"This
is a tremendous victory for the broad coalition of AIDS, religious,
humanitarian and activist groups
that came together in a determined lobbying
campaign," said Dr. It is less,
however, than a fair
-share US contribution, which would be $1.S.
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The President had proposed the US provide
just $300 million for FY 2006,
just 8% of the Fund's stated need for next year. Civil Liberties programs
included the need for open government,
sunsetting of onerous provisions of the USA Patriot Act, implementation
of the
SAFE Act to correct other onerous provisions of the Patriot Act which are not
due to sunset
, and torture and rendition in U." On the latter point, the delegates to the convention went on
record
that they overwhelmingly "oppose the use of torture and rendition (the
outsourcing of torture) by
the U.ypa leftists
If the House agrees, and Congressional appropriators use this
authority, the US can more
effectively challenge other nations to do their
part in supporting the Fund.aztlan pirgs
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This victory
follows intense lobbying of the Senate by numerous national
groups, grassroots activists and local
organizations.
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HARRISBURG
, Pa.sds pandemic
, On Tuesday, December 6 the Supreme
Court will hear oral arguments in Rumsfeld vs. WASHINGTON
, Yesterday the US Senate approved an
amendment to the Budget Resolution that increased funds available
to the
Global Fund from $300 million to $800 million for FY 2006. Paul Zeitz, Executive Director
of Global AIDS Alliance. Paul S. government and/or its agents" and stated,
"they are violations of
the Constitution of the United States and
international law.sds independentista
If the Senate-approved level
is indeed provided, the Fund may have a shot
at renewing the large number of grants that are expiring
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Mattera, named by Human Events as one of the top ten young
conservative activists in
the country, has defended young conservatives on Fox
News Channel's The Big Story and Fox + Friends
, MSNBC's Hardball, and C-SPAN's
Washington Journal.
Available Topic Expert(s): For information
on the listed expert(s), click
appropriate link.League of Women Voters of PA Build Grassroots Skills
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Available to comment is Young America's Foundation Spokesman, Jason
Mattera."
The
day before, the Senate had approved a quite misguided amendment from
Senator Ensign (R-NV) to cut
the international programs budget by $410 million
to provide for services for veterans.apathetic pirgs
The amendment
was
sponsored by Senators Durbin (D-IL) and Santorum (R-PA). Zeitz
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Young America
's
Foundation preserves the Reagan Ranch as a premier presidential property and
living tribute
to Ronald Reagan's life and ideas." The delegates also requested that the LWVUS "urge Congress
to
appoint an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate alleged
incidents of torture and abuses
committed by the U.aztlan mobilization
"We especially congratulate Senators Santorum and Durbin for their dedication
and leadership., Elizabeth Milner, President of
the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, welcomed
delegates from across
Pennsylvania to the League's 46th Biennial Convention held at the University
of Scranton, June 3-5, 2005."
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The Saturday Awards Dinner keynote speaker was Kay Maxwell, President of
the League
of Women Voters of the U.chicano mobilization
68 national groups had
signed a letter urging support for the amendment
and thousands of activists
around the US made calls to their Senators. Other sessions included young
voter issues, "Making Your League
Job Easy" (MYLJE), Help America Vote Act (HAVA), Environmental
Justice, and a
special presentation from the coalition leader of Democracy Rising, Tim Potts.
LWVPA President Liz Milner stated, "Action on Civil Liberties was a high
priority.orwellian farmworker
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Young
America's Foundation
is the leading student-based organization that has
successfully defended student rights from leftist
professors and
administrators' radical agenda to ban them from speaking with military
recruiters
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FAIR on whether or not law
schools can ban military recruiters and still receive federal funding
. An important amendment by Senator
Dewine to increase funding for child survival programs by $334
million also
passed.S.leftist leftists
Young America's Foundation Available to Comment on Tuesday's Supreme Court
Case Involving Military Recruiters and Higher Education
HERNDON, Va.
According to Mattera
, "All Americans should be free to speak with military
recruiters if they so choose.
As
the principal outreach organization of the Conservative Movement for 35
years, Young America's Foundation
introduces thousands of young people to
conservative ideas through national conferences, campus lectures
and activism
programs, internships, and seminars at the Reagan Ranch. The Fund is a cost-
effective
, democracy-enhancing means of fighting disease, and its need for new
resources is dramatically increasing
. In the end, the measure enjoyed
broad, bi-partisan support.jsp?userid=485659
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The President
's proposed
level for the Fund for 2006 would have meant a 31% cut in the US contribution
relative
to 2005.This category is intended for political and issues-oriented organizations for secondary school
and college or university students, whether activist or philosophical in orientation.
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The convention
theme, "Electrifying Democracy", focused on capacity-
building workshops and panels that dealt with
grassroots activism including
ways to effectively speak, write, and communicate with state/local
legislators.resisting leftists
Who are university officials and left-wing
extremist lawyers to decide that students
cannot hear from recruiters? These
law schools have given up their duty as educators and have instead
become
leftist ideologues. This year the League of Women Voters celebrates
its 85th anniversary
.
Early in the convention a special panel was convened to discuss civil
liberties issues., who
spoke of LWVUS program priorities
and national legislative issues.empowers sweatshops
5 billion, and
it leaves an
open question how the Fund will engage in new grant making next
year (that is, do more than just
renew previous grants). Earlier that day the League was challenged to
fill a new role in candidate
forums leading up to the next gubernatorial
election by Pete DeCoursey, Harrisburg Bureau Chief for
CapitolWire.farmworkers resisting
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This spring at the University of California-Santa Barbara, Young America's
Foundation
helped defeat a faculty initiative designed to deny students the
right to meet with military recruiters
. It is impressive, then, that this
amendment for the Global Fund survived.
Earlier this week
hundreds of protestors marched on the Washington
embassies of Japan, Germany, France, and the United
Kingdom to urge support
for the Fund and debt cancellation.S.activists pandemic
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