Is there a mom out there who doesn’t multi-task? I, for one, can often be found in the kitchen washing the dishes, answering questions about math homework, and participating in a conference call. So, it really gets my goat when members of Congress say things like, “We need to focus on jobs and the economy [...]
According to recent reports, women are increasingly the primary or sole family breadwinner due to the recession [1]. With women still earning only 78 cents on the dollar to their male counterparts [2], you gotta wonder: How are we supposed to win enough bread for our families, when we’re not getting the dough?
Urge your Senators [...]
If my kids wanted to quit something after their first setback, I’d say, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” So what’s with Congress? One unexpected election result in Massachusetts, a state that already has universal healthcare, is all it takes for some in Congress to throw up their hands and say we [...]
This morning, I was looking glumly down at the extra 5 pounds on my scale thinking… Diet? Exercise? And then it came to me. No! This January, America’s families need to throw our weight around and that extra 5 pounds is going to come in handy!
Right now, each Congressional Representative is compiling a list of [...]
Thanks for standing up for Sophie and all the other children in need of healthcare reform. Over the weekend, a number of last minute improvements on children’s health coverage were made to the Senate health bill because of the amazing efforts of MomsRising members and other great advocates for children.
But we’re not there yet.
Another vote [...]
Will one of your Senators be the Grinch Who Stole Healthcare Reform?
The vote in the Senate is going to be incredibly close and the loss or gain of just one or two Senators could make or break this historic chance to finally start fixing our broken healthcare system. We are now just days away from [...]
I admit it. With the grim news that one in four U.S. children are on the brink of hunger [1], that an estimated 5 million children are without healthcare today [2], and that 14,000 Americans are losing their healthcare every day [3], I’m tempted to retreat into the familiar comfort of eggnog and holiday [...]
If you’ve turned on the TV this week, you may have noticed that opponents of health reform have stepped up their efforts to scare families into opposing health reform. Why the frenzied pitch? Because after almost a year of debate, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on its health reform bill as early [...]
Kids are experts at getting the attention of their parents. They tug at us, they snuggle up, they deftly bargain, and let’s face it–that whining can be pretty effective. But as a political lobby, kids are easily overlooked. Right now, the headlines about health reform center on adults while millions of children remain uncovered and [...]
Full disclosure: I’m not a great baker. My kids think a Betty Crocker cake is fully homemade. However, it seems to me that healthcare reform is kind of like baking a cake. If you don’t have the right ingredients, it will fall as flat as a pancake.
Last week Senator Baucus released his proposal for health [...]
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