Results List
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Celebrating Financial Reform in the U.S. – An Advance for Social Justice
Source: Vivien Labaton
Vivien Labaton, Director of Strategic Programme Initiatives at The Atlantic Philanthropies, reflects on the recent passage of financial reform in the United States and the activities of Atlantic grantees to help bring it about. The recent passage of the financial reform law—the Dodd-Frank Wall…
Resource type: News
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D.C. Council approves bill legalizing gay marriage
Source: Washington Post
Bill heads to Fenty's desk, still must survive congressional review period By Tim Craig The D.C. Council gave final approval Tuesday to a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, setting off a wave of excitement in the gay community even as opponents vow to continue the…
Resource type: News
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A Nonprofit Push for Change
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Coalition of groups band together in battle to overhaul health care Original Source Health Care for America Now, Families USA, the American Cancer Society and AARP are Atlantic grantees. By Suzanne Perry As members of Congress fan out across the country during their August recess,…
Resource type: News
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Democrats Consider Bypassing G.O.P. on Health Care Plan
Source: The New York Times
Original Source News AnalysisBy ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — With solid majorities in both houses of Congress, Democrats are tempted to use their political muscle to speed passage of health care legislation with minimal concessions to the Republican minority. That approach may be the only way…
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Health Critic Brings a Past and a Wallet
Source: The New York Times
Health Care for America Now is an Atlantic grantee. By JIM RUTENBERG WASHINGTON — Richard L. Scott is unusual in these tough economic times: a rich, conservative investor willing to spend freely on a political cause. Mr. Scott is starring in his own rotation of advertisements…
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Groups push reconciliation option
Source: Politico.com
by Carrie Budoff Brown An umbrella group of progressive organizations is pressing congressional budget leaders to keep the option of using expedited budget procedures to move President Barack Obama's healthcare initiatives through the Senate - a move that would allow Democrats to pass a bill…
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Springborg ambivalent about science and technology policy
Source: The Australian
THE spectacular rise of the bioscience and medical innovation sector in Brisbane did not rate a mention in Queensland Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg's speech to the Committee for Economic Development yesterday. The omission followed a day after the potential premier and Liberal National Party candidate…
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'Safety first' for hi-tech funding
Source: The Australian
THE Liberal National Party is considering redirecting $120 million in Smart State funds away from risky start-ups to hi-technology companies struggling to remain viable, if it wins government. Opposition treasury spokesman Tim Nicholls told The Australian a defensive, risk-averse strategy was necessary as venture capital…
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Early Investments in Children Strengthen the Nation's Economy
Source: Every Child Matters
Original Source A recent Op-Ed in the Des Moines Register explains how early investments in children, including providing all children with quality early childhood education, strengthens the economy. The author of the Op-Ed piece, Barbara Merrill, Executive Director of the Iowa Association for the Education…
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The fight for universal health care
Source: Politico
Original Source Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager for Health Care for America Now, takes nothing for granted. On the very day last week that President Barack Obama released his budget proposal, which includes a $634 billion reserve fund to overhaul the nation’s health care system, Kirsch…
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