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By Sam Baker - 12/03/12 02:53 PM ET
Federal healthcare programs should cover the children of illegal immigrants, a group of House Democrats says.
Democrats are asking the Obama administration to make healthcare available to children who are able to stay in the U.S. under the deferred-action immigration policy that President Obama announced earlier this year.
By Jonathan Easley - 11/30/12
A group of House Democrats has formed its own "Gang of Six... to push for progressive tax reform – in which the expiration of the Bush-era tax rates for the wealthiest Americans is "just the beginning....
By Sam Baker
February 15, 2013
A group of House Democrats is trying to persuade the White House to back away from a proposed cut in Social Security – just like it did with raising the Medicare eligibility age.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said Thursday she's been talking to White House officials and trying to explain the consequences of the Social Security cut, particularly in combination with other changes such as increased cost-sharing for Medicare.
"We're hoping that they'll make the right decision," she said.
Between January 2015 to January 2018, the drugs that multiple sclerosis patients rely on have skyrocketed from $60,000 to close to $100,000. In the last decade, the top three insulin manufacturers — Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi — have increased the price of insulin by 700 percent in lockstep as 1 in 4 diabetics rations or forgoes this lifesaving medication due to cost. And within this year alone, over 3,400 drugs have already seen price spikes of an average 10.5 percent, representing five times the rate of inflation.
By Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) for The Hill
January 12th, 2016
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By Rep. Jan Schakowsky for CNBC
Facebook completely failed to protect Americans' data. Is anyone surprised?