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As Congress debates comprehensive immigration reform, members of both parties have insisted on barring undocumented immigrants who achieve provisional legal status from receiving Medicaid coverage or Obamacare subsidies (a provision that was already part of the health law). But preventing these immigrants from gaining basic health benefits is actually a fiscally irresponsible model that will [...]
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Non-citizens may soon be voting in our nation's biggest city -- at least in local elections -- and that's got voter suppression groups like the Election Law Center sounding the alarm. Don't listen to them. As New York City considers whether to expand the franchise to non-citizens, it's instructive to look the experience other municipalities, [...]
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Republican Party of Virginia Treasurer Bob FitzSimmonds, a former aide to and "very close friend" of gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli II (R), told Virginia blogger Ben Tribbett that he is "not a big fan of contraception, frankly." FitzSimmonds -- who was Cuccinelli's legislative director during his time in the Virginia Senate, as well as a [...]
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Following CAP's piece yesterday that details exactly what it means to use gasoline to travel this Memorial Day weekend, here is an infographic that shows the cost of Big Oil. Gas prices are rising in the Midwest and spot crude oil prices for the West Texas Intermediate benchmark is nearly $5 per barrel higher than [...]
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The Washington Post reported earlier this week that Chinese hackers gained access to Google's surveillance database -- potentially obtaining years worth of data related to search warrants and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) orders -- in a counterintelligence operation several years ago known as Operation Aurora. While this recent revelation is troubling in and of [...]
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Three-plus years after the U.S. Supreme Court's corporate money in politics decision in Citizens United v. FEC, the movement to overturn some of its central holdings has not abated. On Tuesday, Los Angeles passed a ballot measure to endorse state and federal amendments overturning the decision, with an overwhelming 76.6 percent in favor of the [...]
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Florida teen Kaitlyn Hunt, who has been charged with a felony for having a sexual relationship with her younger girlfriend, has rejected a plea deal that would have included two years of house arrest and having to register as a sex offender. A statement released by her lawyers argued that she is being selectively prosecuted [...]
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Etienne Syldor, an Orlando resident who works as a bus driver at Walt Disney World, says that Wells Fargo has started foreclosing on his house. This is despite the fact that he not only made his payments on time, but even overpaid on them. As local station WFTV reported, "Last year, Wells Fargo offered him [...]
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Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) has a message for her party: expand Medicaid -- or else. The combative GOP governor is sticking by a threat she made to veto all legislation until lawmakers resolve the 2014 state budget and pass Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. On Thursday, Brewer proved that wasn't just talk, vetoing five bills sent to [...]
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Shiva Polefka is a Research Associate for Ocean Policy at the Center for American Progress where Michael Conathan is the Director of Ocean Policy. Yesterday Terry McAuliffe, Virginia's Democratic gubernatorial candidate, revealed newfound support for oil and gas exploration off the Commonwealth's coast. The Washington Post reported that he now backs legislation sponsored by Virginia's [...]
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