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07/27/17

The health care insanity continues! In good news, in no small part due to people like you making phone calls, the U.S. Senate Republicans have yet to get enough votes to repeal health care for tens of millions of people. In bad news, they’re still trying to take away health care. *Can you call...

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Felicia Burnett

Immigration

07/27/17

Most Americans live in communities that look different today than in the past. Our neighbors and our children’s classmates come from across the globe; in fact, one in four kids in America today hails from an immigrant family. But whether we were born here or elsewhere, we all want the same things,...

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Rachel Peric

Gun Safety

07/27/17

Anita Sanchez was 13 years old when her father was killed in a bar because an angry man with a gun mistook him for someone else.

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Anita Sanchez, Ph.D.

Health Care MomsRising Politics & Policy

07/27/17

Below is the story submitted by PA MomsRising member Jill Cammarata My son Anthony was born with profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss—which means he has been completely deaf from birth—in 2014. I had a totally healthy pregnancy and natural delivery, and by all accounts Anthony was a...

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S. Nadia Hussain

Health Care Politics & Policy

07/25/17

This is absolutely insane! U.S. Senate Republican leadership announced late yesterday that they’ll be voting on a Motion to Proceed to take health care away from millions of people TODAY—and we don’t actually know what will be in the bill that they’re voting on! Is this any way to deal with our...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care

07/25/17

Today, Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate continued their grossly irresponsible, shameful assault on our economy and the health care families rely on by approving a Motion to Proceed to a vote on a mysterious health care bill. Republican U.S. Senators have not read the bill, experts have not...

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07/25/17

Four civic engagement groups, i America Action, Indivisible, Mi Familia Vota (MFV) and MomsRising, unveiled on Tuesday the “Raise Your Hand” initiative to strengthen the voices of communities of color who often feel disenfranchised by national political leaders. Through“Raise Your Hand,”an...

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Immigration

07/25/17

On the introduction of the DREAM Act of 2017 by U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham: Treating immigrants fairly and with respect is not only a moral imperative, but also a way to make our nation strong and prosperous. U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) took a...

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

07/24/17

The Coalition on Human Needs just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for articles on the Senate’s latest efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the House FY18 budget blueprint, House and Senate spending work, and efforts to repeal a new consumer financial protection rule.

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Lecia Imbery

Breastfeeding Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

07/23/17

We had a huge victory this week, as the very-bad Senate healthcare bill came to a halt in Washington. The voices of parents, families, caregivers, partners, sisters and daughters like US made a huge difference. Sadly, the healthcare battle isn't over. But for a brief moment let's congratulate...

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