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Although the revenue reprojection committee will announce their official updated figures April 28, this morning the Appropriations heard some updates.

Every day the Senate delays passage of this lifesaving piece of legislation, 3,500 kids targetted by Big Tobacco, smoke their first cigarette. Throughout the campaign, the ad will tally the growing number of children who take their first puff every day by showing the number of schoolhouses those children would

Texas family featured in a New York Times article illustrates why ACS CAN is fighting for health care reform In many cases, we already know what we need to do to fight cancer. But if people don't have access to lifesaving screenings and treatments, what good are they? If

Nothing new. The legislature will not be in session next week for the school vacation week, but some committees, including Appropriations, will still meet. The revenue reprojection committee will announce their updated figures April 28. We will know more then.

The health care reform debate is heating up in Washington. Both the House and Senate leadership have been laying out the legislative framework in which they plan to move health care reform forward through Congress. The Senate Finance committee is convening a series of public roundtables, each of which will

You have probably seen on the news that the revenue forecast is not looking good. The new projected deficit is between $300 - $500 million. Good news for our tax campaign, bad news for everything else. The issue has not gotten to the point of changing the budget yet, but it will soon. increasing the taxes on non-cigarette smoking tobacco to be equivalent to cigarettes.