Rep Ed Markey on Congress & Climate Change - HIGHLIGHTS

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The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports clearly indicate the need for urgent action to reduce the dangerous build-up of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere. With the international community moving forward on the next climate change agreement and states and cities in the United States taking steps to reduce global warming pollution, national action is overdue. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee discussed his views on federal climate policy and announced new legislation called iCAP. Markey has spent over 30 years in the House of Representatives developing progressive energy and environmental policies, including the increase in fuel economy standards that became law in December as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act

Rep Edward Markey on the Future of Climate Change Legislation iCAP

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The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports clearly indicate the need for urgent action to reduce the dangerous build-up of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere. With the international community moving forward on the next climate change agreement and states and cities in the United States taking steps to reduce global warming pollution, national action is overdue.

Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee discussed  his views on federal climate policy and announced new legislation called iCAP.

Markey has spent over 30 years in the House of Representatives developing progressive energy and environmental policies, including the increase in fuel economy standards that became law in December as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act.

Is the Housing Crisis Over? ASK THE EXPERT

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http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/helping_homeowners.html Andrew Jakabovics of the Center for American Progress sits down with our cameras for this latest installment in CAP's ASK THE EXPERT SERIES to answer these questions: Is the housing crisis over? What does the congressional legislation do and will it help? And what's left to be done?

ThinkProgress.org

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http://thinkprogress.org/ Think Progress is a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The Center for American Progress Action Fund is a nonpartisan organization. With the blog, CAPAF seeks to provide a forum that advances progressive ideas and policies. ThinkProgress was voted Best Liberal Blog in the 2006 Weblog Awards. It was also named best blog of 2008 by The Sidney Hillman Foundation, receiving an award for journalism excellence.

The Crisis In Myanmar (Burma) - ASK THE EXPERT - Sally Steenland

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Why should the United States and international community help the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar? What are our options given the principles of national sovereignty? And does the United States have anything to gain from humanitarian intervention in Myanmar?

Sen Joe Biden -- The Progressive Vision for US Foreign Policy

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http://www.americanprogressaction.org/events/2008/senbiden.html 

Last week, Senator John McCain laid out what he hopes to achieve with his foreign policy by 2013without a single sentence on how he expects to actually get there.  In a speech and Q&A session at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joe Biden will challenge in detailand offer a progressive alternative toSen. McCains foreign policy ideas.

Senator Chuck Hagel on the Future of US National Security - Center for American Progress

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http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2008/05/senatorhagel.html

Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) visited the Center for American Progress to discuss the national security challenges facing the next American President.

Lawless Lands in Pakistan - Safe Havens for al Queda

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http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/terrorism Caroline Wadhams of the Center for American Progress discusses the lawless lands in Pakistan's frontier areas, lands where al Queda have regrouped and use as their operational base. THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS America at its best. That's Progressive

Congress Gives Stem Cells Another Shot -ASK THE EXPERT- Jonathan Moreno

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http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/moreno_video.html Jonathan Moreno of the Center for American Progress talks about a why the new effort in Congress to lift the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research is vital to move research forward.

Cut Poverty By 50% in 10 Years - www.HalfInTen.org

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http://www.halfinten.org/index.html Half in Ten plans to reduce poverty in the United States by 50 percent within 10 years. Under the leadership of Senator John Edwards, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAPAF), the Coalition on Human Needs (CHN), and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), have joined forces on the campaign to: (1) Elevate and sustain a focus on the situations facing the poor and middle class today (2) Build and strengthen an effective constituency to demand legislative action on poverty and economic mobility (3) Advance specific legislative and policy proposals that will deliver real benefits to struggling American families For more information on how to reduce poverty in America, see From Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half by the Center for American Progress Task Force on Poverty.

Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb) on Security & the Next President

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http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/hagel_event.html HIGHLIGHTS of Sen. Chuck Hagel's (R-Nebraska) remarks at the Center for American Progress on the security challenages facing the next American President. www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org

Center for American Progress - America at its Best, That's Progressive.

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http://www.americanprogress.org/ The Center for American Progress is a think tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action. We combine bold policy ideas with a modern communications platform to help shape the national debate, expose the hollowness of conservative governing philosophy, and challenge the media to cover the issues that truly matter. Our work builds upon progressive ideals put forth by such leaders as Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, JFK, and Martin Luther King. We draw from the great social movements of the 20th centuryfrom labor rights and worker safety, to civil rights and women's suffrage. We translate those values into new ideas and action firmly rooted in the economic and political realities of the 21st century. Founded in 2003, CAP is headed by John D. Podesta, former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton CAP is designed to provide long-term leadership and support to the progressive movement. Our ability to develop thoughtful policy proposals and engage in the war of ideas with conservatives is unique and effective.

Gas Prices - How Are They Affecting YOU?

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http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/domestic/energy/ The Center for American Progress went out on the streets of Washington DC to ask people about how the rising cost of gasoline is affecting their lives. Who is thinking about the lives of everyday Americans? WE ARE. The Center for American Progress www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org