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WASHINGTON – The Institute for America's Future and the Center for American Progress today announced the formation of a national task force to ensure excellence in public education. At a Washington luncheon, two of the task force co-chairs outlined a plan to engage business, public policy and community leaders in a series of major public hearings across the country. more »

WASHINGTON — More than 5,500 people organized by the Institute for America's Future and TomPaine.com today demanded that Congress take back the money the Bush Administration funneled to HMOs in the new prescription drug law. President Bush's new Medicare law gives HMOs $46 billion — 3 times the amount the Bush Administration promised. more »

WASHINGTON – Campaign for America's Future Co-director Roger Hickey today said the Social Security and Medicare trustees released a misleading annual report based on questionable Bush Administration figures. Hickey noted that the report reflects President Bush's political agenda by showing that the fiscal state of Social Security and Medicare is much worse than last year.

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WASHINGTON - Campaign for America's Future Co-director Roger Hickey today demanded that television networks pull President Bush's Medicare ads off the air because the General Accounting Office found them misleading. more »

WASHINGTON – Parents and teachers from across the country joined Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Campaign for America's Future Co-director Robert Borosage and MoveOn.org's Peter Schurman to call on President Bush to fire his Education Secretary, Roderick Paige, in a major online petition drive (www.firepaige.org ). more »

WASHINGTON – The Campaign for America's Future and MoveOn.org coordinated more than 3000 people across the country last week to demand that Congress repeal and replace President Bush 's new prescription drug law that hands massive new corporate profits to drug companies in more than 120 meetings with their Reps. and Senators during the congressional recess. more »

WASHINGTON — Campaign for America's Future Co-director Roger Hickey today called on President Bush to answer questions about his commitment to preserving a secure retirement at the end of a life of work for everyone in America. more »

WASHINGTON — Institute for America's Future Co-director Robert Borosage today came to the defense of millions of teachers advancing the cause of public education who were directly attacked by the Bush Administration. more »

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

SUBJECT:
Bush Administration 2005 Budget Fails Education more »

As seniors read the fine print, the outrage grows over a prescription deal that undermines Medicare, keeps drug prices high, and pumps billions into the pockets of drug companies and HMOs.  A grassroots movement led by the Institute for America’s Future (IAF), Alliance for Retired Americans, USAction and countless other defenders of Medicare is growing.

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