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

By Elizabeth Rose
February 3, 2012
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

By Elizabeth Rose
February 2, 2012
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

By Elizabeth Rose
January 24, 2012
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.

By Elizabeth Rose
January 24, 2012
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 »

Campaign for America’s Future Urges President: Stand Against a Sweetheart Deal With the Big Banks

By Elizabeth Rose
January 23, 2012
January 23, 2012

Washington, D.C. --- Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future, is urging the Obama administration to investigate the big banks on mortgage related fraud before endorsing a settlement with them. more »

No Sweetheart Deal For Big Banks

By Elizabeth Rose
January 18, 2012
January 19, 2012

Washington, DC – Progressive groups are uniting today to send a strong message to the White House that bankers who commit fraud ought to be investigated, prosecuted and sent to jail. more »

Jobs Report Shows Action Needed to Spur Hiring

By Elizabeth Rose
January 6, 2012
January 6, 2012

Washington, DC – Official job numbers released today by the Labor Department show that while employment continues to grow, without stronger policies to spur economic growth and job-creation, it will be many years before the US economy comes anywhere near full employment. more »

Progressives Praise President’s Appointment of Richard Cordray to Head the CFPB and Urge Recess Appointments to the NLRB

By Elizabeth Rose
January 4, 2012
January 4, 2012

Washington, DC – The Campaign for America’s Future supports President Obama’s decision to appoint Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and encourages the president to quickly appoint members of the National Labor Relations Board.

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

Progressives at the Campaign for America's Future:

By Elizabeth Rose
December 19, 2011
December 19, 2011

Washington, DC – House Republicans have announced they will block the extension of payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits that President Obama and Congressional leaders agreed to. more »

Campaign for America’s Future Urges Senators to Fight the Bank Lobby

By Elizabeth Rose
December 6, 2011
December 6, 2011

Washington, DC -- This week, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the nomination of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) created by the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. more »

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