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	Americans for Democratic Action - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) is an American political organization advocating liberal policies.
		The ADA's leaders considered communism (especially as practices in the Soviet Union) to be both morally wrong and a threat to the United States.
		The ADA is well-known for its rankings of legislators.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Americans_for_Democratic_Action (307 words)

	Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brady and his wife Sarah became leading advocates of gun control, education, and other actions to reduce the amount of gun violence in the United States.
		It handles civil suits and legal actions on behalf of victims and their families.
		Notable among its many activities, in 2004, the Legal Action Project obtained a $2.5 million settlement from Bull's Eye Shooter Supply in Tacoma, Washington and Bushmaster Firearms, Inc. of Windham, Maine for survivors and families of some of the victims killed during the Beltway sniper attacks in October 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brady_Center_to_Prevent_Gun_Violence (409 words)

	Archives Service Center - Finding Aids Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) is the nation's oldest independent liberal political organization, founded in 1947 by scholars and activists.
		Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) is the nation's oldest independent liberal politcal organization, founded in 1947 by scholars and activists.
		The mission of ADA is to organize, educate and work through political action, in accordance with Constitutional democratic principles, on the local, state and national levels.
	www.library.pitt.edu /guides/archives/finding-aids/ais7630.htm (593 words)

	Americans For Democratic Action and ADA Ed. Fund
		But, with your help, ADA is working harder than ever to change the path Bush/Cheney and their band of reactionary colleagues have sent us down.
		Your contribution today will be put to immediate action in pursuit of the goals we share so visit http://www.adaction.org/contribute.htm to help now.
		ADA periodically tracks important economic indicators that impact American's livelihoods.
	www.adaction.org /index.htm (454 words)

	Americans for Democratic Action Legislative Alert
		Now, however, they are trying to fool the public into thinking they are behaving responsibly by ignoring their own history and turning a blind eye to the successes of the Clinton Administration in lowering the deficit.
		ADA is working with one of the broadest legislative coalitions ever organized to oppose the BBA.
		ADA's analysis is that we can defeat the BBA, but that we must win public support.
	www.ombwatch.org /bba/ada.html (731 words)

	Americans for Democratic Action
		We in Americans for Democratic Action are, indeed, watching and so are others.
		It's not often we find ourselves in agreement with Senator Hagel whose lifetime ADA voting record is a resounding 10 but this time we do.
		Americans for Democratic Action urges the Senators to vote against confirming John Bolton as Ambassador to the United Nations
	www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/news2005/0309-11.htm (388 words)

	WHMC-St. Louis sl 45 AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION, ST. LOUIS CHAPTER,
		In 1947 liberal democrats organized the Americans for Democratic Action to seperate left-wing politics from Communist influence.
		As early as 1964 the Citizens for Liberal Action criticized the local ADA for requiring a loyalty oath and a clearance on members' "purity" from Communist influence.
		The bulk of the ADA records are from 1960 to 1969, during the term of chapter presdient, Jack Pierson.
	www.umsl.edu /~whmc/guides/whm0045.htm (584 words)

	Americans for Democratic Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Today, there is deep sense of outrage over the apparently rampant abuse of prisoners held by Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan.
		American abuse of prisoners should be soundly condemned.
		True leadership demands you rise with humility to express our nation's collective outrage, disappointment, and deep sorrow for the morally abject behavior of those who abused in the name of America.
	www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/news2004/0505-13.htm (217 words)

	DENIS WADLEY: An Inventory of His Minnesota ADA Files at the Minnesota Historical Society
		Denis Wadley was active in the revitalization of the Minnesota chapter of Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) in the late 1960s and served as its vice chairman for one year before being elected chairman at the age of 29 in 1969.
		Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) is the oldest independent liberal political organization in the United States.
		It was created in 1947 by leaders of the Union for Democratic Action (UDA), a liberal group that had been organized in 1941 to oppose fascism in the United States and abroad.
	www.mnhs.org /library/findaids/00543.html (1924 words)

	AtlanticBlog: Whatever happened to Americans for Democratic Action? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		At the Democratic grass roots, organizations such as Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) put the struggle against communism at the heart of a new liberal worldview.
		The ADA were hardly fans of Joe McCarthy (neither was Whittaker Chambers, for that matter), but to say the ADA was founded in response to anti-Communism is brazenly false.
		Sadly, the demise of the ADA is not recent.
	www.atlanticblog.com /archives/001781.html (952 words)

	Americans for Democratic Action
		Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) traces its founding to January 3, 1947, when a group of prominent liberals, including ER, gathered to form a broadly based and inclusive liberal political organization.
		Although the ADA sought to nominate a candidate other than Truman at the Democratic National Convention in 1948, it managed to retain good relations with the president upon his reelection.
		A bulwark of anti-racism and strongly in favor of expanded civil rights, the ADA took early liberal stands on a broad range of social, political, economic, and military issues, including American involvement in Vietnam, the environment, and abortion.
	www.nps.gov /elro/glossary/ada.htm (304 words)

	Finding Aid to the Personal Papers of Samuel H. Beer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Prior to his graduate studies, Beer was a staff member at the Democratic National Committee in Washington, DC (1935-36), followed by position as a reporter for the New York Post (1936-37), and later, a writer and researcher at Fortune (1937-38).
		This series is arranged alphabetically by subject and covers all of the basic administrative duties performed by the American for Democratic Action, including conventions and meetings.
		The various chapters of the Americans for Democratic Action that were active around the United States have been recorded here and arranged alphabetically by place name.
	www.cs.umb.edu /~rwhealan/jfk/fa_beer.html (920 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Americans for Democratic Action, politicians, Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		American Civil Liberties Union; Americans for Democratic Action;
		It is the Internet's most comprehensive source for American political biography, listing 138,150 politicians, living and dead.
		The coverage of the site includes certain federal officials, state officeholders and candidates in all 50 states, state and national political party officials, federal and state judges, and mayors (including candidates at election for mayor) of qualifying cities.
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/MN/ams-dem-action.html (654 words)

	USATODAY.com - Analysis: Congress now more polarized (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Amy Isaacs of Americans for Democratic Action said the divisions are so stark that voting records soon may become useless.
		The ADA and ACU, like many other interest groups, annually choose votes important to their supporters and then rate members of Congress on how often they support the organization's positions.
		Between 1992 and 2000, the American Conservative Union's average rating for all members of the House increased from 43 to 51.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2001-03-15-polarizedcongress.htm (713 words)

	MHS Americans for Democratic Action Records, 1949-1976 : Offsite Storage Inventory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Americans for Democratic Action records are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance.
		This collection consists of the records of the Massachusetts chapter of Americans for Democratic Action, 1949-76.
		Americans for Democratic Action records, Massachusetts Historical Society.
	www.masshist.org /findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0025 (252 words)

	Greater Washington Americans for Democratic Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Greater Washington chapter of Americans for Democratic Action,
		pressing issues, formulate policy, and decide on future actions.
		ADA is the nation’s oldest independent liberal political organization, dedicated
	hometown.aol.com /gwadaction/GWADAhome.html (242 words)

	Project Vote Smart - Senator Bingaman - Interest Group Ratings
		2000 On the votes that the Americans for the Arts considered to be the most important in 2000, Senator Bingaman voted their preferred position 100 percent of the time.
		2004 On the votes that the Americans for Tax Reform considered to be the most important in 2004, Senator Bingaman voted their preferred position 10 percent of the time.
		2003 On the votes that the Americans for Tax Reform considered to be the most important in 2003, Senator Bingaman voted their preferred position 5 percent of the time.
	vote-smart.org /issue_rating_category.php?can_id=S0621103&... (9240 words)

	09.13.02: The Real Difference Challenges ADA
		The ADA site criticizes the claim of Greens that the Democratic and Republican parties have largely converged on many major issues.
		"The ADA site says we claimed there was no difference at all between candidates Gore and Bush, which is not true, and then goes on to cherry-pick a few issues," said Jane Hunter, Vice Chair of the Green Party of NJ and candidate for Bound Brook Borough Council.
		"Democrats in San Francisco helped pass IRV [Instant Run-off Voting] there, which lets voters rank their choices, ensures that the winner of the election has the support of a voting majority, and welcomes the presence of third parties.
	www.gp.org /press/pr_09_13_02.html (692 words)

	NYPN Members: NEW YORK CITY AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION
		ADA is an independent liberal political organization, founded in 1947 and dedicated to promoting individual liberty and economic justice.
		We are dedicated to achieving a fair and just society using the tools of education and political action.
		NYC ADA is the local NYC Chapter, and reflects the liberal, labor agenda in New York City through its involvement in issues that affect quality of life for all New Yorkers.
	www.nypn.org /htm/Members/nyada/index.html (150 words)

	Americans for Democratic Action
		The American for Democratic Action (ADA) was established in 1947 as an organization to support the advance of liberal causes.
		In 1948 ADA selected civil rights as its main issue and tried to persuade the Democratic Party and the Republican Party to support civil rights legislation.
		However, membership of the American for Democratic Action continued to grow and reached 75,000 in the early 1970s.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USACada.htm (246 words)

	Joe Lieberman--2004 Presidential Candidate
		He served as chairman of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council from 1995 to early 2001, and in 1996 he helped found the New Democrat Network.
		At the same time, however, he has garnered several 95% scores in the annual voting records compiled by the liberal group Americans for Democratic Action, including in 2001, although from 1991-94 the group rated his "liberal quotient," based on 20 key votes, at 65%.
		Over the next 17 months Lieberman became one of the most visible Democrats on the national stage as he led the committee in addressing two of the central issues of the day: homeland security and corporate malfeasance.
	www.gwu.edu /~action/2004/lieberman.html (1160 words)

	Long Island NY Americans for Democratic Action LIADA
		Nassau County Legislator David Mejias was the invited guest at the June meeting of the Long Island Americans for Democratic Action.
		He is a member of the Farmingdale Rotary Club, the Order of the Sons of Italy in America, the National Jewish Democratic Council, Concerned Citizens Association of Farmingdale, the Greater Long Island Running Club, the Nassau County Women's Bar Association, and is an honorary board member of the American Jewish Committee's Long Island Chapter.
		is The Long Island Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action whose members live in Nassau and western Suffolk counties of New York State.
	www.liada.org (363 words)

	Eric Pfeiffer on Inauguration 2005 on National Review Online
		The Americans for Democratic Action counter-inaugural gala was held Thursday night in the Washington Court Hotel’s grand ballroom.
		The ADA claims 65,000 members and was founded in 1947 by Eleanor Roosevelt, Hubert Humphrey, John Kenneth Galbraith, and other "liberal luminaries." But the organization’s pamphlet first cites California Senator Barbara Boxer, who notes, "I believe the ADA understands what the people’s business is."
		The ADA crowd was an eclectic mix of individuals who, if not holding true to the tenets of multiculturalism, at least formed an odd bunch.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/pfeiffer200501210844.asp (912 words)

	Find in a Library: Americans for Democratic Action: its role in national politics.
		Find in a Library: Americans for Democratic Action: its role in national politics.
		Americans for Democratic Action: its role in national politics.
		WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/1677451a1ab5e550.html (74 words)

	civilrights.org -- Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005
		During that time, the members of the Congress have voted to give themselves salary increases of almost $30,000; but they refuse to give the working poor an increase a in the federal minimum wage.
		And, in spite of all the rhetoric from business interests who reflexively oppose increasing the minimum wage, never in the history of minimum wage increases - a period of 67 years - has anyone or any statistic been able to show economic damage from modest, periodic increases in the minimum wage.
		The Campaign for a Fair Minimum Wage, a project of Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), is a coalition of church, labor, and social welfare organizations whose public policy agendas include support for an overdue increase in the federal minimum wage.
	www.civilrights.org /issues/labor/details.cfm?id=34519 (469 words)

	Project Vote Smart - Americans for Democratic Action Ratings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		"ADA is America's oldest independent liberal lobbying organization.
		In the spirit of the New Deal and ADA founders Eleanor Roosevelt, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith, and former Senator and Vice President Hubert Humphrey ADA lobbies through coalition partnerships, through direct advocacy, and through the media.
		ADA's lobbying philosophy is based on democratic action - motivating our grassroots members to lobby their senators and representatives as constituent-advocates."
	www.vote-smart.org /issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=003455M (94 words)

	Rep. Dennis Kucinich-2004 Exploratory Candidate
		A little more than five months after 9-11, on February 17, 2002, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) delivered a speech, "A Prayer for America," to the Southern California chapter of Americans for Democratic Action.
		On October 10, 2002, he led 126 of 208 Democrats in voting against the Iraq war resolution.
		Kucinich is co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which is the largest caucus of Democrats in the House.
	www.gwu.edu /~action/2004/kucinich.html (755 words)

	An article on Education in NYC from Americans for Democratic Action \| The Daily Gotham
		This article is from Evie Rich, a board member of NYC Americans for Democratic Action and was written for their newsletter.
		She has asked me to disseminate it beyond the NYC ADA newsletter and I am happy to do so.
		African-Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans represent a whopping 85% of the student body.
	dailygotham.com /blog/mole333/an_article_on_education_in_nyc_from_americans_for_democratic_action (1998 words)

	CONGRESSIONAL REPORT CARDS - UPDATES HISTORY
		Americans United for Separation of Church and State (2005)
		American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (2003)
		American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (2002)
	www.vis.org /crc/updates.aspx (1073 words)

	Jim Jontz: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Embezzler runs housing agency Tuesday, October 19, 2004 PRESQUE ISLE - When the Presque Isle Housing Authority board hired the son of its director to be its accountant two years after he was convicted of embezzlement, not an eyebrow was raised.
		Trade Bits is a weekly publication by Jim Jontz, President of Americans for Democratic Action and member of Citizens Trade Campaign executive committee.
		Jim Jontz, executive director of the American Lands Alliance, forcefully argued that the Forest Service mission should be to restore the land, with a duly-elected Congress representing the people and overseeing the agency.
	www.zoominfo.com /people/jontz_jim_3794860.aspx (251 words)

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