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    Cowabunga! Rough Waters for Health Reform

    Posted August 14th, 2010 by Donna Norton

    True story.  I’m sitting on the beach with my kids earlier this week having a relaxing vacation in California and two buff twenty year old surfer dudes come over and say they are from “Grassroots Company,” or some such thing, and they want my signature to repeal health care reform. Sometimes, there’s just no getting [...]

    What a difference a decade makes!

    Posted July 15th, 2010 by Donna Norton

    About a decade ago I received a distraught call from my high school friend, Mark, telling me that his son had just been diagnosed with cancer at his one year old well child visit with the pediatrician.  A decade later, he called to say that his son’s life had been saved by this checkup.  He [...]

    Congress-Don’t Leave America Hanging!

    Posted July 6th, 2010 by Donna Norton

    Congress, can you answer this question? When I heard that Congress had failed to pass the extension of unemployment insurance benefits last night, all I could think about was the question posed earlier this week from a mom in Indiana: “How will my family live now that the unemployment is going to get cut?” And [...]

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    How does health reform help moms? Get the inside scoop!

    Posted July 1st, 2010 by Donna Norton

    It’s time again for the annual Fourth of July family picnic. Picture this: You’re minding your own business eating your corn on the cob when over walks your cousin (the one who’s nine months pregnant and in a very bad mood because it’s much too hot). She remarks, “The country is going to hell in [...]

    Stop Congress from Cutting Off Families in Need!

    Posted June 3rd, 2010 by Donna Norton

    When the going gets tough, the tough (that’s us!) get going. And, infuriatingly, because of developments in Congress late last week, it just got tougher for families struggling with job loss. In last minute surprise maneuvers, members of the House of Representatives passed a scaled back jobs bill that dropped key supports for families who [...]

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    Did Someone Say Economic Recovery?

    Posted May 19th, 2010 by Donna Norton

    It’s clear: Our economy is no bed of roses right now. Over 45 percent of people looking for jobs have been without work for over 6 months, the highest percentage in more than six decades.[1] Home repossessions this year are up 27 percent compared to the first four months of last year.[2] And though hiring [...]

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    A temporary victory for families?

    Posted April 20th, 2010 by Donna Norton

    On Thursday, after weeks of delay and grandstanding, Congress finally voted to briefly extend unemployment insurance for the millions of workers who are still trying to find jobs in an economy where there are more than 5 jobless Americans for every available job. [1] A victory? Well, yes, it’s a welcome respite for the hundreds [...]

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    An inexcusable delay

    Posted April 9th, 2010 by Donna Norton

    Whenever I go on vacation, I always leave some task undone–like emptying the garbage can, or putting my mail on hold. But failing to extend millions of people’s unemployment insurance benefits? Never, even in my most hurried state, would I go on vacation and neglect to do that. It’s simply inexcusable that Congress adjourned for [...]

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    Need Your Help- Please Call Congress!

    Posted March 18th, 2010 by Donna Norton

    The imminent vote on health reform is going to be incredibly close. We’ve got to pump up the volume to help make sure it passes. That’s right: It’s time to make sure our voices are heard once again by Congress that healthcare reform is critically important to our nation’s families in order to counter corporate [...]

    MomsRising Members, Babies Meet With Pelosi on Healthcare

    Posted March 17th, 2010 by Donna Norton

    It turns out that making noise at the US Capitol in support of healthcare is a lot more fun when you bring your little ones to help. On Monday, a group of DC-area MomsRising members, their kids and I headed to the Capitol to speak up for healthcare reform. We were behind the microphone with [...]

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