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Health
Affordable health insurance: Let's get the best reform possible!
These next few weeks will be the most critical to the future of our health care. Leaders in both the House and Senate will combine their health reform bills into one final measure let's make sure we get the best bill possible!

Stop hospital infections nationwide!
Right now, Congress has a chance to pass common sense incentives to stop hospital infections nationwide--hospitals should foot the bill to treat preventable infections and report their infection rates to you.

Money
No charging until they change their ways!
Tell the credit card banks' top brass exactly what you think of the most recent round of rate increases, fees and new charges. Treating their best customers this way is hardly a sustainable business model in a fragile economy. Tell them what you think!
Financial crooks -- your time is over!
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.

Food
No more delays on food safety!
It's been one year since nine people died and hundreds more were horribly sickened by a salmonella outbreak in peanut products. Yet we still have the same, outdated federal foods safety laws on our books.

Media & Telecommunications
Comcast owning NBC? From bad to worse!
Think Conan and Jay have it rough? How about the nation's largest cable company controlling the same network that gives us NFL Football, Saturday Night Live and the Olympics?
Give us a fair shake on our wireless!
It's bad enough companies lock most popular wireless devices to their own service plans meaning your phone is effectively worthless if you want to leave for a better deal.
Free your Phone!
If you own a cell phone or wireless device, you're being held hostage by the giant telecom companies.
Stop the anti-competitive practices!
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?

Other
Tell Congress--don't block my email!
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 and EricKim 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
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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