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First anti-Obamacare ad hits the airwaves
The Republican National Committee (RNC) released its first anti-health care reform ad this week. The ad is being released as the White House celebrates the two-year anniversary of the law’s passage.
Sebelius highlights progress made under Affordable Care Act
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in Miami today said the health care reform law, signed two years ago this week, has led to tremendous strides in women’s access to health care.
RNC launches ad blitz against Affordable Care Act
As election season kicks into high gear, the Republican National Committee is launching an ad campaign aimed at 2010′s health care reform law.
New voting restrictions in many states could impact election
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU’s School of Law, one of the foremost nonpartisan public-policy institutes focused on justice and democracy, reports that 70 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the 2012 presidential election will now come from states with new restrictive voting laws, a statistic that could greatly affect the voter turnout and outcome of the upcoming election.
Abortion rights under attack coast to coast
A new report from the Guttmacher Institute shows that, in the past decade, a substantial number of states have shifted from having only a moderate number of abortion restrictions to becoming “overtly hostile” to abortion rights.
Americans reject religious freedom argument regarding birth control
Despite the Catholic Church’s efforts to frame the federal government’s decision requiring health insurers to cover birth control as a matter of “religious freedom,” a new poll shows that almost 70 percent of the Americans believe the decision was a “matter of women’s health, not religious freedom.”
Poll: Vast majority of Americans believe Super PACs should be illegal
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll has found that 70 percent of registered voters believe that Super PACs should be illegal.
Voter ID laws keep citizens from voting
Ruthelle Frank, an 84-year-old resident of a small town in Wisconsin, is suing her home state because, for the first time in her adult life, she might not be able to vote. In 2011, Wisconsin’s Republican-led Legislature enacted a new law that requires state-issued photo identification for all voters. Because Frank cannot drive, she has never held a license. Last November, Frank’s daughter drove her to their local Department of Motor Vehicles office to obtain a photo ID.
Pam Tebow to speak at Values Voters Summit
Pam Tebow, mother of Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, will speak at this year’s Values Voters Summit.
Right wing group aims to purge Colorado voter rolls
A right-wing group has announced it will “pressure states and localities” through lawsuits, if necessary, “to clean up voter registration rolls pursuant to Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).” The group claims that several states, including Colorado, have voters on their registration rolls that are ineligible to vote.
