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Health:
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Health care reform begins TOMORROW
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Some in Congress are now saying we should settle for a health reform plan pushed by the giant insurance corporations. The companies promise not to deny anyone coverage, as long as everyone is required to buy insurance from them.
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Money:
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Financial crooks -- your time is over!
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Our laws ensure automobiles are safe, toys aren't dangerous, and medications do what they're supposed to. But when it comes to financial products home mortgages, credit cards and payday loans it's the Wild, Wild West.
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Food:
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Cookie dough, peanut butter What's next?
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A deadly bacteria usually found in raw hamburger just prompted a massive recall of Nestle Toll-House cookie dough. This outbreak comes on the heels of contaminated peanut butter, pistachios, peppers and spinach.
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Media & Telecommunications:
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Free your Phone!
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If you own a cell phone or wireless device, you're being held hostage by the giant telecom companies.
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Stop text-message price gouging
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Sending a text message takes less data than any other wireless service. So why are the companies charging us about 500 times more for the equivalent of a minute's worth of text messaging than a minute-long phone call.
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Stop the anti-competitive practices!
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Most cell phone providers lock you into one or two year contracts with a hefty early termination fee, allowing little leeway for moving, job change, or just plain poor service that may call for wanting a new cell phone provider. Are you fed up?
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Other:
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Tell Congress--don't block my email!
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You elected them! They represent you! Yet some lawmakers don't want to hear from you anymore and have set up technology to block your messages! They say your messages are spam.
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Success Stories:
 Kim Witczak and Eric Swan have met with Governor Pawlenty and Rep. Jim Ramstad of Minnesota, who became a joint co-sponsor of drug safety legislation in the House. As our online activists put in the call for drug safety legislation in Minnesota, Kim and Eric will be there to reinforce the message with their personal testimony and dedication.
 Dick Lambert of Roseville, MN contacted the Financial Privacy Now (FPN) campaign to further educate and encourage members in his community to become aware of issues outside Roseville. Aside from contacting a local AARP and legislators, Dick posted information on the Minnesota security freeze bill on the Roseville Citizens League webpage to get out the word and generate more support on the bill. His web and political savviness helped to invigorate what started off as a bill with limited protections to one of the best security freeze laws in the nation!
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