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Childcare & Early Education Realistic & Fair Wages

From Tug-of-War to Teeter-Totter

May 7, 2017
After returning over $20m of Child Care and Development Funds to the federal government in 2016, Michigan's Governor has proposed a 2018 budget plan that will ensure the entirety of the Federal child care funds available to the state are drawn. The proposed strategy included a plan to increase the...
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Camarrah Morgan
Health Care Politics & Policy

Keep calling! Protect our health care!

May 4, 2017
We need to keep up the pressure! The U.S. House is voting TODAY to repeal the Affordable Care Act, decimate funding for our nation’s cherished Medicaid program, and gut protections for people with pre-existing conditions. → It is so important for you to call 1-888-668-8919 right now and make your...
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Felicia Burnett
Health Care

House Passage of American Health Care Act Is an Assault on Our Health

May 4, 2017
The vote today in the House of Representatives to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is irresponsible, damaging and a shameful instance of lawmakers putting partisan interests ahead of the country’s interests. The bill the House passed would take coverage away from 24 million people, decimate our...
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Health Care Politics & Policy

U.S. House Passes Terrible Health Care Bill - Here’s what you can do about it!

May 4, 2017
A shameful and grossly irresponsible act just happened in the U.S. House of Representatives—and we need everyone to raise their voices in outrage! What happened? 217 members of Congress voted to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA)/Trumpcare which will take health insurance coverage away from...
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Felicia Burnett
Food!

Moms Group Slams Trump Administration Plan to Scale-Back Obama-Era School Lunch Nutritional Requirement

May 4, 2017
“The Trump Administration is effectively selling out our kids to big-monied interests that want to pump our kids full of cheap, processed foods.” WASHINGTON DC -- Earlier this week, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue signed a proclamation that weakens Obama-era healthy school lunch standards...
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Karen Showalter
Breastfeeding

You Pumped Where?!

May 3, 2017
I laugh about it now; all the ridiculous places I’ve had to pump breastmilk. I share horror stories with my friends about having to pump in my car, in a bathroom, and that one time I pumped in the busy lobby of an office building! “Wait, you pumped WHERE?!?!” is a common response to these stories...
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Sili Recio
Health Care

There is ‘No Acceptable Substitute for the Affordable Care Act’s Protections for People with Pre-Existing Conditions’

May 3, 2017
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

Worthy wages now: For our children, our families, and our economy

May 3, 2017
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

Small business owners support our health care. You can too!

May 3, 2017
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

From bad to worse—Protect our health care!

May 2, 2017
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

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