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MoveOn.org is a left-leaning political advocacy group. It endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination.

Recent statements involving MoveOn.org

Senators who have accepted millions in campaign contributions from the financial industry voted against allowing bankruptcy judges to modify home mortgages.

"(Palin) supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000."

John McCain, "one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires," says the solution to the housing crisis is for people to get a "second job" and "skip their vacations."

McCain "voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban."

McCain sought the political support of minister John Hagee, "who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church 'the Antichrist' and a 'false cult.'"

Recent stories featuring MoveOn.org

MoveOn Takes Up Cram-Down:

The Senate voted down new rules to help homeowners in bankruptcy. MoveOn says the naysayers got millions in campaign money from the finance industry.

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