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Statement: Amendment to the Joining Opportunity with Benefits and Services (JOBS) for Success Act (H.R. 5861) would hold the government accountable for reducing child poverty
| May 23, 2018 |
The First Focus Campaign for Children applauds Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL-7) for offering an amendment to the Joining Opportunity with Benefits and Services (JOBS) for …
President’s Budget Would Wreak Havoc on America’s Children
| February 12, 2018 |
Today, the President released his Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal, which flies in the face of last week’s Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA). …
Bipartisan Senate Funding Agreement Invests in Children
| February 8, 2018 |
As we near the eleventh hour of the current continuing resolution to fund the government, the bipartisan progress on a budget deal steers us …
Continuing Resolution #5: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly for Children
First Focus Campaign for Children | February 6, 2018 |
The fifth Continuing Resolution (CR), released by the House of Representatives with a vote expected today, would temporarily extend funding for virtually all federal …
House CR Needs Changes to Children’s Provisions Before Passage
First Focus Campaign for Children | January 17, 2018 |
WASHINGTON—Bruce Lesley, President of the First Focus Campaign for Children, reacted to today’s proposed House FY2018 Continuing Resolution (CR): The Senate should modify this …
Unfair, Insulting Tax Bill Gambles with Our Children’s Future
Bruce Lesley | December 21, 2017 |
WASHINGTON—Bruce Lesley, President of the First Focus Campaign for Children, issued the following statement after passage of the Republican tax bill in the House …
Kids Deserve More than Inadequate CHIP Stop-Gap
Bruce Lesley | December 6, 2017 |
WASHINGTON–With respect to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Announcement that the House will consider a Continuing Resolution with a short-term, stop-gap measure for …
A Tragic and Harmful Tax Bill — Whose Price Children Will Bear
Bruce Lesley | December 2, 2017 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (WASHINGTON, D.C.)–Bruce Lesley, President of the First Focus Campaign for Children, issued the following statement after House and Senate passage of …
CHIP Policy is Critical for Children, Needs Final Bipartisan Agreement
Ari Goldberg (Former Staff) | October 31, 2017 |
WASHINGTON—Bruce Lesley, President of The First Focus Campaign for Children, released the following statement on the CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS ACT of 2017 (HR 3922), a House bill to extend …
New Proposal to Expand Child Tax Credit Would Slash Child Poverty Rate
Bruce Lesley, Cara Baldari | October 27, 2017 |
WASHINGTON–The First Focus Campaign for Children applauds the introduction of the American Family Act of 2017, which would expand the Child Tax Credit to more effectively …