Last Wednesday, Organizing for America kicked off a ten city bus tour to help bring attention to the work that’s been going on all month in the fight for health insurance reform. Since then the bus has traveled from Phoenix to Des Moines, and thousands of Americans have come out to demand insurance reform now
President Obama remembers the "Lion of the Senate" at the funeral mass of Senator Ted Kennedy:
Earlier tonight, OFA Deputy Director Jeremy Bird sent in this report from the road .
The President just finished his eulogy of his dear friend and colleague, Senator Edward M. Kenendy.
Connie, a senior and a volunteer with Organizing for America in Florida, sent out an email to fellow seniors yesterday to help set the record straight on some of the rumors and mistruths that have been circulating about health insurance reform: Special interests and insurance companies are spreading lies and trying to scare seniors into opposing health reform that will help us — just so they can protect their own profits.
From Arizona Central : A bus sporting the familiar red, white and blue logo of President Barack Obama’s campaign debuted in central Phoenix on Wednesday evening on the vanguard of a Democratic counteroffensive in support of health-care reform.
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die." — Senator Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009 Late last night, Senator Ted Kennedy passed away at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with cancer.
President Obama is scheduled to speak live from Martha’s Vineyard at 9:30 a.m. Eastern on the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy
Early this morning, following the news that Senator Ted Kennedy had passed away late last night after a long battle with brain cancer, President Obama released the following statement: "Michelle and I were heartbroken to learn this morning of the death of our dear friend, Senator Ted Kennedy.
For weeks now, volunteers have joined Organizing for America staff at events all across the country to organize for health insurance reform. They’ve knocked on doors, made calls, and put out the message that reform is the only way to ensure that all Americans have quality, affordable healthcare. They’ve also fought the lies and distortions that are being spread about reform, helping to set the record straight with their friends and neighbors