Transcript: Press conference Q&A with CA Gov. Jerry Brown on the May revision of the 2013-2014 budget

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Partial transcript of the press conference Q&A with Gov. Jerry Brown on the May revision of the FY 2013-14 California state budget. The briefing was held on May…

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Transcript: Q&A with Rep. Loretta Sanchez on the impacts of immigration on the U.S. economy – Joint Economic Committee hearing on May 7, 2013

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Partial transcript of Q&A with Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) on the impacts of immigration on the U.S. economy. The Joint Economic Committee hearing was held on May 7,…

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Overview of Department of Agriculture sequester cuts

Tuesday, February 19, 2013
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agriculture Research Service (ARS) entomologists Matt Hentz and David Hall inspect orange trees for Asian citrus psyllids that have been killed by the beneficial fungus Hirsutella citriformis in Florida on May 21, 2012. USDA photo by Stephen Ausmus.

$333 million from the Special Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women, Children, and Infants (WIC). The shortfall would take away vital food assistance and health care services for 600,000 low-income…

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Sequestration will cut food assistance to 600,000 low-income moms & children

Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Women, Children, and Infants (WIC). SOURCE: USDA.gov

Sequestration will cut the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infant, and Children [WIC] by $333 million, taking away vital food assistance and health care services for 600,000 low-income…

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Education Secretary Arne Duncan calls sequestration “economically foolish and morally indefensible”

Monday, February 18, 2013
Children participating in Head Start. SOURCE: Office of Head Start / HHS

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan warned that sequestration would amount to “educational malpractice” by imposing steep cuts to schools and programs that help students from impoverish areas or…

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Sequester cuts to HUD could leave 200,000 low-income seniors, families, disabled & veterans homeless

Friday, February 15, 2013
WTF Shaun Donovan 2.14.13

If the across-the-board sequester cuts to non-defense discretionary programs take effect on March 1, the Department of Housing and Urban Development will have to significantly scale back low-income…

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Transcript: HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan’s testimony on impacts of sequestration before the Senate Appropriations Committee

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Transcript of testimony by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan on the impacts of sequestration on the housing recovery, homelessness, and Hurricane Sandy recovery. The Senate Appropriations…

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Transcript: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor presents the GOP’s 2013 agenda “Make Life Work” at AEI

Tuesday, February 5, 2013
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor presents the 2013 Republican agenda at the American Enterprise Institute on Feb. 5, 2013. SOURCE: C-Span.org

Transcribed & edited by Jenny Jiang Transcript: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) presents the 2013 Republican agenda at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on Feb. 5, 2013:

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Bernanke: Housing crash erased nearly all minority & low-income homeownership gains

Monday, November 26, 2012
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke SOURCE: OperationHope.org

The recent housing crash has wiped out nearly all of the homeownership gains made by minorities and low-income Americans since the mid-1990s, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben…

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California Prop. 30 & 38: Two competing tax measures to fund schools ravaged by state budget cuts

Monday, November 5, 2012
SOURCE: Yes on Prop. 30

ANALYSIS: On Tuesday, California voters will be asked to choose between two competing ballot measures – Proposition 30 and Proposition 38 – that will temporarily raise taxes to…

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