Boulder County Dems Actions

Temporary Suspension of Actions Page

2007-07-27T10:18:00.000-06:00

Based on traffic and relative priorities, we are suspending the actions page until we get closer to the 08 election at which time, we will make a decision. If you want to have items posted, use the link to Submit an Action for Posting.

Tell Your Senators to Support the Matthew Shepard Act.

2007-06-22T13:32:00.000-06:00

The Human Rights Campaign wants you to sign a petition to tell your Senators to support the Matthew Shepard Act.

Impeach Gonzales

2007-06-14T13:28:00.000-06:00

Common Cause wants you to sign a petition to Impeach Gonzales. (as does DFA)

Correct the Court

2007-06-14T07:53:00.000-06:00

People For the American Way wants you to sign a petition calling on congressional leaders to support legislation to correct Ledbetter v. Goodyear. A tortured interpretation of a technical loophole in anti-discrimination law allowed the Bush appointed Roberts Alito Supreme court to deny decades of discrimination because the suit was not brought in 180 days of the first discriminatory paycheck. Congress can correct that statute and overturn the effect of this anti-woman, anti-minority, anti-worker decision.

No Confidence in Gonzales

2007-06-09T13:27:00.000-06:00

People for the American Way want you to sign a petition calling on congressional leaders to demand Gonzales resign or be removed from office?

Stop Liquid Coal

2007-06-07T10:58:00.000-06:00

Moveon.org wants you to sign a petition to stop Government mandating and subsidizing coal use and Liquid Coal. In the next two weeks, Congress could vote to double the amount of greenhouse gases America produces from cars and planes. It's the greatest single threat to solving the climate crisis in a decade.

Tell Bush not to Veto Stem Cell Research

2007-06-07T10:49:00.000-06:00

The DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Combined Campaign) wants you to sign a petition to Bush asking him not to veto Stem Cell Research (again)

Support Restoring Habeus Corpus

2007-06-06T10:13:00.000-06:00

Senator Pat Leahy wants you to contact your Senator have them support restoring habeus corpus.

De-authorize Authorize the War

2007-06-05T12:23:00.000-06:00

Bill Richardson wants you to sign a petition to Congress to de-authorize the war, now not wait til September while people are dying everyday.

Don't Let Congress Weaken the Gas Price Gouging Bill

2007-06-04T13:25:00.000-06:00

Moveon.org wants you to sign to sign a petition asking congress not to weaken the gas price gouging bill.

Sign a Letter to Walmart

2007-06-04T10:46:00.000-06:00

Walmart Watch wants you to sign a letter to the Walmart Board of Directors to improve healthcare, wages, and employee treatment.

Urge Your Representative to support Renewable Energy

2007-05-31T13:15:00.000-06:00

Environment Colorado wants you to sign a petition to join Rep. Mark Udall and Rep. Diana DeGette as cosponsor of the Federal Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Act (HR 969) This bill will increase our use of homegrown renewable resources like wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass by requiring 20 percent of electricity production to come from these sources by 2020.

Since this is the world wide web, we are including this action for those not lucky enough to be represented by Mark or Diana.

Contact the FCC to Open The Wireless Spectrum II

2007-05-29T14:49:00.000-06:00

moveon.org also wants you to contact the FCC. "The public airwaves should be used for the public good. The government must protect our airwaves from corporate gatekeepers who would stifle innovation and competition in the wireless Internet market."

Contact the FCC to Open The Wireless Spectrum

2007-05-29T10:23:00.000-06:00

SavetheInternet.com wants you to contact the FCC. The FCC is on the verge of turning over a large chunk of the public airwaves to the same giant phone and cable companies that control high-speed Internet access for 96 percent of American home users. Don't let the FCC turn over these airwaves to the same price-gouging network giants that control wired access. We need a new alternative to DSL and cable. The FCC must use this wireless opportunity to connect more Americans to an open, neutral and accessible Internet.

Sign a Petition Asking Congress to Pass the Gas Price-gouging Bill

2007-05-22T18:49:00.000-06:00

Moveon.org wants you to sign a petition to your Representative that "Gasoline price gouging should be made a federal crime before the summer price increases hurt more American families." Speaker Pelosi has said she'll move the bill to a vote this week—if there's the two-thirds majority required to fast track the bill through the process.

Help Cleanup Washington

2007-05-21T15:42:00.000-06:00

Public Citizen wants you to become a citizen sponsor of the bipartisan Fair Elections Now Act. This bill addresses the fundamental problem of money and its influence in elections. It offers a fundamental solution: the public funding of congressional elections.

Urge the House Judiciary Committee to Impeach Gonzales

2007-05-21T10:21:00.000-06:00

Democracy For America wants you to sign a petition to urge the House Judiciary Committee to begin the process of impeachment of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

Tell CBS to Rehire General Batiste

2007-05-17T11:16:00.000-06:00

Moveon.org wants you to sign a petition to CBS to Re-Hire General Batiste, It took CBS two weeks to fire Don Imus for racist and misogynistic slurs, but it only took them two days to fire respected General John Batiste for speaking out against the president on the war.CBS should not censor people who are critical of President Bush's policy in Iraq. CBS must re-hire Major General Batiste.

Tell the FCC that net neutrality needs to be protected

2007-05-16T15:27:00.000-06:00

Common Cause wants you to tell the FCC that the principle of net neutrality needs to be protected so that Internet service providers can't act as gatekeepers. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for public opinion on net neutrality.

Help Reverse The Effects Of Global Warming

2007-05-15T15:26:00.000-06:00

The DSCC (or Nancy Pelosi and the DCCC) want you to sign a petition to help reverse the effects of global warming.

Make Calls To Our Senators For Comprehensive Immigration Reform

2007-05-15T11:55:00.000-06:00

Amistad will host a community potluck to make calls to our senators calling for comprehensive immigration reform on Wednesday May 23rd from 5-7:30pm at their office 2222 14th Street Boulder, Co 80302 Details

Send a Letter to Congress: No More NAFTA, No Fast Track

2007-05-15T11:34:00.000-06:00

Public Citizen wants you to send a letter to Congress, Letter to Congress: No More NAFTA, No Fast Track

More on Don't Pay for Hate

2007-05-15T08:26:00.000-06:00

In a follow up to the action post on Anti-Muslim hate speech, Progress Now has posted more information and contacts for the radio shows local sponsors. Progress Now also have put up a Youtube video of the Denver's KOA radio, "Gunny" Bob Newman's call for all Muslim immigrants, citizens, or not, to wear GPS tracking bracelets and to have all their communications: home, office, places of worship and community centers bugged. It seems the host hates the Constitution as much as he hates Muslims

Call for Investigation of Colorado's Secretary of State.

2007-05-14T13:48:00.000-06:00

Progress Now wants you to Call for Investigation of Colorado's Secretary of State. Last week, a citizen journalist broke the story that newly elected Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman hired an employee to oversee and maintain the state's master voter registration database, while this same employee had a for profit political firm that sold voter lists to partisan political campaigns. Coffman immediately denied that he ever knew about his employee's "side business" and instead, placed the blame on his employee. Demand an independent investigation into these activities.

10 Things You Can Do to End the War

2007-05-14T13:42:00.000-06:00

John Edwards has 10 Things You Can Do to End the War