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August 18, 2010
Twenty years ago, the Ryan White CARE Act brought a lifeline of hope and care to Americans living with HIV/AIDS. The legislation marked a long overdue step forward for the well-being of thousands of people too often left behind by our health system or unable to afford critical and necessary treatment. Today, that fight continues. We remain committed to winning the battle to defeat this disease.

San Francisco was hit early and hit hard by the devastation of HIV/AIDS.

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August 16, 2010
MYTH: Democrats plan a $3.8 trillion tax increase on January 1st.

FACT: NOT TRUE! President Obama's FY 2011 budget proposes $1.7 trillion in tax relief--extending the 2001, 2003 tax cuts for middle-class families, including the child tax credit, reductions in rates, and marriage penalty relief for middle class Americans, while allowing "tax cuts that affect families earning more than $250,000 a year" to expire. This would mean no tax change for 98% of American families and at least 97% of small businesses.

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August 16, 2010

The Affordable Care Act is designed to put you, not the health insurance companies, back in charge of your health care. The Patient's Bill of Rights in the Affordable Care Act will stop insurance companies from limiting the care you need and remove insurance company barriers between you and your doctor. These new protections in the Affordable Care Act go into effect for health plan years beginning on or after September 23, 2010--learn more about them:

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August 13, 2010
Tomorrow, Social Security--a bedrock promise Americans have earned with a lifetime of hard work--turns 75. In 2005, President George W. Bush and Congressional Republicans pushed cuts and a risky Social Security privatization scheme. Democrats and the American people said 'no.' If Republicans had succeeded, seniors would have lost trillions more in the stock market meltdown of the Bush recession. Instead, no one lost a penny in Social Security.
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August 12, 2010
Underscoring the hypocrisy of the GOP's recent concern for our nation's fiscal outlook, Congressional Republicans continue to call for an extension of the deficit-busting Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest few--saddling Americans with nearly $700 billion in debt.

According to a new report released this week from the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation, the Republican plan would add billions to the deficit immediately.

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August 11, 2010
The holy month of Ramadan is a period of spirituality, reflection and rejoicing for Muslims here and around the world. It is a time to honor the traditions of the Muslim faith, and an opportunity for all Americans to celebrate the tradition of pluralism, tolerance, diversity, and religious freedom embedded in the very fabric of our Constitution and our history.
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August 11, 2010
A CNN poll released today shows a majority of Americans--60%--support the jobs legislation the House passed and President Obama signed into law yesterday.

The fully paid-for legislation saves and creates 319,000 jobs, including 161,000 teachers, reduces the deficit by $1.4 billion, and closes tax loopholes that encourage corporations to ship American jobs overseas.

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August 10, 2010
This afternoon, the House passed the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act (HR 1586) by a vote of 247-161. Speaker Pelosi enrolled the bill this afternoon, sending it to President Obama for his signature into law:

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August 10, 2010
In advance of the 75th anniversary of Social Security this weekend, an editorial in today's USA TODAY blasts the revival of privatization efforts by Congressional Republicans and debunks the fear mongering over Social Security's solvency. It calls the problems "easily fixable," notes that Social Security is "perhaps the most popular of all government programs", and says of the "privatizers ... when the markets crash, the elderly shouldn't crash with them":