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05/03/17

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits health insurers from refusing to cover people who have pre-existing conditions, or charging them more because of their pre-existing conditions. There is simply no acceptable substitute for that guarantee. There are reports that Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) plans...

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Childcare & Early Education Realistic & Fair Wages

05/03/17

Moms know just how very valuable early learning is for kids, for families, and for our economy. More than anything, we want our children, and every child, to have every chance to succeed in school and in life. High-quality early learning programs are critically important to children’s success. In...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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Health Care

05/03/17

Call 888-668-8919 to be easily connected with your lawmakers-- and then remind them to say NO to repealing our healthcare protections! Ohio MomsRising member and small business owner Adina shares her story about why she supports protecting our care here: https://www.facebook.com/moveon/videos/...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care Politics & Policy

05/02/17

From bad to worse! The very bad, truly damaging, takes-healthcare-away-from-24-million-people Trumpcare/American Health Care Act (AHCA) is reportedly going to be voted on this week—and extremist lawmakers have added new provisions that make it even worse than it was a month ago! *Make a quick call...

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Felicia Burnett

Childcare & Early Education Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

05/02/17

Ivanka Trump is set to release her new book today — Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success . Earlier this year, we were happy to welcome Ivanka to the federal government where hundreds of thousands of union members tirelessly serve our country each and every day. As a senior adviser to her...

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Liz Shuler

Childcare & Early Education

05/02/17

As educators, advocates and organizers, we know it’s not easy to unite, and much less execute effectively, as a collective. Nonetheless, we must continue to diligently pursue these collective conversations and actions to achieve a thriving ecosystem for young children. To me there’s undoubtedly an...

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Denise Smith

Family Economic Security MomsRising Open Flexible Work

05/02/17

Despite its deceptive name, the Working Families Flexibility Act would not offer real flexibility to working families and would instead rob employees of their right to be compensated fairly for extra time they work. This bill is a wolf in sheep’s clothing – and working parents aren’t fooled. The...

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Immigration

05/02/17

Who can defend us against growing epidemics of violence, hate, and war? Donald Trump and his allies are vowing to “keep America safe” by cutting $54 billion from domestic programs and pumping it into our military, which is already by far the largest military in the world . The media keeps on...

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Kate Duva

Military Families

05/01/17

One of the greatest struggles that I’ve had as a military spouse, harder than the separations, more trying than the unknowns, has been the act of leaving. Leaving family, leaving friends, leaving a home. For someone like myself who already struggles with opening up and allowing people to get to...

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Jennifer Novak

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Open Flexible Work Politics & Policy

05/01/17

We’re 100 days in to the new administration and we’re not giving up! In fact, we’re powering up, rolling our sleeves up, and marching forward! Here are your #5Actions for this week: 1. The very bad, no good healthcare bill is ba-aack! And they might vote again soon. Tell Congress: Don’t take our...

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