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Handful of Colorado Lawmakers Stonewall Civil Unions Bill
May 17, 2012

Colorado State Rep. Don Coram voted against allowing a same-sex civil unions bill to exit his committee Monday, cutting short growing bipartisan efforts to push the bill through that were speculated to succeed— and refusing the one legislative request his gay son has ever made.

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Colorado’s “Driving-While-High” Bill Goes Up in Smoke; Arizona Passes Bill to Allow “Religio
May 17, 2012

 

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#DontDoubleMyRate: Tweet Your Senators
May 16, 2012

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#DontDoubleMyRate State-By-State Social Media Guides
May 16, 2012

#DontDoubleMyRate Social Media Toolkit  

Click through to social media guides for these strategic states:

Alaska

Florida

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Youth Activists Tell Senate to Stand With Students; Senate Sits This One Out
May 16, 2012

With a rallying cry of “Don’t double my rate,” a broad coalition of student debt activists and youth-advocacy groups like the Young Invincibles, The United States Students Association (USSA), U.S. Public Interest Research Groups, and Campus Progress descended on Capitol Hill hours before the Senate took a vote to consider a Democrat-crafted bill that would prevent the Stafford loan interest rate from doubling in July.

Despite the young activist effort, 45 Republicans voted to block cloture—putting close to 8 million young Americans in rate hike limbo.

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Youth Activists Tell Senate to Stand With Students; Senate Sits This One Out
May 15, 2012

With a rallying cry of “Don’t double my rate,” a broad coalition of student debt activists, and youth-advocacy groups like the Young Invincibles, The United States Students Association (USSA), U.S. Public Interest Research Groups and Campus Progress descended on Capitol Hill hours before the Senate took a vote to consider a Democrat-crafted bill that would prevent the Stafford loan interest rate from doubling in July.

Despite the young activist effort, 45 Republicans voted to block cloture—putting close to 8 million young Americans in rate hike limbo.

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Cartoon: It’s Unnatural
May 15, 2012

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Take Congress on a #DontDoubleMyRate Date
May 15, 2012

This week, Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would have prevented student loan interest rates from doubling for more than 7 million young Americans. Hundreds of students and families told Congress "#DontDoubleMyRate," but Congress isn't listening.

Make sure Congress hears the message of affordable education. Sign up below to take action and have a heart-to-heart with Congress online or in your community.

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#CPNC12 Speaker Poll
May 15, 2012

Each year the Campus Progress National Conference has amazing speakers ranging from President Obama to Ryan Gosling. So, Campus Progress wants to know, who would you most want to see at this year's conference?

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VIDEO: President Obama’s Announcement and What’s Next for Marriage Equality
May 10, 2012

Center for American Progress Executive Vice President Winnie Stachelberg discusses President Barack Obama's historic announcement in support of marriage equality and explains how he is in line with public opinion on the issue.

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