economic stimulus
By Mike Lillis, New Journalist Fellow October 14, 2009 - 6:00am
Last week, Senate Democrats proposed extending unemployment insurance by 14 weeks — with an extra six weeks for states with unemployment above 8.5 percent — only to have Republicans block the measure on the chamber floor.
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Thanks to lobbying by women's advocacy groups, Obama's stimulus bill offered women a good deal in terms of targeted funds to sectors in which women are employed as well as in human infrastructure investments.
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Of all the supposed "pork" in the proposed economic stimulus bill, perhaps none got so much media attention as the provision to extend family planning to more low-income women.
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By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround March 30, 2009 - 7:00am
A spike in the number of men seeking vasectomies suggests that family planning is a critical step in financial planning.
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides substantial economic help to women and families. Although it does not include all that we want, it represents a major re-ordering of priorities in funding.
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By Laurie Rubiner, Planned Parenthood Federation of America February 18, 2009 - 8:00am
Last week Congress ditched a family planning expansion from the stimulus, saying it didn't belong in an economic recovery package. But young, unintended parenting is a key indicator for poverty.
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The House of Representatives this afternoon passed the economic stimulus package without any Republican support.
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By Lon Newman, Family Planning Health Services February 10, 2009 - 8:00am
Family planning is voluntarily prevention of unintended pregnancies -- meaning women and their families are able to determine for themselves whether and when to have children.
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The real economic consequences of contraception; on family planning, Brookings has it both ways; slight increase in average age of first birth among American women; Freedom of Choice Act moving in New Mexico; Obama forging a new path on abortion?; Rita Henley-Jensen gushes over new Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow February 5, 2009 - 8:00am
House Republicans recently announced their idea of what is wasteful in the stimulus bill. On the list? A proposal for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get $400 million for STI screening and prevention.
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