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The Supreme Court Rules that Gay and Lesbian Couples Can Marry | The White HousePresident Obama delivers a statement after the Supreme Court rules that gay and lesbian couples can marry in America.Live...
View ArticleUS Taxes: Advance on the FATCA front
Following continuing advocacy from DA and other Americans-abroad organizations, the two co-chairs of the House Americans Abroad Caucus, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), have...
View ArticleUniversity Study on FATCA
Participate in the Online Research SurveyThe University of Nevada, Reno's College of Business is studying the effects of FATCA on American citizens living abroad. Participation in their online survey...
View ArticleDemocrats Abroad responds to Rand Paul’s legal challenge to FATCA
FACTA reform, not repeal, needed to end burden on Americans living abroadSenator Rand Paul is leading a legal challenge to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FACTA) filed by the Bopp Law Firm –...
View ArticleNew Bill to establish Commission on Americans Living Abroad
Democrats Abroad Establishing a Task Force for PromotionDemocrats Abroad learned last week that a bill to establish a Commission on Americans Living Abroad (known as HR597 in the 113th Congress) would...
View ArticleOpinion on FATCA Lawsuit
Dear Democrats in Switzerland,There was a lot of attention in the media last week given to a legal challenge to FATCA and also to Democrats Abroad’s official response. We thought it would be helpful to...
View ArticleViewing Party this Sunday
The 1st Republican Presidential Candidates DebateSunday, August 9 in GenevaThe first Presidential Debate of the 2016 election season happens this week!The ten top-polling Republican candidates will...
View ArticleThe Voting Rights Act
Every year, I head back to the birthplace of a new America -- Selma, Alabama -- where a determined struggle for voting rights transformed our democracy 50 years ago.On March 7, 1965, Hosea Williams and...
View ArticleTom Fina's Letter from Washington, June 2015
LETTER FROM WASHINGTONTo Democrats Abroad29 June 2015Tom FinaExecutive Director EmeritusApril has long been the cruelest month for poets. But, June has just become the cruelest month for Republicans.A...
View ArticleTom Fina's Letter from Washington, July 2015
LETTER FROM WASHINGTONTo Democrats Abroad29 July 2015Tom FinaExecutive Director EmeritusAs Obama’s term approaches its last year, your observer on the Potomac detects a movement of the tectonic plates...
View ArticleTom Fina's Letter from Washington, August 2015
LETTER FROM WASHINGTONTo Democrats Abroad30 August 2015Tom FinaExecutive Director EmeritusOur political stage has been tumultuous all summer. September will be both tumultuous and consequential....
View ArticleDonate Goods to Get Out the Vote 2016
2015 Democrats Abroad Global AuctionBetween November 12 and November 22, 2015, Democrats from around the world will discover, bid on, and win amazing prizes and opportunities during the 2015 Democrats...
View ArticleFrom the International Space Station
Commander Scott KellyHeading into the unknown…Almost everything we know about living in space ends at six months. Now that I am at the midpoint of my mission, heading into the second half of one year...
View ArticleTom Fina's Letter from Washington, September 2015
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON To Democrats Abroad 28 September 2015Tom Fina Executive Director EmeritusThere has rarely been a moment in recent decades of such great uncertainty about over-arching world...
View ArticleGeneva Expat Expo -- Volunteers Wanted
Don't forget about Sunday's EXPAT EXPO in GenevaDemocrats Abroad Switzerland will be at Table 91 to welcome all who stop by, discuss details of voting from abroad, and sign up American citizens who...
View ArticleSenator Tim Kaine Comes to Geneva
Tuesday, October 13: Fundraising Reception and DinnerIMPORTANT NOTE: This event is organized by Kaine for Common Ground, and is neither funded by nor conducted for the benefit of Democrats Abroad....
View ArticleViewing Party: First Democratic Presidential Primary Debate
Wednesday, October 14, 7:30 PMWings Bar, GenevaCome out and watch a full replay of the first debate between the five Democratic Presidential candidates, held the previous night in the U.S. Will Hillary...
View ArticleYou, Switzerland and the DA Global Auction
On November 12, the 2015 Democrats Abroad Global Auction is going live, with a lot of great items available for bidding. Our online auction will raise much-needed funds in Switzerland and around the...
View ArticleAn Evening with Amy K. Dacey
CEO of the Democratic National CommitteeTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 in PARISAn opportunity to support the DNC *You are invited to spend an evening with Amy K. Dacey, CEO of the DNC, at a private address in...
View ArticleThe 2016 Global Primary
Democrats Abroad Have a VoiceDemocrats Abroad is the official arm of the Democratic Party for the millions of Americans living outside the United States. As such, each presidential election cycle,...
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