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PETA targets Coach on Facebook
Anti-fur activists tried to stage a sit-in on the leather goods company's profile, but Coach censored them.
Two bills currently in Congress would provide further federal protection for puppies.
Hunger strikes and candelight vigils are among the tactics planned by activists holding rallies in D.C. this weekend.
Roundup: Gun rights draw thousands
More than 10,000 people went to a National Rifle Association event in North Carolina this weekend.
Who protests the most in D.C.?
An animal-rights group holds a demonstration nearly every day on D.C. streets, but this isn't humdrum activism.
Abortion, union rights on protesters' minds
Health care wasn't the only issue that brought activists to Washington, D.C., this winter.
Action alerts from advocacy organizations
Florida: HB 997 Passes Second Committee onto Third!
Your help needed TODAY to Save Florida dogs!
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The Beat: How Government Works
In this episode of "The Beat," we talk with Roll Call Associate Editor Paul Singer about a new project exploring the behind-the-scenes work that makes government function.
The Beat: Defense
Congress.org editor Ryan Teague Beckwith and CQ defense reporter John Donnelly discuss the latest in defense news.
Alerts from Groups and Organizations 
Urge Congress to Extend the Lautenberg Amendment
by Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society on August 3
Help Eliminate the Disparity in Coverage for Chemotherapy
by International Myeloma Foundation on August 3
Faces of the Famine
by International Rescue Committee on August 2
Great News! National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week 2011
by National Coalition for Literacy on August 3
Bizarre Government Spending at NIH
by Traditional Values Coalition on August 2






