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Protecting Wasteful Military Spending at All Costs
House Republicans are asking low- and middle-income families to sacrifice health care and basic services to preserve redundant defense systems: They are prepared to slash funding for child and elder...
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Infographic: Demographic Change in North Carolina
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House Republican Cuts for Kids by the Numbers
Federal budgets are more than numbers on a ledger. They are statements of priorities. And based on the slate of bills recently passed by committees in the House of Representatives, children rank at the...
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Infographic: President Obama's Marriage Equality 'Evolution' Is Complete
President Barack Obama has long stated that with respect to marriage equality, his attitude was “evolving.” Today that evolution came to completion as the president came out in full support for...
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5 Things to Know About Single Mothers in Poverty
As we approach another Mother’s Day, we as Americans reflect on the challenges facing some of the mothers struggling the most out there—single mothers living in poverty—and what we can do to create...
View ArticleHonoring the Hopes and Dreams of Our Nation's Dads
Undoubtedly, the nation will find many ways to honor its dads this weekend. This sentiment should extend to the halls of Congress and the White House. This is especially so now as too many low-income...
View ArticleFeast and Famine in House Farm Bill
The Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is putting their version of the Farm Bill up for a vote this week in the House Agriculture Committee. The bill provides record levels of...
View Article6 Things You Need to Know About the Supreme Court's Ruling on Medicaid Expansion
In the Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, an important question before the Court was whether it was coercive for the federal government to...
View ArticleMore Latino Children Would Go Hungry Under Roby Amendment
Far too many eligible Latino children are going hungry without nutritional assistance, and the Roby amendment would make an already terrible situation significantly worse. The House version of the Farm...
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Infographic: The Coverage Chasm
The Affordable Care Act will expand health care coverage to millions of Americans. Among other key provisions, it ends discrimination against those with pre-existing conditions, allows young adults to...
View Article7 Ways the House Farm Bill Slams the Middle Class
On July 11 the House Agriculture Committee passed its 2012 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act—also called the farm bill—legislation that reauthorizes many of our nation’s key...
View ArticleThe Right Embraces ‘Big Government'
Conservatives consistently attack progressives as champions of “big government” who want to take power away from states and impose one-size-fits all solutions on people with different sets of needs....
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