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Nominate a Progressive Hero for the Maria Leavey Award

March 9, 2011

Washington, D.C. – Every year, the Campaign for America’s Future honors an unsung progressive hero with the Maria Leavey Tribute Award at the annual Take Back the American Dream Conference. more »

New February Jobs Numbers Are Encouraging -- But CAF Warns Against Turn to Austerity

March 9, 2012

Washington, DC -- “Today’s 227,000 increase in net new jobs in February announced by the Labor Department is a good sign that the economy is starting to produce private sector employment,” said Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future. more »

Borosage: Corporate Tax Reform: Lower Rates Now; Loopholes Return Later

02/22/2012

Washington, DC – Robert L. Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future, commented on Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s announcement of a framework for reforming the corporate tax code. Borosage argues that the corporate lobby machine in Washington would eventually prevent the closing of loopholes and the lowering of the top tax rates. more »

Bank Deal: A Beginning, Not an End

February 9, 2012

Washington, DC – Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future, commented on the much-anticipated settlement deal with the banks regarding mortgage fraud. Borosage expresses concerns that the deal was cut before the Federal investigation of the crimes committed. He urges Americans to continue to press for an aggressive investigation. more »

The Take Back the American Dream Conference is June 18 to 20, 2012

February 7, 2012

Washington, DC -- Join thousands of progressives, five months before the critical 2012 elections, to energize the movement and "Take Back the American Dream."

Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future said, “We'll plan strategic campaigns on such themes as `Jobs, Not Cuts,’ `Challenging Citizens United,’ and `Taking on the Big Banks.’” more »

Campaign for America’s Future Applauds Schneiderman’s Lawsuit of the Big Banks to Address Mortgage Abuses

February 3, 2012

Washington, DC – The Campaign for America’s Future welcomes the announcement that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has initiated a lawsuit against the Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Wells Fargo regarding their use of “MERS.”

Statement from Richard Eskow, Senior Fellow at the Campaign for America’s Future: more »

Jobs Report Shows Progress, But Austerity Continues to Impede the Recovery

February 3, 2012

Washington DC – The January jobs report of 243,000 new jobs and unemployment down to 8.3 percent -- shows progress. Robert L. Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future, made the following statement about the new jobs report and its indications for the U.S. economy: more »

Republicans Wrongly Equate Pentagon Spending with American Security

February 2, 2012

Washington, DC -- Senator John McCain and three other Republican Senators are unveiling legislation that would protect the Pentagon’s budget from the sequestration cuts required in the debt deal, forcing greater cuts in domestic investments.

The Campaign for America’s Future’s co-director Robert L. Borosage said: more »

President Obama Announces Banks Will Not Escape Investigation and Prosecution

January 23, 2012

Washington, D.C. -- Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, lauded President Barack Obama's announcement that he is launching an investigation of the big banks on mortgage-related fraud. Hundreds of thousands of concerned Americans signed petitions that went to the President asking for this investigation. more »

What Americans Hope to Hear in the State of the Union: Jobs. Jobs. Jobs.

January 23, 2012

Washington, DC – On the eve of President Barack Obama’s third State of the Union Address, Robert Borosage and Roger Hickey, the co-directors of the Campaign for America’s Future urge the President to put job creation in America as the top priority. more »