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The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is an international collection of autonomous community-based organizations that advocates for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues.
In immediate response to the 2009 video controversy, the United States House and Senate, by wide margins, attached amendments to pending spending legislation that would temporarily prohibit the federal government from funding ACORN, or any agency that had been involved in similar scandals — including money authorized by previous legislation.
People for the American Way (PFAW / ˈ p f ɔː /) is a progressive advocacy group in the United States. [5] Organized as a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization, PFAW was registered in 1981 by the television producer Norman Lear , [ 6 ] a self-described liberal [ 7 ] who founded the organization in 1980 to challenge the Christian right agenda of ...
Common Cause is a watchdog group based in Washington, D.C., with chapters in 35 states.It was founded in 1970 by John W. Gardner, a Republican, who was the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the administration of President Lyndon Johnson as well as chair of the National Urban Coalition, an advocacy group for minorities and the working poor in urban areas. [1]
Political advocacy groups in the United States by political party (4 C) + Political advocacy groups in Puerto Rico (1 C, 7 P) 0–9. 527 organizations (1 C, 47 P) D.
Here are the major focus points of the AFPI’s plan that could end up becoming government policy. The Economy. Increasing pressure on the Federal Reserve, isolating the United States economy ...
A top immigration advocacy group announced on Tuesday a new political arm to highlight the human consequences of the incoming Trump administration’s immigration enforcement plans. The ...
Women's political advocacy groups in the United States (7 C, 67 P) This page was last edited on 8 June 2022, at 15:07 (UTC). Text is ...