Obama to urge backers to pressure Congress in August~

[sheshe2]

USA Today: Members of Congress will be in recess in August, but President Obama wants to make sure they hear from his supporters.

A pro-Obama organization said Friday that Obama will address an “Action August” summit designed “to plan for and discuss the action we will be taking during the August congressional recess in order to ensure that the voice of the people is heard and that Members of Congress are held accountable by those they represent.”

Organizing for Action said Obama will speak July 22 at “a working dinner with grass-roots leaders, volunteers, OFA founding members, campaign alumni and OFA staff to thank them for everything they are doing, but also to reaffirm that there is still so much left to do.”

Among the issues that OFA and Obama are pushing: an immigration bill, gun-control legislation and a new budget deal with higher taxes on the wealthy.

Thanks to Chips at The Obama Diary~
http://theobamadiary.com/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/06/21/obama-organizing-for-action-summit/2447121/

Kick! For Organizing For Action!
BOG

******************* FYI This is posted in The Barack Obama Group! ****************

[sheshe2]

1. Kick!

[Andy823]

5. K&R nt

[Cha]

3. This is Excellent News, she! OFA isn't waiting around for the obstructionists

in Congress to not do their jobs. Enacting Sensible Gun Laws is not going away..



Found @ http://theobamadiary.com/2013/06/22/rise-and-shine-534/

Mahalo she

BOG

[We People]

4. K&R

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[Andy823]

6. It's time to get the facts out

All the right wing fake "scandals" are taking attention away from the real issues. Gun control, immigration, the farm bill, etc. It's time to make republicans defend their actions, or should I say lack of any action in congress. Democrats in congress need to get out the facts, and the sooner the better!

[sheshe2]

7. Exactly, Andy!

Facts matter and it does need to be said!

Loud and Clear.

We need these issues to take precedent over the "scandals"!

[freshwest]

10. Real issues for real people, not the media celebrity cases. American Idol, no, it ain't.

[LeftInTX]

8. Kick!

[IrishAyes]

9. This will make August bearable for me.

Normally it's all I can do to survive that hottest of months, spending it as I must with my arms wrapped tightly around the A/C. I even have a freestanding backup portable A/C in case the main unit croaks. I would croak w/o it. Don't care if icicles hang from my ears in January, but I can't take the heat and don't enjoy being confined indoors so much during August.

I probably wouldn't handle prison very well.