How the Democrats won back the House

November 7, 2018 Democrat, Donald Trump, health care, News, Paul Ryan, politics, resistance

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Activists went all out to save Obamacare. Now they’re fighting for opioid recovery funds.

November 13, 2017 health, health care, News, resistance

It’s Phil Krauss’ first time protesting on Capitol Hill. He’s an advocate who kicked heroin three years ago when he was 32 years old.He’s new to organizing but he’s surrounded by veterans, many who were just at the Russell Senate Office Building two months ago trying to save the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

About 50 activists — affiliated with a host of grassroots organizations — met for the first time Monday in Washington, D....

GOP senators woke up to Trumpcare protests outside their homes this morning

July 25, 2017 Health Care Reform, politics, resistance, trumpcare

It’s never too early to contact your senator.CREDIT: Amanda Gomez/ThinkProgress
The call went out Monday night, summoning health activists to gather at 5:30 a.m. the next morning at a local Washington D.C. church. They were going to bus to the home of two Senate Republicans and tell them why they adamantly opposed the GOP health care bills.
This was not their first health care protest; many were...