we will speak with lisa graves. a new israeli government report says west bank settlements are illegal. >> authoritative document which spells out the rise of the jews [unintelligible] as was originally decided upon by the league of nations. >> we will host a debate. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. protests have erupted in spain over a massive new package of spending cuts and tax hikes to obtain the rest of the country's banks. in an address to parliament, the spanish prime minister unveiled an austerity package of nearly $80 billion involving a new sales tax and cuts to public spending. he said the measures were demanded by the european union as a condition for an emergency bailout of spain's banks agreed to on tuesday. egypt's top court has blocked egyptian president morsi's order for the country's parliament to reconvene. on tuesday, the supreme constitutional court affirmed a previous decision to declare the parliament unconst

we've had lisa wells from the -- lisa graves from the center of democracy. we have people from american way, american league of women voters and all these other great groups so it's finally a broad coalition. that's the presh alec is feeling. that's why they're losing so many corporate and legislative members. >> i know they're feeling pressure and i think that's why alec sent a memo to its members saying "alec is not a social policy organization and that's why we clarified our managers, doubling down on the issues that matter most to americans of all political stripes. alec disbanded the task force that dealt with issues of a non-economic nature ." so did you see any noticeable difference this year? are they they still doing social policy. it's a pos mect change. by putting out an email they think they provided the coverage they need. but on the exposition floor, you have the nra right to life, anti-marriage equality groups, the conservative social groups still exhibiting, so they're just as much a part of it as they ever have been. it's glossed over and mo