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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

CLIMATE CHANGE
HOUSE BILL  H.R.673 
​Title:
No Tax Dollars for the United Nations’ Climate Agenda Act
Summary: This bill prohibits federal agency funds from being used to make assessed or voluntary contributions to or for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
At Congress.gov: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/673
At GovTrack: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr673
WATER
ZONING
WOLVES

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE - PUBLIC POLICY - FEDERAL
DAPL
EPA
New emails shed light on EPA chief’s industry ties
​www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/new-emails-shed-light-epa-chiefs-industry-ties?cid=sm_fb_maddow

PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS

Mining Exploration Begins in Michigan’s Porcupine MountainsMichigan is divided over a mining company’s plans to drill for copper in a beloved state park
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mining-exploration-begins-michigans-porcupine-mountains-180962108

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE - PUBLIC POLICY - STATE
DNR
MINING
LEGISLATION

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE - PUBLIC POLICY - COUNTIES, CITIES & TOWNS
Financial
SENATE BILL   S.370
Title: Repeal CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) Act
Summary: A bill to eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010.
At Congress.gov: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/370
At GovTrack: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s370
  • see H.R. 1031
HOUSE BILL  H.R.1031  
​
Title: To eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010.
At Congress.gov: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1031
At GovTrack: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr1031
  • see S.370
EDUCATION
HOUSE BILL  H.R.610 
​Title:
To distribute Federal funds for elementary and secondary education in the form of vouchers for eligible students and to repeal a certain rule relating to nutrition standards in schools.
At Congress.gov: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/610
At GovTrack: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr610

ELECTIONS / ELECTED OFFICIALS / CAMPAIGNS

SCHOOL BOARDS
TOWN BOARDS
COUNTY BOARDS

GOVERNOR
STATE SENATORS
STATE REPRESENTATIVES

PRESIDENT
US SENATORS
US REPRESENTATIVES

HEALTH CARE

Our Mission:
We believe that we must have a healthcare system in the United States that has health for everyone as the bottom line, not profits for a few.

healthoverprofit.org


H.R.676 - Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act
115th Congress (2017-2018)
To provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes.
​www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/676/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22hr676%22%5D%7D&r=1​
Compare 4 Health Care Plans
​Pre-ACA - ACA - Single Payer - Republican Plan

www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/healthcare_chart.png​

CIVIL RIGHTS 

NATIVE AMERICAN
Last Remnants of Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp Are Engulfed in Flames
Blake Nicholson and James MacPherson / AP
Feb 22, 2017
time.com/4679689/dakota-access-pipeline-protest-camp-fire
LGBT
BLACK LIVES MATTER

IMMIGRATION
VOTER SUPPRESSION
INCARCERATION

ELECTION OBSTACLES

REDISTRICTING / GERRYMANDERING
Meet the Math Professor Who’s Fighting Gerrymandering With Geometry - By Shannon Najmabadi 
FEBRUARY 22, 2017
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Meet-the-Math-Professor/239260
ELECTRONIC VOTING

​blackboxvoting.org
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www.thenation.com/article/house-republicans-just-voted-to-eliminate-the-only-federal-agency-that-makes-sure-voting-machines-cant-be-hacked​
IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENT

CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
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Getting Big Money Out of Politics and Restoring Democracy
berniesanders.com/issues/money-in-politics
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