As people who have become active in the past decade or so, we get tons of email from various organizations asking us to sign this petition or fax that senator, not to mention the constant “send $10” requests. In some cases, we even sign this, or send that if the request strikes us so.

Follow below the fold for some of the progressive solicitations we’ve actually responded to recently including supporting the Clean Air Act and accuracy in history textbooks.  

• Oppose a Border-Only Immigration Bill – Reform Immigration for America is running a campaign against a proposed “border only” Republican immigration bill. Reinforcing the border without addressing the millions of Americans here without documentation is not reform, it’s reaction. We need to make sure Sen. Webb is on the right side of this legislation and votes against it.
• Say No to ahistorical, anti-science textbooks rewritten by the Texas State Board of Education – Texas reviews and adapts textbook standards for the major subjects every six years, and because of the size of the state’s market, textbook publishers often print books consistent with the Texas standards. However, the Texas State Board of Education is an elected body currently dominated by the Religious Right and intent on rewriting textbooks according to a right-wing world view and revisionist history. Send a message to those publishers.
• Ask Senator Webb to support Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal in the defense bill mark up – Mark up starts Wednesday. We need one vote to make this happen – his. The time for study is over. This has been studied to death already, and it’s past time that all Americans who want to serve this country be able to do so honestly and openly. Better yet: Call him at 202.224.3121.
• Support the Clean Air Act – Sen. Murkowski is proposing a resolution that would eliminate the EPAs authority to regulate certain greenhouse gases. Our Senators are especially vulnerable on this issue, as they represent a coal-producing state. They need to know that there are Virginia voters who like clean air more than coal.