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While insurance industry lobbyists hoping to kill health care reform are shifting their attention to the Senate in the wake of House passage of health reform, Wall Street and bank lobbyists have opened a second front that could harm health reform in an effort to kill the provisions in the health care reconciliation bill that would cut banks out of the student loan business. more »

The economy needs at least a $900 billion boost over the next two years, according to a detailed economic recovery plan released today by more than a hundred economists and dozens of labor and public interest leaders who represent more than 20 million Americans.

Twenty-six out of the 29 Democratic candidates who won seats previously held by Republicans in the House and Senate championed bold progressive economic positions, according to a new report released today by the Campaign for America’s Future. The report shows that these progressive candidates’ victories represent a swing to the left of 34 votes in the House and 10 in the Senate, reflecting a clear mandate for progressive change.

The Campaign for America’s Future launched an economic war room today to help frame the ongoing debate as the economy changes at an increasing pace and continues to get worse for millions of Americans. The operation will deliver daily poll-tested talking points tying the latest research by think tanks like the EPI Policy Center to the latest opinion research by top strategists.

Republicans in Congress, working in concert with the White House, organized a deliberate political strategy to sabotage the Democratic majority in Congress as it responded to a mandate to solve major problems facing the nation, according to a new report released today by the Campaign for America’s Future.

President Bush is expected to address problems in the nation’s economy while hailing the state of the union as strong tonight, but for Americans worrying about how to make ends meet, the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to numbers compiled today by the Campaign for America’s Future.

WASHINGTON – Congress sent the College Cost Reduction and Access Act to the president yesterday for his signature, providing the largest increase in student aid since the G.I. Bill. more »

Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., y Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif., se unieron ayer con Robert Borosage, co-director del Campaign for America's Future, y Brent Wilkes, director ejecutivo de la Liga de Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unidos, para una conferencia instando al Congreso a que tome medidas para bajar los obstáculos financieros a la universidad y asegurar que estudiantes hispanos con meritos no sean negados la educación superior porque no pueden costear los gastos.

WASHINGTON - College is getting priced out of the reach of more Latino students, according to a new report released by the Campaign for America's Future today. The full cost of college for one year at a public university now consumes one third of the annual median household income for Hispanics compared to one-quarter of annual median household income for a non-Hispanic, white family.

WASHINGTON -- Responding to public outrage about soaring college costs, a sharp rise in college loan interest rates and cuts to federal college aid programs, many organizations and activists are mobilizing voters across the nation to make college affordability a critical issue in November’s midterm elections. more »