Because the previous Congress funded the federal government only to March 4th, 2011, the current Congress must pass a Continuing Resolution (CR) to continue to fund the government from that point through September 30th, 2011, the end of 2011 fiscal...
Students Gain Big Victory With New Protections under the Health Care Law – Press Release
[Washington, DC] – Today, the White House announced the Summer Jobs+ Campaign, a new call to action for businesses, non-profits, and government to work together to provide summer jobs for low-income and disconnected youth in the summer of 2012....
[Washington, DC] – Today, President Obama signed into law a tax deal that includes a two-year extension of the American Opportunity Tax Credit (“AOTC”). This critical tax credit helped over 8 million young Americans and their families pay for...
Americans Push Back Against Flawed Arguments of Opponents of Health Reform
NJ Voices, Nov 7, 2010 Its been some week since the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear took place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. According to Wikipedia, some 215,000 people showed up at the call of Comedy Centrals...
Midterm elections are less than a week away, and the items awaiting Congress when they return to Washington are piling up. This session of Congress, referred to as the “lame duck” session, occurs whenever one Congress meets after its...
Here’s a post looking at the current administration’s approach towards issues that matter to young-adults, written by Sarah Audelo and Gregory Cendana. “. . . But millennial voters are not just concerned about ourselves. We’re doing this for the next...
Dear Members of Congress, Thank you for your tireless efforts to put this country back on the road to economic recovery. On behalf of the millions of young people our organizations represent, we urge you to support comprehensive Wall Street...