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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Any mom or dad who’s ever had a kid in diapers knows that if you catch a whiff of something bad, ignoring the smell isn’t going to make that mess go away. And so it also goes for our broken healthcare system. What stinks? Health insurance rate hikes of up to 39 percent are now [...]
Tomorrow’s bipartisan meeting on health reform is “like the ‘last exit for gas’ sign on the interstate” for the fate of healthcare reform.[1] That’s why we are joining with other organizations today for an in-person and virtual online march on Congress telling them to get down to business and pass real healthcare reform. Help get [...]
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