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Toxic Trade Exposes More and More Americans To Deadly Products, Report Says

10/29/2007

More and more American consumers are at risk from products that are not produced in America or subject to American safety standards, according to a new report released today by the Campaign for America’s Future. The report calls for an increase in the authority and budget of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

President’s Veto of Children’s Health Bill Marks First Round In National Fight About Health Care

10/22/2007

Campaign for America’s Future co-director Robert Borosage said that President Bush’s veto of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization bill today kicks off a major debate about fixing the nation’s broken health care system.

Children's Health Bill Vote Makes The Record Clear

10/17/2007

Campaign for America’s Future co-director Roger Hickey said that 156 House Members declared themselves enemies of children and families in today’s vote on children’s health care.

President Expected To Sign The Largest Increase In Student Aid Since The G.I. Bill

09/18/2007

WASHINGTON – Congress sent the College Cost Reduction and Access Act to the president yesterday for his signature, providing the largest increase in student aid since the G.I. Bill. more »

Report: Conservative Policies Failed To Rebuild The Gulf Coast, Basic Investments Still Severely Lacking

08/27/2007

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - Two years after Hurricane Katrina left a path of destruction in the Gulf Coast, the federal government has failed to rebuild devastated areas, according to a new report released today by the Campaign for America's Future. more »

Progressive Leaders And Bloggers Join Forces To Expose GOP Strategy Of Blocking And Blaming

08/02/2007

WASHINGTON – With thousands of progressive activists gathered at the YearlyKos conference in Chicago and legislators on Capitol Hill preparing to return to their districts for the summer recess, more »

628,000 Americans Receive Pay Raise Today

07/23/2007

Sen. Boxer: Live Earth Concerts Can Spur Bold Policies, Urgent Action On Climate Change

07/05/2007

WASHINGTON - Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., today called for bold action to combat global warming in advance of the Live Earth concerts organized by former Vice President Al Gore designed to address climate change on Saturday. Sen. more »

Progressives Driving National Political Debate

06/18/2007

WASHINGTON -- Presidential candidates Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. and Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., brought more than 3,000 progressive activists from more than 40 states to their feet today at the fifth annual “Take Back America” conference. more »

New Report Debunks "Conservative America" Myth, Shows Progressive Ideas On The Rise

06/12/2007

WASHINGTON - The conventional wisdom that Americans are overwhelmingly conservative is fundamentally false, according to a new report released today by the Campaign for America's Future and Media M more »