Progressive Change Campaign Committee

The PCCC was co-founded in 2009 by Adam Green and Stephanie Taylor. Aaron Swartz, Michael Snook and Forrest Brown were some of the organization's original employees.{{Cite web|title=Aaron Swartz Funeral - Progressive Change Campaign Committee Statement|url=http://boldprogressives.org/2013/01/progressive-change-campaign-committee-statement-on-the-passing-of-aaron-swartz/|website=boldprogressives.org|accessdate=2015-12-22|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222082942/http://boldprogressives.org/2013/01/progressive-change-campaign-committee-statement-on-the-passing-of-aaron-swartz|url-status=live}} Spokespersons for the group have included Laura Friedenbach, Marissa Barrow, Giovanni Hashimoto and Neil Sroka.{{Cite web|title=Clinton aide meets with liberal group backing Warren|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/227566-clinton-aide-meets-with-group-backing-warren/|website=The Hill|access-date=2015-12-22|first=Peter|last=Sullivan|date=December 18, 2014|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126134316/https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/227566-clinton-aide-meets-with-group-backing-warren|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Brad Miller Urged To Run For Governor By Progressive Fundraisers|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/brad-miller-pccc_n_1234908.html|website=HuffPost|date=January 26, 2012|accessdate=2015-12-22|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222151319/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/brad-miller-pccc_n_1234908.html|url-status=live}} The PCCC claims to have nearly one million members and former MSNBC host Ed Schultz described it in 2012 as the "top progressive group in the country."{{cite web|title=Adam Green on the Ed Show| date=September 9, 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmpSHLaF6CQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/fmpSHLaF6CQ |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|publisher=MSNBC|accessdate=August 6, 2012}}{{cbignore}}

The PCCC is a major subject of The MoveOn Effect, a book published by the Oxford University Press authored by David Karpf.{{Cite book|last=Karpf|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mk9pAgAAQBAJ|title=The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy|date=2012-05-01|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199898374}}

During the lead-up to the 2016 elections, the PCCC did not join other progressive groups in urging Warren to challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president. Citing Warren's decision not to run, the PCCC instead urged candidates to adopt Warren's focus on economic populism, with a spokesperson saying it is "facilitating a race to the top on big Elizabeth Warren-style ideas".{{Cite web|title=Progressive Groups Hold Out On Endorsing A Presidential Candidate|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/progressive-groups-2016-democratic-primary_565e150ce4b079b2818c42d6|website=HuffPost|date=December 2, 2015|accessdate=2015-12-22|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222113520/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/progressive-groups-2016-democratic-primary_565e150ce4b079b2818c42d6|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=In video message, progressives tell Hillary Clinton: We're 'Ready for Boldness'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/04/12/in-video-message-progressives-tell-hillary-clinton-were-ready-for-boldness|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2015-04-12|accessdate=2015-12-22|issn=0190-8286|first=Colby|last=Itkowitz|archive-date=December 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223222157/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/04/12/in-video-message-progressives-tell-hillary-clinton-were-ready-for-boldness/|url-status=live}} It stayed officially neutral in the Democratic primary but an aide to Clinton did meet with the head of the PCCC and the PCCC applauded her campaign's policy proposals.{{Cite web|title=Clinton aide meets with liberal group backing Warren|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/227566-clinton-aide-meets-with-group-backing-warren/|website=The Hill|access-date=2015-12-22|first=Peter|last=Sullivan|date=December 18, 2014|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126134316/https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/227566-clinton-aide-meets-with-group-backing-warren|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Clinton's sweeping new debt-free college plan|url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/clintons-sweeping-new-debt-free-college-plan|website=MSNBC|accessdate=2015-12-22|date=August 10, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222150953/http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/clintons-sweeping-new-debt-free-college-plan|url-status=live}}

In 2020, PCCC co-founder Adam Green was a noted supporter of Elizabeth Warren's 2020 presidential campaign.{{Cite web|last=Grose|first=Jessica|date=2019-09-27|title=Warren vs. Sanders: PCCC's Adam Green makes the case|url=https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/463368-warren-vs-sanders-pcccs-adam-green-makes-the-case/|access-date=2021-09-11|website=The Hill|language=en|archive-date=September 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911073217/https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/463368-warren-vs-sanders-pcccs-adam-green-makes-the-case|url-status=live}} During the 2020 Democratic primary campaign, the group formally lent its support to Warren's campaign.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidesources.com/progressive-group-endorses-warren-as-best-candidate-to-beat-trump/|website=InsideSources|date=February 9, 2019|accessdate=2020-11-18|title=Progressive Group Endorses Warren as 'Best Candidate to Beat Trump'|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024205851/https://www.insidesources.com/progressive-group-endorses-warren-as-best-candidate-to-beat-trump/|url-status=live}} Following Warren's defeat, the organization announced a "Warren Power" project, designed to "build on the foundation laid" by Warren's campaign.{{Cite web|title=@BoldProgressive on Twitter: Together, we'll build on the foundation laid in Warren's 2020 campaign to position her ideas at the forefront of what's next, keep @ewarren's image in the spotlight, and keep the popularity of Warren and her ideas growing|url=https://twitter.com/boldprogressive/status/1240826919978971143|access-date=2021-09-11|date=20 March 2020|website=Twitter|language=en|archive-date=September 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911073139/https://twitter.com/boldprogressive/status/1240826919978971143|url-status=live}}

The organization is closely allied with Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. In 2011, the PCCC launched and led the draft campaign urging Warren to run and, following her campaign launch, raised over $1.17 million and made over 500,000 GOTV calls on her behalf.{{Cite web|title=Progressives Love Elizabeth Warren. But They're Torn On Convincing Her To Run For President|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23/elizabeth-warren-progress_n_6731572.html|website=HuffPost|date=February 23, 2015|accessdate=2015-12-22|archive-date=December 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203031606/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23/elizabeth-warren-progress_n_6731572.html|url-status=live}} The draft campaign was described as the year's most valuable by The Nation.{{Cite news|title=The Progressive Honor Roll of 2011|newspaper=The Nation|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/progressive-honor-roll-2011|issn=0027-8378|accessdate=2015-12-22|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222151310/http://www.thenation.com/article/progressive-honor-roll-2011/|url-status=live}} The group organized several Draft Elizabeth Warren house parties across Massachusetts.{{cite web|last=Angiolillo|first=Paul|title=Waiting for Elizabeth Warren in Watertown|url=http://watertown.patch.com/articles/waiting-for-elizabeth-warren-in-watertown|publisher=Watertown Patch|accessdate=August 3, 2012|date=September 4, 2011}} Supporters met to discuss the best way to support her candidacy and campaign were she to announce that she was going to run.

In September 2011, after the demonstration of grassroots support, Warren announced she would run in 2012 against Republican Scott Brown.{{cite news|last=Shear|first=Michael|title=Elizabeth Warren Announces Senate Run|url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/elizabeth-warren-posts-announcement-video-for-senate-run|accessdate=August 3, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 14, 2011|archive-date=October 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027010417/http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/elizabeth-warren-posts-announcement-video-for-senate-run/|url-status=live}} The organization raised over $100,000 for her potential candidacy prior to her announcement which it transferred to her campaign upon its launch. The campaign to draft Warren was declared "The Most Valuable Campaign of 2011" by The Nation.{{cite journal|title=Progressive Honor Roll|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/165314/progressive-honor-roll-2011?page=0,1|journal=The Nation|accessdate=August 3, 2012|date=December 22, 2011|last1=Nichols|first1=John|archive-date=February 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224203240/http://www.thenation.com/article/165314/progressive-honor-roll-2011?page=0,1|url-status=live}} With almost 50,000 individual contributions, the PCCC raised over $1.17 million and made over 500,000 GOTV calls on her behalf.{{cite web|title=Over $800,000 Raised for Warren|url=https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6577560/Over%20%24800%2C000%20Raised%20for%20Warren.png|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121217172152/https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6577560/Over%20$800,000%20Raised%20for%20Warren.png|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 17, 2012|publisher=Progressive Change Campaign Committee|accessdate=August 3, 2012}} In her book, A Fighting Chance, Senator Warren writes that the "Progressive Change Campaign Committee signed on early with the petition encouraging me to run, and they stayed with me every day right through the election."{{Cite web|title=Progressive Book Club Kicks Off With Elizabeth Warren's New Book|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/22/pccc-elizabeth-warren_n_5188934.html|website=HuffPost|date=April 22, 2014|accessdate=2015-12-23|archive-date=December 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224052528/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/22/pccc-elizabeth-warren_n_5188934.html|url-status=live}}

Since her election, the PCCC has continued to work closely with Senator Warren through both her official and political offices. This has included joint endorsements of candidates and coordination on fundraising for supported candidates.{{Cite web|title=MA-Sen: Elizabeth Warren (D) & PCCC Team Up To Campaign For Ed Markey (D)|url=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/5/9/1208059/-MA-Sen-Elizabeth-Warren-D-PCCC-Team-Up-To-Campaign-For-Ed-Markey-D|website=Daily Kos|accessdate=2015-12-23|archive-date=December 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223235422/http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/5/9/1208059/-MA-Sen-Elizabeth-Warren-D-PCCC-Team-Up-To-Campaign-For-Ed-Markey-D|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Elizabeth Warren, PCCC back Braley for Senate seat|url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/27/elizabeth-warren-pccc-back-braley-for-senate-seat|access-date=2015-12-23|archive-date=December 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223190915/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/27/elizabeth-warren-pccc-back-braley-for-senate-seat/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=Elizabeth Warren, kingmaker?|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/elizabeth-warren-pccc-senate-democrats|website=Mother Jones|accessdate=2015-12-23|archive-date=October 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012203816/http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/elizabeth-warren-pccc-senate-democrats/|url-status=live}} The organization even coined the term, "Elizabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party".{{Cite web|title=PCCC's Top Ten Highlights of 2014 - Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC)|url=http://boldprogressives.org/2014/12/pcccs-top-ten-highlights-of-2014|website=boldprogressives.org|accessdate=2019-09-06|archive-date=November 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105011849/http://boldprogressives.org/2014/12/pcccs-top-ten-highlights-of-2014/|url-status=live}}

During the lead-up to the 2016 elections, many progressive groups began campaigns urging Warren to challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president, but the PCCC was notably absent. Citing Warren's statements that she would not run, the PCCC instead urged Clinton and the other candidates to adopt Warren's focus on economic populism, with a spokesperson saying it is "facilitating a race to the top on big Elizabeth Warren-style ideas". It has stayed officially neutral in the Democratic primary but an aide to Clinton did meet with the head of the PCCC and the PCCC has applauded her campaign's policy proposals.

In addition to Elizabeth Warren, the organization lists Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Al Franken (D-MN), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) as candidates it supports.{{Cite web|title=Candidates - Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC)|url=http://boldprogressives.org/candidates|website=boldprogressives.org|accessdate=2015-12-22|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222155226/http://boldprogressives.org/candidates|url-status=live}} In the House of Representatives, they list Mike Honda (CA-17), Mark Takano (CA-41), Ruben Gallego (AR-07), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Alan Grayson (FL-09), Keith Ellison (MN-05), Rick Nolan (MN-08), Donna Edwards (MD-04), Raul Grijalva (AZ-03), Mark Pocan (WI-02), and Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) among their candidates.

In 2010, Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter challenged the moderate Democratic incumbent United States Senator Blanche Lincoln in the primary. The PCCC helped Halter run a grassroots campaign that included a statewide field program. The group debuted their Call Out The Vote program and its members made tens of thousands of volunteer calls, as well as raising more than $250,000. Halter lost the race to Lincoln, who lost to John Boozman, her Republican challenger in the general election.{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Sean|title=Halter thanks progressive allies ahead of Ark. vote|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/162747-halter-thanks-progressive-allies-ahead-of-ark-vote/|access-date=August 3, 2012|newspaper=The Hill|date=June 7, 2010|archive-date=January 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127072230/https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/162747-halter-thanks-progressive-allies-ahead-of-ark-vote/|url-status=live}}

The PCCC was involved in the Wisconsin recall election. In February 2011, over 180,000 PCCC supported the Wisconsin recall movement by raising over $2 million{{cite web|last=Dayen|first=David|title=Liberal Groups Raise Over $2 Million for Wisconsin Recall|url=http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/03/11/liberal-groups-raise-over-2-million-for-wisconsin-recall|publisher=FireDogLake|accessdate=August 3, 2012|date=March 11, 2011|archive-date=September 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917142113/http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/03/11/liberal-groups-raise-over-2-million-for-wisconsin-recall/|url-status=live}} with Democracy for America to run television ads supporting the recall of Republican State Senators who had supported Republican Governor Scott Walker's Budget Repair Bill to limit collective bargaining rights for most Wisconsin state employees, excluding law enforcement agents. The ads won Pollies from the AAPC in 2012.{{cite web|title=AAPC Pollies Winner's Book|url=http://www.theaapc.org/downloads/Pollies/2012/2012_AAPC_Pollie_WinnersBook_WEB.pdf|publisher=AAPC|accessdate=August 3, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404222707/http://www.theaapc.org/downloads/Pollies/2012/2012_AAPC_Pollie_WinnersBook_WEB.pdf|archivedate=April 4, 2012|df=mdy-all}} They also used their Call Out The Vote program to make 382,623 calls in Wisconsin.{{cite web|title=Call Out The Vote|url=http://boldprogressives.org/call-out-the-vote|publisher=Progressive Change Campaign Committee|accessdate=August 3, 2012|archive-date=August 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801023154/http://boldprogressives.org/call-out-the-vote/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Democracy for America is Ready to Recall Walker|url=http://www.democracyforamerica.com/press/2852-democracy-for-america-wisconsin-is-ready-to-recall-walker|publisher=Democracy For America|accessdate=August 3, 2012}}

The second part of the campaign began in early 2012, with the formal recall procedures against Scott Walker underway. The PCCC supported Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett as the Democratic challenger to Walker. In June 2012, Walker won the recall by a larger margin than he had originally defeated Barrett in 2010.{{cn|date=January 2016}}

In July 2010, the progressive organization founded their own Congressional lobbying arm, P Street Project, to advance progressive policies from within Capitol Hill. The P Street Project victories include working with Representative Carolyn Maloney to organize a letter to President Obama asking him to nominate Elizabeth Warren for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Representative Jared Polis said that the P Street Project could generate a tremendous amount of energy from the public and progressive members of Congress as well as provide resources and political cover {{clarify|What is "political cover"|date=November 2015}} for liberal lawmakers.{{cite news|last=Rucker|first=Phillip|title=P Street Project to lobby for progressives' agenda|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/24/AR2010072401248.html|accessdate=August 6, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 24, 2010|archive-date=August 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827074747/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/24/AR2010072401248.html|url-status=live}}

Other P Street successes include working with Rep. Marcy Kaptur to deliver over 140,000 petitions to the Department of Justice demanding a criminal investigation into Goldman Sachs for their involvement in the 2007–2008 financial crisis.{{cite web|title=Kaptur's Letter Calling For Criminal Investigation Into Goldman Heads To DOJ|url=http://marcykaptur.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28:kapturs-letter-calling-for-criminal-investigation-into-goldman-heads-to-doj&catid=1:news-a-updates&Itemid=11|work=The Hill|accessdate=August 6, 2012|archive-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019155907/http://www.marcykaptur.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28:kapturs-letter-calling-for-criminal-investigation-into-goldman-heads-to-doj&catid=1:news-a-updates&Itemid=11|url-status=live}} The PCCC, through P Street, worked with Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Raul Grijalva to defend Social Security and Medicare during the debt ceiling crisis in 2011.{{cite web|title=Obama: Debt Limit Agreement Has Been Reached|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/obama-debt-limit-agreement-has-been-reached-53139|work=The Christian Post|date=July 31, 2011|accessdate=August 6, 2012|archive-date=May 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506005045/http://www.christianpost.com/news/obama-debt-limit-agreement-has-been-reached-53139/|url-status=live}}

The PCCC also operates the Progressive Change Institute, which it describes as a "people-powered think tank".

Following the 2008 Minnesota Senate election between Al Franken and Norm Coleman, the PCCC and DFA organized a campaign in which their members contributed one dollar each day that Coleman refused to concede defeat. Ultimately, Franken was the confirmed victor after a statewide recount. The organizations raised nearly $150,000 for progressive candidates.{{cite news|last=Green|first=Adam|title=Norm Coleman Raises $140,000 for Progressives|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-green/norm-coleman-raises-14000_b_211959.html|accessdate=August 6, 2012|newspaper=HuffPost|date=June 5, 2009|archive-date=February 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227194557/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-green/norm-coleman-raises-14000_b_211959.html|url-status=live}}

In 2009, the PCCC began a campaign for a public option in the Affordable Care Act. Though initial support in Congress for a public option seemed weak, the organization gathered over 65,000 signatures from Obama’s 2008 supporters in favor of a public option. The PCCC raised over $100,000 in 72 hours for a full-page ad in The New York Times calling for a public option that included 400 Obama staffers as signatories, as well as 25,000 volunteers from Obama's 2008 campaign and 40,000 of his donors.{{cite news|last=Weiner|first=Rachel|title=Progressive Obama Backers Take Out Full Page NYT Ad Targeting President|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/09/progressive-obama-backers_n_280272.html|accessdate=August 6, 2012|newspaper=HuffPost|date=November 9, 2009|archive-date=May 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505122535/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/09/progressive-obama-backers_n_280272.html|url-status=live}}

The Nation commended the group's efforts in reviving debate for the public option and their ability to organize within Congress to demonstrate the support that existed for it in Congress.{{cite journal|last=Hayes|first=Christopher|title=CPR for the Public Option|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/cpr-public-option|journal=The Nation|accessdate=August 6, 2012|date=February 25, 2010|archive-date=February 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221093034/http://www.thenation.com/article/cpr-public-option|url-status=live}} The support included 120 Representatives and 24 Democratic Senators who signed letters asking Harry Reid to include a public option in the reconciliation bill.{{cite news|last=Phillips|first=Kate|title=On Health Care, a Public Insurance Option Pile-On Campaign|url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/on-health-care-a-public-insurance-option-pile-on-campaign|accessdate=August 6, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=August 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808134945/http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/on-health-care-a-public-insurance-option-pile-on-campaign/|url-status=live}}

The PCCC made it clear to that there was strong public support for a public option, and they were going to hold Democrats in Congress accountable if they turned a blind eye to the demands of their constituents and the American people.{{cite web|title=Issues: The Public Option|url=http://boldprogressives.org/the-public-option|publisher=Progressive Change Campaign Committee|accessdate=August 6, 2012|archive-date=October 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016163317/http://boldprogressives.org/the-public-option/|url-status=live}} The group followed through when they ran an ad holding Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) accountable; Baucus later announced he would not be running for re-election.{{cite web|title=Hold Max Baucus Accountable| date=September 26, 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hpn283wiQ8&feature=player_embedded|publisher=Progressive Change Campaign Committee|accessdate=August 6, 2012|archive-date=May 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501013647/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hpn283wiQ8&feature=player_embedded|url-status=live}} Baucus left the Senate on February 6, 2014, before his term expired and was succeeded by John E. Walsh.{{cite news|last=Killough|first=Ashley|title=Sen. Baucus not seeking a seventh term|url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/23/sen-baucus-not-seeking-a-seventh-term|publisher=CNN|access-date=April 23, 2013|date=April 23, 2013|archive-date=April 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423160530/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/23/sen-baucus-not-seeking-a-seventh-term/|url-status=dead}}

In June 2012, when the Supreme Court handed down its ruling on the Affordable Care Act, the PCCC team and members were prepared outside the court. They demonstrated in large numbers and their posters calling for "Medicare for All" were prominent.{{cite web|title=Support progressives who made bold statements on health care|url=https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/pccc_hc_bold?ak_proof=1&refcode=e1-don-subj|publisher=ActBlue|accessdate=August 6, 2012|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222133615/https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/pccc_hc_bold?ak_proof=1&refcode=e1-don-subj|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=The Supreme Court's Obamacare Decision Is By No Means The Final Word|url=http://www.pacificresearch.org/press/the-supreme-courts-obamacare-decision-is-by-no-means-the-final-word|publisher=Pacific Research Institute|accessdate=August 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813154106/http://www.pacificresearch.org/press/the-supreme-courts-obamacare-decision-is-by-no-means-the-final-word|archive-date=August 13, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|title=Public Option Advocates To Push Medicare For All If Supreme Court Strikes 'Obamacare'|url=http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/supreme-court-obamacare-single-payer-medicare-for-all-romney.php|publisher=Talking Points Memo|accessdate=August 6, 2012|date=June 26, 2012|archive-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629211301/http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/supreme-court-obamacare-single-payer-medicare-for-all-romney.php?|url-status=live}}

PCCC members continue to support major campaigns for net neutrality, advocating against censorship and supporting an open and accessible Internet. In 2010, the group launched GoogleDontBeEvil.com and helped deliver over 300,000 signatures to Google’s corporate headquarters, calling on them to honor their company motto, "Don’t be evil" as well as end their secret deal with Verizon to kill Net Neutrality. Over 100,000 of the organization's members signed a petition telling U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski to deliver on real Net Neutrality protections – instead of letting corporations write the rule. And, 95 Congressional candidates in the 2010 elections promised to protect Net Neutrality due to the PCCC's work.{{cite web|title=Issues: Net Neutrality|url=http://boldprogressives.org/net-neutrality|publisher=Progressive Change Campaign Committee|accessdate=August 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817034440/http://boldprogressives.org/net-neutrality/|archive-date=August 17, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} All lost in the 2010 mid-term elections.{{cite web|title=Final nail in coffin for Net neutrality?|url=https://money.cnn.com/2010/11/03/technology/net_neutrality_election/|publisher=CNN Business|accessdate=March 8, 2018|date=3 November 2010|archive-date=March 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309120427/http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/03/technology/net_neutrality_election/|url-status=live}}

The PCCC organized a massive campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act bill the Senate was prepared to vote on. Working with Reddit, the group collected over 230,000 signatures petitioning Congress to protect internet innovation and vote against the bill.{{cite web|title=Petition Congress: Protect the Internet for Innovators|url=http://act.boldprogressives.org/survey/survey_sopa_reddit|publisher=Progressive Change Campaign Committee|accessdate=August 6, 2012|archive-date=June 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621204551/http://act.boldprogressives.org/survey/survey_sopa_reddit|url-status=live}}

In January 2011, the PCCC delivered over 50,000 thank you notes written by its members to Senator Harry Reid after he took a stand against alleged proposals to cut Social Security benefits.{{cite web|title=50,000 Thank Yous to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for standing up for Social Security|url=http://watchdogprogressive.com/2011/02/50000-thank-yous-to-senate-majority-leader-harry-reid-for-standing-up-for-social-security|publisher=Watchdog Progressive|accessdate=August 6, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} PCCC challenged what they claimed were cuts to Social Security and Medicare. 200,000 PCCC members pledged not to volunteer or donate to Obama's re-election campaign if he cut benefits.{{cite web|last=Sweet|first=Lynn|title=Liberal activists give Obama warning about cost of GOP cooperation|url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/6532088-452/liberal-activists-give-obama-warning-about-cost-of-gop-cooperation.html|work=Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=August 6, 2012|archive-date=July 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723101134/http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/6532088-452/liberal-activists-give-obama-warning-about-cost-of-gop-cooperation.html|url-status=live}}

In November 2011, the PCCC started Banxodus, a website designed to help people move their money out of large banking institutions and into smaller, local credit unions and banks. The site uses crowdsourcing to provide more detailed information about both credit unions and community banks. Banxodus has more than 7,500 institutions in its database, which was created with the help of a few thousand volunteer researchers, and has grown as users add more information.{{cite news|last=Cairns|first=Ann|title=Scouting Banks On the Web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E3D9173CF936A35752C1A9679D8B63|accessdate=August 6, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 5, 2011|archive-date=February 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227021319/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E3D9173CF936A35752C1A9679D8B63|url-status=live}}

In April 2012, the PCCC initiated a campaign calling on major corporations to drop their support for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which was blamed following the shooting of Trayvon Martin for reportedly having pushed the passage of "Stand Your Ground" laws in Florida as well as similar laws in 24 other states across the country.{{cite web|last=Reilly|first=Ryan|title=ALEC, NRA Pushed 'Stand Your Ground' Legislation At Center Of Trayvon Martin Killing|url=http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/stand_your_ground_legislation_that_may_have_let_tr.php|publisher=Talking Points Memo|accessdate=August 6, 2012|date=March 22, 2012|archive-date=July 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719055040/http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/stand_your_ground_legislation_that_may_have_let_tr.php|url-status=live}}

The PCCC called on its members for their help to get major corporations to stop funding ALEC, and within days the PCCC had over 23,000 signatures, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation issued a statement indicating they would stop supporting ALEC,{{cite web|title=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Withdraws Support From ALEC|url=http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/09/461217/bill-melinda-gates-foundation-withdraws-support-from-alec/?mobile=nc|publisher=Think Progress|accessdate=August 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806201858/http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/09/461217/bill-melinda-gates-foundation-withdraws-support-from-alec/?mobile=nc|archive-date=August 6, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} and McDonald's became the sixth corporation to drop their support of ALEC. Within weeks, Procter and Gamble{{cite web|title=Procter & Gamble Becomes 13th Company To Drop ALEC|url=http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/23/469451/proctor-gamble-becomes-13th-company-to-drop-alec|publisher=Think Progress|accessdate=August 6, 2012|archive-date=August 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804000048/http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/23/469451/proctor-gamble-becomes-13th-company-to-drop-alec/|url-status=live}} also stopped their funding of ALEC, the PCCC organized to have its members call their state legislators demanding that they quit their membership to ALEC,{{cite web|title=PCCC Pressured Democratic Members to Drop ALEC|url=http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/04/11474/pccc-pressures-democratic-members-drop-alec|publisher=prwatch.org|accessdate=August 6, 2012|date=April 23, 2012|archive-date=June 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628222240/http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/04/11474/pccc-pressures-democratic-members-drop-alec|url-status=live}} and PCCC members called AT&T, State Farm, and Johnson & Johnson headquarters telling them to drop their support.{{cite web|title=Call State Farm: Stop Funding ALEC|url=http://act.boldprogressives.org/call/call_SF_ALEC/?akid=7566.811539.9ouG3G&rd=1&source=e1-SF-call-newsig&t=3p%3A%2F%2Fact.boldprogressives.org%2Fcall%2Fcall_SF_ALEC%2F%3Fakid%3D7566.811539.9ouG3G&rd=1&source=e1-SF-call-newsig&t=3|publisher=Progressive Change Campaign Committee|accessdate=August 6, 2012|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222153307/http://act.boldprogressives.org/call/call_SF_ALEC/?akid=7566.811539.9ouG3G&rd=1&source=e1-SF-call-newsig&t=3p%3A%2F%2Fact.boldprogressives.org%2Fcall%2Fcall_SF_ALEC%2F%3Fakid%3D7566.811539.9ouG3G&rd=1&source=e1-SF-call-newsig&t=3|url-status=live}}

By July 2012, other corporations to stop funding ALEC include Amazon, Best Buy, Coca-Cola, CVS, Dell Computers, Hewlett-Packard, Kraft foods, MillerCoors, and Wal-Mart. 55 legislators have also cut their ties as well.{{cite web|last=Fisher|first=Brendan|title=Five More Corporations Dump ALEC; 25 Companies Have Now Cut Ties With Right-Wing Bill Mill|url=http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11635/five-more-corporations-dump-alec-25-companies-have-now-cut-ties-right-wing-bill-m|publisher=PR Watch|accessdate=August 6, 2012|date=July 10, 2012|archive-date=July 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715022140/http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11635/five-more-corporations-dump-alec-25-companies-have-now-cut-ties-right-wing-bill-m|url-status=live}} ALEC later reported it was disbanding its task-forces that were charged with passing voter ID laws and Stand Your Ground laws.{{cite journal|last=Nichols|first=John|title=ALEC Disbands Task Force Responsible for Voter ID, 'Stand Your Ground' Laws|url=http://www.thenation.com/blog/167425/alec-disbands-task-force-responsible-voter-id-stand-your-ground-laws|journal=The Nation|accessdate=August 6, 2012|date=April 17, 2012|archive-date=August 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821083300/http://www.thenation.com/blog/167425/alec-disbands-task-force-responsible-voter-id-stand-your-ground-laws|url-status=live}}

Michigan House Republicans prevented state representative Lisa Brown (D-Royal Oak) from speaking on the floor in a debate about abortion legislation after Brown said: "I'm flattered that you're all so interested in my vagina, but no means no."{{cite news|last=Gray|first=Kathleen|title=With video: Two female Michigan lawmakers silenced after vagina, abortion comments|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20120614/NEWS15/120614049/Michigan-house-representatives-abortion-comments?odyssey=nav%7Chead|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=June 14, 2012|access-date=November 29, 2017|archive-date=July 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718043744/http://www.freep.com/article/20120614/NEWS15/120614049/Michigan-house-representatives-abortion-comments?odyssey=nav%7Chead|url-status=live}} Brown was gaveled off the floor. Republican Jase Bolger, then serving as Speaker of the Michigan House stated that by referencing "vagina", and then saying "no means no", Brown was making a reference to rape which was inappropriate for legislative setting.

The PCCC promptly organized a campaign demanding Bolger and Stamas apologize to Brown and Barbara Byrum, who was also not allowed to speak that day. They garnered 115,000 signatures which Byrum delivered to Bolger. No apology was ever made.{{Cite web|date=2012-06-21|title=Campaign Seeks Apology to Rep. Lisa Brown|url=https://patch.com/michigan/westbloomfield/campaign-seeks-apology-to-rep-lisa-brown|access-date=2021-10-04|website=West Bloomfield, MI Patch|language=en|archive-date=October 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004021148/https://patch.com/michigan/westbloomfield/campaign-seeks-apology-to-rep-lisa-brown|url-status=live}}

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