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Robert Borosage of the Campaign for America’s Future to Testify at the CPC's Ad Hoc Hearing on Job Creation

By Elizabeth Rose
November 15, 2011
November 16, 2011

Washington, D.C. – Robert Borosage, of the Campaign for America’s Future will testify at the the Congressional Progressive Caucus’s ad hoc hearing on job creation on Wed. Nov. 16, 2011. The hearing will feature perspectives that have been excluded from the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction’s debate.

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Progressive Groups Demand that Super Committee Democrats Preserve Social Security and Medicare

By Elizabeth Rose
November 7, 2011
November 7, 2011

Jobs Report Demands Action on Jobs

By Elizabeth Rose
November 4, 2011
November 4, 2011

Washington, DC – Today’s tepid jobs numbers for October show once again that the economy is not adding enough jobs to hire those coming into the job market, much less to begin to employ the 25 million Americans in need of fulltime work. more »

Campaign for America’s Future Blasts Super Committee's Plans to Cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security

By Elizabeth Rose
October 28, 2011
October 28, 2011

Washington, DC -- The Campaign for America’s Future today released the following statement by its co-director, Roger Hickey: more »

Campaign for America’s Future Warns Against Proposals by Democrats on Super Committee to Cut Medicare by over $400 Billion

By Elizabeth Rose
October 26, 2011
October 26, 2011

Washington, DC -- Campaign for America’s Future’s co-director Roger Hickey responded to reports that Democrats on the so-called Super Committee have proposed serious cuts in Medicare benefits.

Statement from Roger Hickey, co-director of Campaign for America’s Future: more »

Campaign for America’s Future Joins 60 Organizations and Visionaries in Releasing Dream of A Nation

By Elizabeth Rose
October 25, 2011
October 25, 2011

Washington, DC -- – Campaign for America’s Future is joining 60 organizations and visionaries in launching an effort to elevate awareness and inspire action around some of the most pressing economic, social, and environmental issues of our time. more »

New Report Shows State Budget Cuts are Devastating Public Schools

By Elizabeth Rose
October 13, 2011
October 13, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC —New austerity budgets, passed by state legislatures, are having a huge negative effect on direct services to children, youth, and families, according to a new report by Campaign for America’s Future. more »

Occupy Wall Street: Whose Side Are You On?

By Elizabeth Rose
October 7, 2011
October 7, 2011

Washington, DC -- In an article in the Huffington Post, Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future, calls on politicians to respond to Occupy Wall Street. more »

Jobs Numbers Send SOS to Washington to Act Now on Jobs

By Elizabeth Rose
October 7, 2011
October 7, 2011

Washington, DC – Today’s jobs numbers send another emergency message to Washington: act now on jobs.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced 103,000 new jobs in September, including 45,000 Verizon workers returning to work after striking. The unemployment rate remained unchanged. more »

Democracy Corps Poll Shows Progressives Want the Jobs Bill

By Elizabeth Rose
October 6, 2011
October 6, 2011

Washington DC -- A straw poll of attendees at the Take Back the American Dream conference shows that progressives overwhelmingly want a stronger activist progressive agenda from Washington. more »

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