USAction

USAction was a 501(c)(4) federation of progressive community organizing groups.^[1] It was founded in 1999 by Heather Booth.^[2] Its 501(c)(3) counterpart was the USAction Education Fund.

USAction
Founder	Heather Booth
Founded	1999 (1999)
Dissolved	2016 (2016)
Merged into	People's Action
Ideology	Progressivism
Political position	Center-left
Website
www.usaction.org
Politics of the United States Political parties Elections

In September 2007, TrueMajority and its related organization TrueMajorityACTION merged with USAction.^[3] In 2016, USAction merged into People's Action.

Activities

In 2008, USAction joined Health Care for America Now, a coalition of labor unions and liberal advocacy groups pushing for affordable health care and stricter regulation of the health insurance industry. USAction committed at least $500,000 to the group's efforts.^[4]

In 2009, USAction launched a campaign to "Dog the Blue Dogs." The Blue Dog Coalition is a caucus of United States Congressional Representatives from the Democratic Party who identify themselves as moderates and conservatives.^[5]

In 2012, USAction was part of a coalition of liberal advocacy groups that announced that companies making direct corporate contributions to influence elections would face consumer boycotts, campaigns to divest pension fund money, stockholder lawsuits, actions at stockholder meetings and widespread social media exposure.^[6]