September 29, 2010
Monday, October 4th is the last day to register to vote in Michigan. Still unregistered? Information about registering here. Don’t forget to vote Tuesday, November 2nd!

September 29, 2010
A new report from People For the American Way discusses the results of Citizens United. After Citizens United: A Look into the Pro-Corporate Players in American Politics examines the very real impact Citizens United v. FEC is having on the 2010 elections. Organizations old and new alike are benefitting from unlimited corporate money – absent disclosure.

September 29, 2010
This week, the Senate was supposed to vote on the “Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act,” which would have provided payroll tax relief to companies which hire employees domestically over the next three years. The bill would have also discouraged companies from sending jobs abroad by eliminating some of the tax benefits of offshore [...]

September 27, 2010
Would you be willing to click a link once a day for the next four days to help a great anti-war and pro-healthcare progressive groupsraise a quarter of million dollars? Michigan Citizen Action’s parent organization, USAction / True Majority asked us to help them and 15 other progressive nonprofits compete in an online fundraiser called “Pepsi Refresh [...]

September 22, 2010
On Tuesday, a defense bill that included the repeal of the controversial Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy was shot down by a 56-43 filibuster. The bill would have given the President authority to begin the process of removing the policy, which doesn’t allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. Originally crafted by [...]

September 20, 2010
From the Detroit Free Press: Poll: Michigan voters say leave retirement, Medicare alone “Michigan voters have some ideas about how to fix the nation’s fiscal solvency, but when it comes to raising the age for getting Social Security or Medicare, forget about it.“Nearly three-quarters of those who were surveyed last weekend in a Free Press/WXYZ-TV poll [...]

September 16, 2010
Michigan Citizen Action is proud to join the coalition to strengthen Social Security. We stand with the coalition behind these seven principles: 1) Social Security did not cause the federal deficit; its benefits should not be cut to reduce the deficit. 2) Social Security should not be privatized in whole or in part. 3) Social Security should not [...]

September 16, 2010
Michigan Citizen Action is joining with the National Women’s Law Center to advocate to protect tax paying middle class women and their families. Congress will soon decide which federal income tax provisions that expire at the end of this year should be renewed and which should be allowed to expire. These include tax cuts enacted in [...]

September 15, 2010
As soon as next week the Senate will begin debating a bill that will permanently extend the Bush era tax cuts for middle class Americans earning below $250,000/year. We must act now to ensure that members of Congress hear the voices of those who support a responsible tax policy. To this aim, Americans for Responsible Taxes [...]

September 13, 2010
Are you under twenty six and confused about the new healthcare law? Here’s a guide for you! Click here.