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Some progressive groups are concerned that Puerto Rico is being left behind on the 2020 campaign trail, with the sprawling field of Democratic candidates not actively addressing issues the island continues to grapple with mdash; including stalled hurricane recovery efforts, a prolonged fiscal crisis and what many believehas been more than 120 years of colonial treatment.With other issues like health care, immigration, climate change and gun control dominating the discourse among White House h stanley cup opefuls, a coalition of more than 50 Puerto Rican and Latino advocacy organizations are ramping up efforts to make sure the pressing problems faced by the U.S. territory mdash; home to 3.2 million American citizens mdash; don t get lost in the national conversation as next year s presidential election approaches.Erica Gonzaacute;lez, the director of the group spearheading the campaign stanley thermos , Power 4 Puerto Rico, said the objective is to ensure the island, which is still recovering from two powerful storms in 2017, becomes a staple issue in election cycles. In the same way the programs and policy platforms are put out about jobs or education or immigration, we want to see the level of presentation in terms of a cohesive and comprehensive set of policies that are going to address issues for Puerto Rico pre- and post-Hurricane Mariacute;a, Gonzaacute;lez told CBS News.Some of the groups in th stanley cup e coalition include the Latino Victory Project, the National Vvhb Revelations in memo might complicate effort to undermine Mueller probe
By The Politico s Ryan GrimSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev. tra stanley quencher veled to New York on Monday and huddled with leaders of the anti-Iraq-war movement, his latest effort to reassure this increasingly restive group that Democrats are doing everything they can to end the war.Reid s session, which was not publicly disclosed, comes as he and other congressional leaders are trying to maneuver between two conflicting political goals: enlisting enough support from Republican lawmakers to force the Bush administration to change its strategy, without compromising so much that anti-war activists will complain of a sell-out.In the Monday session, according to several people who were either present or briefed by attendees, Reid tried to explain his limitations and pleaded with anti-war leade stanley cup rs to keep their energies focused on Republicans, not Democrats. stanley termoska The Reid mission reflected the paradox bedeviling the anti-war movement. It is powerful enough to command constant care and feeding by the Democratic Party s presidential candidates and congressional leaders. But so far it has proven largely impotent in forcing policy changes.What s more, five years after the congressional vote authorizing Bush s march to war, opponents still have had only mixed success in mobilizing a mass protest movement. Impatience rising, some activists are urging that Democrats who are not aggressive enough in confronting Bush on Iraq themselves be challenged with
Some progressive groups are concerned that Puerto Rico is being left behind on the 2020 campaign trail, with the sprawling field of Democratic candidates not actively addressing issues the island continues to grapple with mdash; including stalled hurricane recovery efforts, a prolonged fiscal crisis and what many believehas been more than 120 years of colonial treatment.With other issues like health care, immigration, climate change and gun control dominating the discourse among White House h stanley cup opefuls, a coalition of more than 50 Puerto Rican and Latino advocacy organizations are ramping up efforts to make sure the pressing problems faced by the U.S. territory mdash; home to 3.2 million American citizens mdash; don t get lost in the national conversation as next year s presidential election approaches.Erica Gonzaacute;lez, the director of the group spearheading the campaign stanley thermos , Power 4 Puerto Rico, said the objective is to ensure the island, which is still recovering from two powerful storms in 2017, becomes a staple issue in election cycles. In the same way the programs and policy platforms are put out about jobs or education or immigration, we want to see the level of presentation in terms of a cohesive and comprehensive set of policies that are going to address issues for Puerto Rico pre- and post-Hurricane Mariacute;a, Gonzaacute;lez told CBS News.Some of the groups in th stanley cup e coalition include the Latino Victory Project, the National Vvhb Revelations in memo might complicate effort to undermine Mueller probe
By The Politico s Ryan GrimSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev. tra stanley quencher veled to New York on Monday and huddled with leaders of the anti-Iraq-war movement, his latest effort to reassure this increasingly restive group that Democrats are doing everything they can to end the war.Reid s session, which was not publicly disclosed, comes as he and other congressional leaders are trying to maneuver between two conflicting political goals: enlisting enough support from Republican lawmakers to force the Bush administration to change its strategy, without compromising so much that anti-war activists will complain of a sell-out.In the Monday session, according to several people who were either present or briefed by attendees, Reid tried to explain his limitations and pleaded with anti-war leade stanley cup rs to keep their energies focused on Republicans, not Democrats. stanley termoska The Reid mission reflected the paradox bedeviling the anti-war movement. It is powerful enough to command constant care and feeding by the Democratic Party s presidential candidates and congressional leaders. But so far it has proven largely impotent in forcing policy changes.What s more, five years after the congressional vote authorizing Bush s march to war, opponents still have had only mixed success in mobilizing a mass protest movement. Impatience rising, some activists are urging that Democrats who are not aggressive enough in confronting Bush on Iraq themselves be challenged with
