Your Fight the Right Activist links for May 6, 2008

** Democracy for America **
America will not stand for a Secretary of State who approved torture and then misled Congress. We call on the Presidential candidates to ask Secretary of State Rice to resign

Our movement calling on all three presidential candidates to reject torture and demand Sec. Rice resign is growing. Click here to add your voice.
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** NRDC **
For years, BioGems Defenders have fought to halt the U.S. government's systematic capture and killing of Yellowstone's bison -- better known as American buffalo -- as they roam beyond the boundaries of the park in search of food during the harsh winter months. But this year the rate of slaughter has reached unprecedented proportions with more than 1,400 buffalo dead -- fully 30 percent of the buffalo population. In response, the NRDC Action Fund, our partner organization, is mobilizing a massive outcry to stop the killing.

Tell the National Park Service to stop the slaughter of Yellowstone's wild buffalo.
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** Common Cause **
We all learned in elementary school how a bill becomes a law. First it's passed by Congress, then the President signs it.

But Rep. Don Young (repulsive republican-Alaska) seems to think we all skipped a step. He claims he did nothing wrong when he secretly changed the 2005 highway act, after it had been passed, to redirect $10 million to a new transportation project favored by one of his wealthy campaign donors!

You read that right. Rep. Young acted in the dead of night – without Congress' knowledge or approval, without the American people's awareness – to change the language in a bill after it had been passed by Congress, but before it got to the President's desk.

Ask your Representative to call for an investigation of Rep. Young today!
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** League of Conservation Voters **
After seven years of watching Big Oil pay off politicians to block all global warming legislation, we may finally break through.

The Climate Security Act, which will soon be voted on in the Senate, shows promising first steps by calling for significant reductions in the emission of global warming pollutants.
But it's not enough in the face of a global warming catastrophe, and this is a critical opportunity to demand the precise solutions we need. For one, the bill needs to cut global warming pollution levels 80% by 2050.

Send your senators a note TODAY urging them to strengthen the Climate Security Act and pass a strong bill.
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