http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/senator-vitter 2008-10-10T18:50:07Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/20534-join-new-orleans-residents-dec-10-as-they-fight-for-public-housing 2008-10-10T18:50:07Z lachinanegra <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xCldXCunzBA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xCldXCunzBA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/20534-join-new-orleans-residents-dec-10-as-they-fight-for-public-housing"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/20243" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Tuesday before Thanksgiving a group of activists gathered in Metairie, Louisiana to hand deliver over 122,000 signatures in support of Senate Bill 1668, the Gulf Coast Recovery Bill, to Senator David Vitter&#39;s office.&nbsp; Senator Vitter has and continues to be a major roadblock to the passage of this bill which has built in legislation for public housing in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.moveon.org/">Moveon.org</a>, <a href="http://www.bravenewfoundation.org/">Brave New Foundation</a> and <a href="http://www.colorofchange.org/">Color of Change</a> collected these signatures over the past couple of months to help urge our US Senators to vote passage of this bill.&nbsp; Many of these same activists have also been working to block the demolition of the public housing units in New Orleans--&nbsp; over 4,000 housing units will be demolished to make way for the development of mixed income housing of which only 700 units will be for low income residents.</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/20534-join-new-orleans-residents-dec-10-as-they-fight-for-public-housing">Continue reading</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/20532-hand-delivery-of-petitions-to-senator-vitter-s-office 2008-03-22T21:54:46Z jimmiller <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="http://www.bravenewfoundation.org">www.bravenewfoundation.org</a> Just before the 2007 Thanksgiving holiday, a group of activists gathered to hand deliver over 122,000 signatures in support of Senate Bill 1668-- The Gulf Coast Recovery Act. Senator Vitter has been holding up the vote and these signatures will hopefully urge him to support the bill. Signatures were collected by <a href="http://www.Moveon.org">www.Moveon.org</a> , <a href="http://Bravenewfoundation.org">Bravenewfoundation.org</a> and <a href="http://www.colorofchange.org">www.colorofchange.org</a> </p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/11565-headzup-bill-o-reilly-on-senator-craig-s-resignation 2008-07-09T18:09:27Z headzup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aJOwIqjfJO0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aJOwIqjfJO0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/11565-headzup-bill-o-reilly-on-senator-craig-s-resignation"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/11679" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Bill O'Reilly takes us to the No Spin Zone on Senator Larry Craig's resignation.</p> <p>Want to understand the falafal? Click here-- <br />http://falafelfactor.blogspot.com/</p> <p>Download daily Catch and Release Comedy&trade; political cartoons to your mobile phone or iPod at <a href="http://www.headzup.tv">www.headzup.tv</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/11565-headzup-bill-o-reilly-on-senator-craig-s-resignation">Watch the video</a>