Change America Now (CAN)
Change America Now, nicknamed the CAN campaign, is a venture that American Family Voices is undertaking along with more than 40 of the nation’s other leading progressive organizations. We have come together in an effort to hold legislators and President Bush accountable, and push a progressive agenda. And with so many promises made over the last election cycle, this task has never been more important.
Working with the rest of the team on the CAN campaign, using every tool at our disposal, we’re going to put pressure on legislators to support the progressive 100 Hours Agenda that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has set out:
- Make college more affordable by cutting the interest rates for student loans in half
- Lower the cost of prescription drugs by directing Medicare to use its purchasing power to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies as part of Part D
- Repeal tax breaks and other multi-billion dollar subsidies for Big Oil and invest in alternative sources of energy
- Raise the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour
- ... And, that’s just the beginning!
For more information on the campaign, please visit
www.cancampaign.org.