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December 10, 2020

People’s Action Statement on Tom Vilsack’s Appointment to Head the USDA

Contact: Johanna Kichton, 240.206.1145, [email protected]  WASHINGTON, DC—People’s Action Senior Strategist for Rural People and Planet First Campaigns Shawn Sebastian today released the following statement in response to President-elect Biden’s official nomination of Tom Vilsack to lead the Department of Agriculture (USDA):  “It is a huge mistake by President-elect Biden’s transition team to completely dismiss the swift, strong, […]

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December 10, 2020

People’s Action to Congress: Stop Being Lap Dogs for Corporations and Deliver People Urgent Relief Now

Contact: Johanna Kichton, 240.206.1145, [email protected] WASHINGTON, DC—People’s Action Director George Goehl today released the following statement in reaction to the bipartisan COVID relief bill being negotiated in Congress:  “It’s unconscionable that we have COVID relief proposals on the table that deny people direct cash assistance and offer corporations a get-out-of-jail-free card for the consequences of forcing employees […]

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December 9, 2020

People’s Action Statement on Rep. Fudge’s Appointment to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Contact: Johanna Kichton, 240.206.1145, [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C.—People’s Action Director George Goehl today released the following statement in response to media reports that President-elect Joe Biden plans to appoint Rep. Marcia Fudge to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development: “We congratulate Congresswoman Fudge on her nomination as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. We are hopeful […]

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December 8, 2020

People’s Action: Democrats Will Continue to Lose Rural Voters With Vilsack Appointment

Contact: Johanna Kichton, 240.206.1145, [email protected]  WASHINGTON, D.C.—People’s Action Director George Goehl today released the following statement in response to media reports that President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Tom Vilsack as Secretary to the Department of Agriculture (USDA): “Representative Fudge would have been an outstanding Secretary of Agriculture. In his previous stint as Secretary of […]

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December 4, 2020

People’s Action Statement Championing Rep. Marcia Fudge to Head USDA

Contact: Johanna Kichton, 240.206.1145, [email protected]  WASHINGTON, DC— People’s Action Director George Goehl today released the following statement supporting Rep. Marcia Fudge’s bid to be appointed Secretary of the Department of Agriculture: “With Rep. Marcia Fudge at the helm, the Department of Agriculture would have teeth again to keep a check on corporate agribusiness. Her bold leadership could […]

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December 2, 2020

People’s Action: Rahm Emanuel’s Failures Should Disqualify Him From Any Position in Biden’s Administration

Contact: Johanna Kichton, 240.206.1145, [email protected]  CHICAGO, IL— People’s Action Director George Goehl today released the following statement after reports emerged that President-Elect Joe Biden is considering Rahm Emanuel for Secretary of the Department of Transportation: “Rahm Emanuel is a non-starter. As mayor of Chicago, he covered up the police killing of Laquan McDonald. And worse, […]

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November 30, 2020

People’s Action Announces New Deep Canvassing Campaign in Georgia to Flip the Senate

People’s Action Will Call 1 Million People Living in Rural Georgia to GOTV for the Senate Runoff Elections Contact: Johanna Kichton, 240.206.1145, [email protected]  WASHINGTON, D.C.—People’s Action today announced a new deep canvassing campaign to flip the Senate and turn out voters in the Georgia Senate runoff elections. People’s Action is marshalling their electoral power in […]

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November 24, 2020

People’s Action Statement on John Kerry Appointment as Climate Envoy (Czar)

WASHINGTON, D.C.—People’s Action Climate Justice Campaign Director Kaniela Ing released the following statement today after President-Elect Joe Biden appointed Secretary John Kerry as Climate Envoy: “Climate change is a global crisis that will require revolutionary cooperation, but over the past four years, Trump and his climate-denying cronies have soured key relationships and humiliated us on […]

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November 13, 2020

Student Action Spurs Student Vote to Help Turn Georgia Blue and Defeat Trump

Student Action Called and Texted More Than 120,000 Student Voters in Georgia, Focusing on Atlanta and Savannah Contact: Johanna Kichton, 240.206.1145, [email protected]  WASHINGTON, D.C.—Student Action, an affiliate of People’s Action, today announced updated voter canvassing numbers, showing that the organization defied odds to build a robust student-to-student voter outreach program amid a pandemic. Their work […]

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November 13, 2020

People’s Action Congratulates Endorsed Candidates on Wins

30 Candidates Ran People-Powered Campaigns, Pledging to Put People and Planet First, and Won Contact: Johanna Kichton, 240.206.1145, [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C.—People’s Action today announced that 30 progressive candidates it endorsed won their races and will hold elected offices across the country. The candidates ran movement politics, people-powered campaigns and the non-judicial candidates will fight for […]

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