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Push, baby, push

July 29, 2009
It's that time... excruciating pain, exhaustion, breathe and PUSH!!!! Yes, it's up to us again. We've got to push Congress to give birth to healthcare reform! Stalling on a vote in Congress is the key strategy of the opponents of healthcare reform.[1] Keep the momentum going forward. Tell your...
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Donna Norton

Why Should the Insured Care About Healthcare Reform?

July 29, 2009
President Barack Obama is making his case for healthcare reform in various town hall meetings across the country. Most recently, he had a bullet-point-style message on why the insured should support his healthcare plan. From the Washington Post : "* No Discrimination for Pre-Existing Conditions:...
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Elisa Batista
Environmental Health

80,000 Chemicals in Everyday Products, But Who's Counting (No one)

July 28, 2009
How many chemicals are in everyday products? How much of them do we make every year? What could they do to the environment and health? No one knows and no one's really trying to find out, but we can put an end to the idiocy.
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Janelle Sorensen

Women Can't Wait for Health Reform: The House Bill to the Rescue

July 28, 2009
Today we are joining tens of thousands of health care advocates to start making history by calling for health care reform that meets the needs of women and their families. Along with all our partners at Health Care for America Now, the National Women’s Law Center is asking health advocates to...
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Thao Nguyen
Childcare & Early Education

Coming This Fall: Larger Class Sizes

July 26, 2009
Despite billions of dollars in stimulus funds pumped into school systems across the country, districts in urban and rural settings alike will open their doors this fall with as many as 45 students in class. I have written about this before, but still, reading this story by the Associated Press left...
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Elisa Batista

What really hurts women? Our current health care system.

July 24, 2009
What really hurts women? Our current health care system. Lisa Codispoti, Senior Counsel This morning ten women members of Congress held a news conference on "how the Democrats' health care legisaltion [sic] will hurt women and affect their day-to-day lives." Written by Lisa Codispoti, National...
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Thao Nguyen

Storming Congress with Pacifiers!

July 24, 2009
Yesterday, armed with nothing but pacifiers, we stormed the barricades of Congress. Slightly hot and sticky Washington D.C. area MomsRising members delivered the healthcare stories of hundreds of MomsRising members to the U.S. Senate. Our calling cards were pacifiers to drive home our message that...
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Donna Norton

Banana Peels and Beach Parties

July 23, 2009
From Your Woman In Washington Written by MOTHERS volunteer Kelly Coyle DiNorcia I was recently discussing with my husband the legendary status he has achieved among the members of my moms’ group. When I was away giving a workshop, my beloved partner was home with my four-year-old daughter (I took...
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Valerie Young
Family Economic Security

A Day For Parents

July 22, 2009
Embracing his daughters, walking hand-in-hand to a Halloween party, attending parent-teacher conferences, soccer games and dance recitals -- these are the images of President Barack Obama that have most captured my heart and imagination. I confess, this mom has a sentimental side. But, the real...
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Rhonda Present

Coming to a City Near You

July 22, 2009
Right now, thousands of corporate insurance industry lobbyists are descending on Capitol Hill. It's up to us to make sure that Congress hears from real moms and dads, too. We're on it! And you can be too! Fabulous MomsRising members across the country are working hard right now to set up meetings...
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