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Washington, DC –After President Obama called on Congress to postpone the deep across the board spending cuts set to kick in on March 1 in the so-called sequester, Campaign for America’s Future co-director Robert Borosage said, “The sequester irresponsibly will cost over one million jobs and impede an already faltering recovery. more »

Washington, D.C. -- Today’s report that the U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in January is welcome news that the American economy has not sunk into recession, as many European countries have. But Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America’s Future warned that the austerity policies that have pushed unemployment upward in those countries are now scheduled to be imposed on the U.S. more »

Washington, DC -- “Buffeted by Sandy, an early Thanksgiving, and the Washington fiscal showdown, the unemployment rate is down to 7.7 percent with 146,000 added jobs in November according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is much better than expected but hardly a clear marker,” said Robert L. Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future. more »

Washington, DC – 350 prominent economists issued a statement on Wednesday warning that “the fragile recovery is threatened by obsessive concern with cutting deficits that has infected both parties.” The economists from universities and research groups across the U.S. and the world reminded politicians that the U.S. more »

Washington, DC --Warning that the U.S. economy in the post-election period is still “marked by mass unemployment, rising poverty, and declining wages.” 350 prominent economists will issue a statement on Wednesday, Nov 14 warning, “the fragile recovery is threatened by obsessive concern with cutting deficits that has infected both parties.” more »

Washington, DC – According to a new Middle Class Voter Guide from the Campaign for America’s Future, Rep. Tim Johnson is considered one of the “worst of the worst” because he votes for the middle class only 20 percent of the time. more »

Washington, DC – Today’s disappointing jobs numbers show, “Any notion of a `grand bargain’ must begin with action on jobs,” said Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future.

Statement from Robert L. Borosage: more »

Washington, DC – New polling for the Campaign for America’s Future by Lake Research suggests that the President and Democrats would be wise to trumpet a bold agenda on the economy that contrasts sharply with Romney’s failed trickle down notions. more »

Washington, DC – Campaign for America’s Future urges Senators to support tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans and to take steps to restore fairness in the tax system. Today the Senate is scheduled to vote on the Middle Class Tax Cut Act (S. 3412). more »

Washington, DC -- Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future reacted to the unemployment numbers released today of 8.2 percent. He said, “Partisan paralysis and ideological inanity are blocking the common sense steps we must take to get this economy going and put people back to work.” more »