budget
U.S. Lawmakers Sharpen Axe on Food Stamp Program
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U.S. lawmakers will be trying to reconcile bills this week that will reduce benefits in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, previously known as food stamps.
Abortion
Reebok Drops Rapper; Sex Assaults Trigger Suicides
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Reebok drops hip-hop artist Rick Ross due to his misogynist lyrics. Also, two female teens, one in the United States and the other in Canada, committed suicide after making allegations of sexual assault.
Aging
Medicare Defenders Ready for a Paul Ryan Rematch
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As Congress resumes today, advocates for older women are girding for another round of health care battles. One group has re-released its 2011 “Granny Off the Cliff” video showing the GOP budget leader pushing an older woman over the edge of survival.
budget
Women Seen Paying Heavy Price for Sequestration
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If $85 billion in across-the-board automatic federal budget cuts hit on Friday–and stay in place–women across the country will lose jobs, rental assistance, nutritional support, domestic-violence services.
affordable care act
Up Next in Budget Battles: Pay for Medicare Docs
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The latest “doc fix” averted a 27-percent cut in Medicare payments to physicians. But don’t say phew yet. In this news analysis Sharon Johnson explains how an obscure compensation formula is tearing away at the system from within.
budget
Medicare in Cross-Hairs of Lame Duck Congress
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Election polling found women disproportionately concerned with what happens to Medicare, which is expected to be a major topic when the lame duck Congress meets Nov. 14.
Arts & Culture
Vatican Harangue Makes Stars of ‘Nuns on the Bus’
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A rotating group of a dozen or so nuns recently used a nine-state bus tour to preach against the GOP’s Ryan budget, one that will slash social services. In August the nuns’ leadership will decide whether to genuflect before the Vatican’s demands.
Politics
Gov. Brown’s Budget Forsakes California Women
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In California, women and children are falling behind and the governor’s proposed budget will only accelerate those trends. Susan Rose urges legislators to read the impact statement of the Women’s Foundation and make bold revisions fast.
Health & Science
States Attack Planned Parenthood on Funding, Regs
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The battle over funding Planned Parenthood created a media feeding frenzy in several states this summer. The angry buzz boils down to a few key questions about states’ power to cut funding and impose prohibitive regulations.