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Washington, DC – Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future said that the December Unemployment Report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning, which shows unemployment at 7.8 percent with 155,000 jobs created last month, is a warning to Washington to turn back to job creation and away from deficit reduction measures that more »

Washington, DC -- The Campaign for America’s Future opposes benefit cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. more »

Washington, DC – The Campaign for America’s Future’s co-directors Robert Borosage and Roger Hickey say, “No Deal” to House Speaker John Boehner’s offer for the not-so-grand bargain. 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 -- Robert Borosage of the Campaign for America’s Future argues that Democrats should “call the bluff of the extortionists.” He said, “The President has put out a plan that already compromises more than desirable. If Republicans can't accept it, just say no….if there is no deal, the structural change that occurs is the end of the Bush tax cuts. more »

Washington, DC – Pundits calling this election a status quo election are overlooking one of the most dramatic aspects of the 2012 campaign. For years corporate-backed Republicans have waged class war against the middle-class and poor, while Democrats largely ceded the battlefield. This year, key Democrats fought back and won. 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 – Statement by Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future on President Obama's fiscal showdown speech today: more »

Washington, DC – A new post-election poll just released by the Democracy Corps and the Campaign for America’s Future finds a big gulf between the voters who just elected Barack Obama and the Washington and Wall Street elites, who are pushing immediate budget austerity, tax cuts for the wealthy, and a “grand bargain” on the budget. more »