economic stimulus
GOP Blocks Extension of Unemployment Insurance
by Mike Lillis, New Journalist Fellow
October 14, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)
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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Up With Women in the Downturn
by Randy Albelda, Ms. Magazine
May 26, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
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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Parroting Propaganda on Family Planning
by Julie Hollar, FAIR
April 6, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
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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Vasectomies Spike as Economy Sours
by Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround
March 30, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
A spike in the number of men seeking vasectomies suggests that family planning is a critical step in financial planning.
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How Economic Recovery Helps Women, Families
by Nancy Duff Campbell, National Women's Law Center
February 19, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
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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Contraception 101: The Econ Course Our Politicians Need
by Laurie Rubiner, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
February 18, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
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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House Passes Stimulus Bill Without Republican Support
February 13, 2009 - 3:07pm (Print)
The House of Representatives this afternoon passed the economic stimulus package without any Republican support.
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WSJ Argues More Kids Will Drive Domestic Consumption
by Lon Newman, Family Planning Health Services
February 10, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
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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Roundup: More Takes on Contraception and Economic Stimulus
February 6, 2009 - 10:03am (Print)
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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$400 Million to Prevent STIs - Wasteful?
by Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow
February 5, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
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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