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CLC Statement on State of the Union


Children’s Leadership Council Urges President and Congress to Renew

Focus on Children Following State of the Union Address

(Washington DC) January 24, 2012 -- We applaud President Obama’s commitment to strengthening jobs here at home and continuing to grow our economy, both of which bolster American families.

However, with more than 16 million American children living in poverty today, we are dismayed that the well-being of this nation’s children was not central to the State of the Union Address.

In 2012, we call on the President and Congress to put aside bipartisanship for the sake of the nation’s children.

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CLC Statement on Super Committee

CHILDREN’S LEADERSHIP COUNCIL GIVES SUPER COMMITTEE REPORT AN “F”

 IRRESPONSIBLE INACTION PLACES CHILDREN IN JEOPARDY

WASHINGTON, DC – November 23, 2011 – The Children’s Leadership Council today gave the Congressional Super Committee an “F” for its failure to reach a compromise that would balance additional revenues with spending cuts to address the nation’s deficit and sustain basic health and social needs and other essential services for America’s children, youth and families

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CLC Statement on Child Poverty

CHILDREN'S LEADERSHIP COUNCIL DECRIES 'DISGRACEFUL" CONTINUING TREND OF HIGH CHILD POVERTY RATE IN U.S.

20% OF CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY UNACCEPTABLE IN AMERICA

WASHINGTON, DC – Sept. 13, 2011 – The Children's Leadership Council today decried the continued rise in the child poverty rate in the United States, calling it "unacceptable in America."

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