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Florida caravan pushing Marco Rubio to lead immigration reform movement
From Naples News
A week-long caravan to highlight immigration reform is winding its way through rural Florida, hoping to bend the ear of the state’s Republican senator. From Immokalee to Apopka, a dozen members of the Florida Immigrant Coalition began March 1 in Orlando with a two-fold mission. They...
VIDEO: “Keeping families together” caravan kicks off for immigration reform
From NBC Latino
The call for immigration reform is now headed on the road. Local groups have come together for the three-day “Keeping Families Together” bus tour.
Immigrant activists press Rubio to embrace comprehensive reform
From The Tampa Bay Times
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March 8th is International Women’s Day, and although it’s 2013, American women still lag behind men in paycheck fairness. Women still make a mere 64 cents for every dollar their male counterparts make. Correcting this would not only make an unfair situation right, it would also go a long way toward helping families from slipping into poverty.
The United States has the highest number...
With debates over the federal budget continuing on Capital Hill, one idea that continues to emerge is a proposal to apply the chained consumer price index (CPI) to inflation-indexed provisions in the budget. Presented as a technical fix, the chained CPI will lead to disastrous cuts in crucial income support programs, especially Social Security.
So, how does it work?
The chained CPI is one of...
The sequester cuts have gone into effect and citizens all across America are feeling the crunch, but some Republican leaders are dismissing the magnitude of these cuts. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, described the sequester as a “modest reduction” and Senator Rand Paul thought that more cuts should be made. Instead of serving the seniors, small business owners, and...
