Press Releases

Michigan Labor Leaders and Workers Rally to Expose Bush Administration

September 15, 2003

Women's & Seniors' Groups Urge Action to Protect Older Women in Retirement

September 15, 2003

For Immediate Release: September 15, 2003
Contact: CamdenRichards or Margot Friedman at 202-588-5180

WOMEN'S & SENIORS' GROUPS URGE ACTION TO PROTECT OLDER WOMEN IN RETIREMENT

Snowe-Kennedy Bill Would Close Loopholes in Pension Laws

Welfare Bill Adds Insult to Injury in Tough Times

September 11, 2003

For Immediate Release: September 11, 2003 Contact: 202-588-5180

WELFARE BILL ADDS INSULT TO INJURY IN TOUGH TIMES

Statement of Nancy Duff Campbell, Co-President, National Women's Law Center, on the Senate Finance Committee Welfare Reauthorization bill

The welfare reauthorization bill just approved by the Senate Finance Committee on a party-line vote is seriously out of touch with economic realities and the needs of women and their families.

Press Release

September 5, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2003

CONTACT: Alex Behrend, 202-588-5180

Record Job Losses Rebut Bush

Claims of Economic Recovery

President Bush's tax breaks for millionaires have not created jobs as promised

Press Release

September 4, 2003

For immediate release: September 4, 2003

Contact: Camden Richards or Margot Friedman at 202-588-5180

NWLC CALLS ON IRS TO TRANSLATE 1040 FORM & OTHER KEY DOCUMENTS INTO SPANISH

While Translation Needs Go Unmet, IRS Seeks $100 Million for New Initiative That Burdens Low-Income Tax Filers with More Paperwork

Press Release

September 1, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 1, 2003

CONTACT: Brian Rothenberg at 614-496-3552 or Margot Friedman at 202-588-5180

Fair Taxes For All Coalition, OhioWorkers Call Bush on Failed Economic Policies during Labor Day Visit

Ohioloses nearly 200,000 jobs since Bush took office; Tax-cutting policies hurt working families in the state and across the nation

Press Release

August 29, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 29, 2003

CONTACT: Alex Behrend, 202-588-5180

Fair Taxes For All, the Economic Policy Institute and Congressman Sherrod Brown Assail President Bush's Failed Economic Policies

Labor & Community Leaders to Hold Labor Day Protest

NWLC Applauds Senators for Voting Against Ending Debate on Pryor Nomination (August 4, 2003)

August 4, 2003
For Immediate Release:August 4, 2003

Contact:Camden Richards or Margot Friedman at 202-588-5180

NWLC Applauds Senators for Voting Against Ending Debate on Pryor Nomination

The National Women's Law Center (NWLC) applauds those Senators who voted against ending debate on the nomination of William Pryor to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit last Thursday. NWLC strongly opposes Mr. Pryor's nomination based on his troubling record on issues of critical concern to women.

Press Release

August 1, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2003

CONTACT: Alex Behrend, 202-588-5180

Despite Bush Promises That Tax Cuts Would Create Jobs, Payrolls Shrink and Unemployment Remains High

Press Release

July 25, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 25, 2003

CONTACT: Alex Behrend, 202-588-5180 (office), 703-732-5087 (cell)

As House Goes on Recess, Republican House Leaders Refuse

to Extend Child Tax Credits to Working Families

President Bush fails to get Congress to pass tax credits,

7.1 million families and 11.9 million children are left waiting