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Washington, DC -- In an article in the Huffington Post, Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future, calls on politicians to respond to Occupy Wall Street. more »

Washington, DC – Today’s jobs numbers send another emergency message to Washington: act now on jobs.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced 103,000 new jobs in September, including 45,000 Verizon workers returning to work after striking. The unemployment rate remained unchanged. more »

Washington DC -- A straw poll of attendees at the Take Back the American Dream conference shows that progressives overwhelmingly want a stronger activist progressive agenda from Washington. more »

Washington, DC – The Campaign for America’s Future applauds reports that President Obama is set to announce a proposal to raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires, but cautions the President against making any unfair cuts to vital programs like Medicare -- including and especially against raising the Medicare eligibility age. more »

Washington, DC – Statement from Campaign for America’s Future’s co-director Robert Borosage following President Obama’s jobs speech: more »

Washington, DC -- Today’s bleak unemployment numbers for August demonstrate that President Obama must put forward a big, bold program for job creation when he addresses the nation next Thursday, said Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for Americas Future in response to today’s data from the Labor Department. more »

Washington, DC – Sixty seven major progressive organizations including MoveOn, Campaign for America’s Future, NOW, and Rebuild the Dream: are today sending an open letter to President Obama urging him to outline a serious jobs plan when he speaks to the nation next week. more »

Washington, DC -- Robert Borosage of Campaign for America’s Future is urging the President to get out in front on a job creation agenda. He argues that it is time for lawmakers – including the President -- to stop talking about austerity and start making the hard decisions to but jobs first. more »

Washington, DC -- Today’s job report may only add to the fears that are roiling stock markets across the world. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports tepid jobs growth in July, with 117,000 jobs. This is slightly better than the dismal record of the last few months, but it is not enough to help the 25 million Americans who are in need of full-time work. more »

Washington, DC -- Campaign for America's Future's co-director Roger Hickey is urging Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to use their power to appoint members of the “Super Committee” created by the new debt ceiling legislation to make sure that the Democratic half of that powerful group will be composed of six strong defenders of key prog more »