congressman-elect Paul Hodes, D-N.H., pledged his support to the Democratic "100 Hours" agenda that calls for a higher minimum wage, lower student loan costs and repeal of laws favoring big oil and drug companies.

12.19.06 Two new U.S. reps pleased with agenda | read more

The state’s two new Democratic U.S. representatives embraced a 100-hour agenda for the next session of Congress that includes raising the minimum wage, making prescription drugs more affordable and eliminating tax breaks given to oil companies.

12.19.06 Courtney and Murphy to discuss first 100 hours | read more

U.S. reps.-elect Joe Courtney, D-2nd Congressional District, and Chris Murphy, D-5th Congressional District, will hold a joint press conference at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Hartford to discuss the new Congress’ priorities in its first 100 hours.

12.19.06 Pelosi plans get local push | read more

Local activists promoting a new social agenda gathered at the Ethical Society of Philadelphia yesterday to talk priorities.

12.13.06 Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition to launch new campaign tomorrow | read more

Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition will launch a new campaign tomorrow in Springfield called Change America Now (CAN).

12.12.06 ACORN and Kansas NEA Join Forces to Promote Agenda to Incoming Dems | read more

ACORN and NEA are joining forces to push incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the new Democratic majority in Congress to fulfill the economic elements of their 100-Hour legislative agenda.

12.12.06 Groups Come Together for Change (with video) | read more

Two Kansas groups have teamed up to support a campaign for change. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, and the Kansas National Education Association met today.

12.6.06 Liberal Coalition Eyes First Hundred Hours | read more

A large group of liberal organizations is planning to wage a national lobbying and public relations campaign to press for passage of the House Democrats’ legislative agenda next year, taking a page from longtime corporate practices.

12.5.06 Liberal groups target 86 districts for ‘100 Hours’ campaign blitz | read more

Change America Now, a coalition of 40 liberal groups set to push the House Democrats’ economic agenda, is targeting 86 districts around the country for press events and possibly television advertising, according to a list obtained by The Hill.

12.4.06 Liberal Groups to Target House Members on Pelosi’s Agenda | read more

The coalition of almost 40 liberal organizations that met last week to sketch out a strategy for helping House Democrats pass the legislation in the "100 Hour Agenda" of Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) now has a name: Change America Now.

11.29.06 Dems, allies plot strategy | read more

Labor union representatives, liberal leaders, and aides to House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) met yesterday to begin work on a broad lobbying push to promote Pelosi’s 100-legislative-hour agenda with a campaign expected to mimic the one that helped defeat President Bush’s proposed reforms to Social Security.

11.28.06 Dem-Leaning Groups To Put Muscle Behind Pelosi Agenda (CongressDailyPM)

Democratic allies assembled today to organize a campaign to back major portions of the House Democrats’ early legislative agenda, aiming to stamp a "progressive" brand name on the new majority’s economic program. Over 30 groups, including Americans United, USAction and the Campaign for America’s Future, met at the headquarters of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees to review plans to press House members to vote for a minimum wage increase, changes in the Medicare prescription drug program, student loan interest rate reductions and a repeal of tax benefits for the oil and gas industry. Those four agenda items are part of House Speaker-elect Pelosi’s larger agenda for the first 100 legislative hours of the Democratic House majority next January.