Nancy Pelosi, our history-making new Speaker of the House, is hoping to start off big with her "100 Hours Agenda." The agenda includes a number of important progressive proposals, including cutting oil subsidies to invest in clean energy, getting cheaper prescription drugs for seniors, and raising the minimum wage.

Some of the specifics:

• Good Government: Cutting off lobbyist gifts and restoring fairness and transparency in the way laws are passed
  
• Fiscal Responsibility: No more recklessly driving up the national debt
  
• National Security: Implement all of the 9/11 commission security recommendations
  
• Fighting Poverty: Increase minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, helping 15 million working families
  
• Health Research: Increased funding and availability for stem cell research
  
• Access to Education: Cut interest on federal student loans in half
  
• Clean Energy: Cut oil company subsidies and invest in safe alternatives
  

Naturally, the big drug companies, oil companies, and business lobbies are fighting hard to stop her.

MoveOn has started a petition to Congress so we can show our representatives we're ready for some real progress, and they should act quickly to pass the 100 Hours Agenda. Isaac Bonewits, Pagan community leader, author and founder of Spells for Democracy, has sent an appeal to our group asking that we support the effort.

The total signature count and some of our comments will be read aloud on the floor of Congress during the upcoming debate on the Agenda, so the more signatures the petition gets, the louder our voice will be. When I signed the petition, they were getting very close to achieving the goal of 175,000. Let's put them over the top!

Join me in supporting the 100 Hours Agenda by signing the petition today!

Posted by Angela-Eloise at 11:25 AM