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WASHINGTON – Campaign for America’s Future Co-director Robert Borosage today said John Edwards’ populist progressive message earned his spot on the Democratic presidential ticket. Edwards was the most popular choice for the ticket, according to a poll by the Associated Press conducted last month. more »

WASHINGTON – The Campaign for America's Future today released a new webmercial that features First Lady Laura Bush setting the record straight on her husband's education policies. more »

WASHINGTON – Campaign for America's Future Co-director Roger Hickey today urged President Bush and House Republicans to drop their reckless and needless Social Security privatization plan. New information released today by the Congressional Budget Office proves that the Social Security system is in decent financial shape.

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One of the largest interest rate hikes on college loans is set for this Saturday, July 1, as student debt and the cost of attending college in the United States continue to rise. Federal student loan interest rates will rise and consequently, many students and alumni are scrambling to consolidate their loans. more »

MEMORANDUM TO REPORTERS AND EDITORS

FROM:
Campaign for America's Future Communications Director Toby Chaudhuri

SUBJECT:
An important moment in the movement

This is a key time in our nation's history when progressives can Take Back America.

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WASHINGTON – The Bush Administration's energy policies hand massive breaks to big oil companies and do nothing to lower gas prices or reduce our dependence on foreign oil, according to a new television ad by the Campaign for America's Future and the Detroit Project Action Fund. The ad begins airing today in the Washington, D.C., New York and Los Angeles markets. more »

WASHINGTON — The Institute for America's Future today unveiled an enhanced TomPaine.com website that provides a one-stop center for progressive analysis and actions on the Web. The new website transforms the award-winning TomPaine.com Internet journal into a hub for people interested in cutting-edge progressive issues. more »

WASHINGTON — "College students graduate with more average debt than ever before," Institute for America's Future President Robert Borosage noted today. "It is simply unconscionable that House Republican leaders want to sock them with higher interest rates and greater risk. more »

WASHINGTON – Campaign for America's Future Co-director Roger Hickey said that today marks day one of President Bush's new prescription drug law's payback to companies that invested millions of dollars in Republican politicians.

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WASHINGTON – Hundreds of thousands of outraged parents, students and teachers across the country today called on President Bush to fire his Education Secretary, Roderick Paige, in a petition delivered to the White House. more »