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Early Learning Campaign Principles

April 25, 2013

Strong Start for Children: Building America’s Future is a united effort to support a significant expansion of high-quality early learning opportunities for children ages birth to five, particularly those in low-income families, in order to achieve better education health, social and economic outcomes for all.  Access to home visits for families with young children and high-quality early ed

NWLC Urges Congress to Support Comprehensive Measures to End Sequestration

April 25, 2013

The National Women's Law Center sent a letter to the Senate urging members to support comprehensive measures to end sequestration, not piecemeal approaches.

Download the full letter below.

National Women's Law Center Comments on Working Families Flexibility Act

April 16, 2013

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
2181 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515

Re: Working Families Flexibility Act, H.R. 1046

Dear Members of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections:

Comments Submitted to Tax Reform Working Group on Education and Family Benefits

April 15, 2013

The National Women's Law Center submitted comments to members of the House of Representatives to highlight the importance to women and their families of making permanent the recent improvements to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC); making permanent the refundable American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC); and improving the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) by

Letter to Congress: Support the Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act

April 15, 2013

 

Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act

Organization Letter of Support

 

May 3, 2013

 

National Women’s Law Center Supports Finalizing Dept. of Labor Home Care Regulations

April 05, 2013

The National Women's Law Center wrote a letter to the Office of Management and Budget urging them to finalize a Department of Labor regulation that would grant minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers.

Download the full letter below.

NWLC Supports the Social Security Enhancement Act

March 21, 2013

The National Women’s Law Center expresses its strong support for the Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act of 2013.  The package of reforms in this bill would improve the adequacy of Social Security benefits for women and other vulnerable beneficiaries and extend the solvency of the Social Security system for decades.  Social Security is the foundation of women’s retirement s

The National Women's Law Center Opposes the Fiscal Year 2014 Ryan Budget

March 19, 2013

The National Women's Law Center sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives urging them to vote against the Fiscal Year 2014 Ryan Budget.

Why We Need the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Stories of Real Women

September 19, 2012

Along with A Better Balance, American Civil Liberties Union, California Women’s Law Center, Equal Rights Advocates, Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, Legal Momentum, and the National Partnership for Women and Families, the National Women’s Law Center has compiled accounts of pregnant workers who were denied minor adjustments to their job duties that they needed to continue safely working

The National Women's Law Center Opposes H.R. 6169

August 02, 2012

The National Women's Law Center sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives urging them to oppose H.R. 6169, a bill that would would provide for expedited consideration of tax reform legislation only on the condition that it includes additional massive tax cuts for high-income households and corporations.