Highlights from psn's first annual Legislative Leadership Retreat in Las Vegas, Nevada, where over 50 state legislators gathered to pool knowledge and devise strategies to affect meaningful progressive change on some of the most important issues facing America's working families.
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White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Nick Rathod speaks to the crowd at psn's 2009 State Progressive Leaders Gala in Washington, DC
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Maine State Representative Sharon Treat is honored at psn's 2009 State Progressive Leaders Gala for her groundbreaking work to regulate the pharmaceutical industry and help bring quality, affordable health care to all Maine residents.
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Washington State Senator Karen Keiser accepts honors at psn's 2009 State Progressive Leaders Gala for her work to regulate the health insurance industry, cut health care costs, and pioneer new structures to extend coverage to all Washingtonians.
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Citizen Action Wisconsin's Program Director Robert Kraig and Wisconsin State AFL-cio's President David Newby accept honors at psn's 2009 State Progressive Leaders Gala for their work on Wisconsin's groundbreaking Health Wisconsin comprehensive health care reform legislation.
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Connecticut Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan receives honors at psn's 2009 State Progressive Leaders Gala for his work on the Connecticut Health Care Partnership and sustinet, two nation-leading health care reform bills.
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psn's Executive Director Nathan Newman addresses the crowd at psn's 2009 State Progressive Leaders Gala in Washington, DC
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Karen Keiser, Washington State Senator and PSN Board member, speaks at a Capitol Hill press conference at which a delegation of PSN-organized state legislators delivered a letter to President Obama and Congress urging health care reform including the choice of a public insurance plan. Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and Wisconsin Congressman Steve Kagen accepted the letter on behalf of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively.
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Connecticut State Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan speaks at a Capitol Hill press conference on behalf of a PSN-organized delegation of legislators that delivered a letter from 700 of their colleagues urging health care reform including the choice of a public insurance plan. Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and Wisconsin Congressman Steve Kagen accepted the letter on behalf of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively.
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Nan Orrock, Georgia State Senator and PSN Board member, speaks at a Capitol Hill press conference at which a delegation of PSN-organized state legislators delivered a letter to President Obama and Congress urging health care reform including the choice of a public insurance plan. Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and Wisconsin Congressman Steve Kagen accepted the letter on behalf of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively.
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