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2008 Press Releases

Two Months before Digital TV Transition, Groups Will Open Assistance Centers - 12/15/08

LCCR Urges Congress to Pass Bankruptcy Relief For Homeowners to Quell Foreclosure Crisis - 12/09/08

Bipartisan Fair Housing Commission Recommends Independent Enforcement Agency - 12/09/08

Civil Rights Coalition Weighs in on Bailout Bill - 11/13/08

Civil Rights Coalition Calls for Rapid Response Program to Usher in Digital TV Transition - 11/10/08

Coloradans Uphold Equal Opportunity - 11/06/08

Civil Rights Organizations Launch Educational Effort to Combat Voter Suppression - 10/22/08

Bipartisan Commission Brings Investigation of Housing Discrimination to Atlanta - 10/17/08

Civil Rights Coalition Releases Congressional Scorecard - 10/16/08

Republican Attack on ACORN – a Ploy to Intimidate Voters - 10/14/08

Civil Rights Community Condemns Failure to Include Homeowner Relief in Bailout Bill - 09/28/08

ADA Amendments Act Restores Civil Rights to Americans with Disabilities - 09/25/08

Congress Should Extend Wall Street Bailout to Main Street and Help Keep American Families in Their Homes - 09/23/08

Bipartisan Housing Commission Investigates Effects of Housing Discrimination on Education and Employment - 09/22/08

Bipartisan Commission Brings Investigation of Housing Discrimination to Boston - 09/22/08

Unusual Bed Fellows Urge President Bush to Sign the ADA Amendments Act into Law - 09/17/08

LCCR Urges President Bush to Sign The ADA Amendments Act into Law and Restore Critical Civil Rights Protections - 09/17/08

Civil Rights and Consumer Groups Respond to Takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - 09/12/08

Senate Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act with Resounding Bipartisan Support - 09/11/08

Civil Rights, Disability, and Business Communities Applaud Senate Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act - 09/11/08

Wilmington DTV Pilot an Opportunity to Better Prepare Nation's Most Vulnerable - 09/09/08

Rep. Waters Joins Housing Experts to Discuss Foreclosure Crisis & Need for Stronger Fair Housing Enforcement - 09/09/08

Civil Rights Groups Met with Grace Chung Becker to Raise Election Protection Concerns - 09/09/08

America is Built on the Contributions of Community Organizers - 09/04/08

Arizona Foils Ward Connerly's Anti-Equal Opportunity Initiative - 08/22/08

Senate Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Amend the Americans with Disabilities Act - 08/01/08

Hundreds Rally For Passage of Fair Pay Act - 07/17/08

Bipartisan Commission Launched to Investigate Housing Discrimination in America - 07/15/08

LCCR Calls on Presidential Candidates to Lead on Education Reform and Support School Accountability - 07/14/08

LCCR Report Warns of DTV Transition Trouble - 07/07/08

LCCREF Presents 'Bama Girl: A Film about Race Relations in America Today - 07/01/08

Civil Rights Coalition Lauds Introduction of Earned Income Tax Credit Information Act - 06/25/08

Employers and Disability Advocates Laud Amendments to Landmark Americans with Disabilities Act - 06/25/08

Employers and Disability Advocates Push for Amendments to Landmark Americans with Disabilities Act - 06/18/08

Another Connerly Ballot Initiative Scuttled - 05/05/08

Procedural Maneuvers Keep Pay Discrimination Bill from a Fair Vote - 04/23/08

Without Bankruptcy, Senate Housing Package Falls Short – Up to House to Pass Real Foreclosure Relief - 04/03/08

Without Bankruptcy Help, More Than Half a Million Homeowners Will Be Left Out in the Cold - 04/02/08

Senate Ignores Help for Homeowners, Bankruptcy Change the Most Effective Solution - 04/02/08

The Senate Has Opportunity to Save 600,000 Families from Foreclosure - 04/01/08

With Millions of Americans Facing Foreclosure, 45 Senators Put Banks before Their Constituents - 02/29/08

John Conyers, Patricia Rouse and Soledad O’Brien to be Honored by Nation’s Largest Civil Rights Coalition - 02/22/08

LCCR Condemns Bush’s Attempt to Bully Senate into Confirming Controversial Nominees - 02/07/08

Civil Rights Groups Say Mukasey Is Using Sensationalistic Tactics in an Effort to Make Congress Overturn U.S. Sentencing Commission Ruling - 02/07/08

LCCR Decries Hate Rhetoric around Immigration & Applauds NCLR's Campaign to Take Hate out of the Debate - 01/31/08

As Dr. King Is Remembered, Senate to Consider Fair Pay Restoration Act - 01/18/08

Civil & Human Rights Organizations Hail Introduction of Civil Rights Act of 2008 - 01/18/08