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Tom Daschle: Reform Will Help the Insured and the Sick
Tom Daschle discusses why we need health reform, how it will help people who already have insurance, and how it will help people with health problems.
CAP Action Answering the BIG question: How do we create jobs in a recession? Michael Ettlinger assesses 3 options. http://bit.ly/85jTNW
CAP Action We will be posting updates from our Copenhagen team on our Facebook page, too
CAP Action ENOUGH Project's John Prendergast discusses conflict minerals on 60 Minutes Sunday: http://bit.ly/5DpkiF. Watch it.
CAP Action Thank Apple for standing up to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on climate change via Twitter: http://act.ly/no
CAP Action Howard Dean introduces Kevin Mattson discussing his book on Pres. Carter's malaise speech w/ Carter's chief speechwriter James Fallows, live streamed Wed. 10/7 6:30pm http://bit.ly/q0hPK
CAP Action Apple quits US Chamber of Commerce over its global warming denial. Read & watch: http://bit.ly/QxliT
CAP Action African Americans and Hispanics have lost more economic ground and done so more quickly than their white counterparts from the end of 2007 to the summer of 2009, and the economic fortunes of minorities have fallen from lower levels than those of whites to begin with. http://bit.ly/12q2VL
Leveling the Playing Field: How to Ensure Minorities Share Equitably in the Economic Recovery and Be
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African Americans and Hispanics have lost more economic ground and done so more quickly than their white counterparts from the end of 2007 to the summer of 2009, and the economic fortunes of minorities have fallen from lower levels than those of whites to begin with.
CAP Action Among high-income borrowers in 2006, African Americans were three times as likely as whites to pay higher prices for mortgages—32.1 percent compared to 10.5 percent. Hispanics were nearly as likely as African Americans to pay higher prices for their ...mortgages at 29.1 percent. Click the link for more http://bit.ly/L0rN9
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When other stakeholders—such as pension funds, unions, or hedge funds—invest major sums in corporations, they demand board representation, and their directors are picked to represent the interests and worldview of these stakeholders. Taxpayers should not be treated any differently. read more:
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The American International Groups's office building in New York. The company received a massive bailout from the federal government.
CAP Action When other stakeholders—such as pension funds, unions, or hedge funds—invest major sums in corporations, they demand board representation, and their directors are picked to represent the interests and worldview of these stakeholders. Taxpayers should not be treated any differently.
CAP Action Family Health Spending to Rise Rapidly. Costs Are Becoming Unsustainable for Families with Employee-Sponsored Care. Escalating health care costs threaten to erode the income of the more than 160 million people who depend on employer-sponsored coverage. http://bit.ly/yP6Ag
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Escalating health care costs threaten to erode the income of the more than 160 million people who depend on employer-sponsored coverage. Without real changes to our health care system, annual health care ...
CAP Action Public Opinion Snapshot: Moving Toward Clarity on Health Care Reform. Clarity: It’s a beautiful thing. If you’re not a conservative, that is. Conservatives' plans to derail health care reform depend on spreading confusion about what is in the reform bills before Congress, since the basic components of reform are so popular. http://bit.ly/DRcmW
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Last week I argued that clarity was conservatives’ greatest enemy on health care. Their plans to derail health care reform depend on spreading confusion about what is in the reform bills before Congress, since the basic components of reform are so popular. ...
CAP Action The United States has an historic opportunity to enhance its national security by reducing its dependence on oil. More efficient fuel economy standards, investments in hybrid and electric vehicles, development of natural gas-fueled heavy duty vehicles, and production of advanced biofuels would also create jobs and reduce global warming pollution. http://bit.ly/30xjeu
Securing America's Future: Enhancing Our National Security by Reducing Oil Dependence and Environmen
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The United States has an historic opportunity to enhance its national security by reducing its dependence on oil. Policies to accomplish this goal, including more efficient fuel economy standards, investments ...
CAP Action Green Jobs/Green Homes NY is a policy roadmap for New York State to achieve mass-scale retrofits of 1 million housing units over the next five years. It will save New York households more than $1 billion annually. http://bit.ly/4dIiQQ
Green Jobs/Green Homes NY: Expanding Home Energy Efficiency and Creating Good Jobs in a Clean-Energy
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Green Jobs/Green Homes NY is a policy roadmap for New York State to achieve mass-scale retrofits of 1 million housing units over the next five years.
