We are still waiting for The Gazette to publish Kathy's op-ed on microcredit and Kate's LTE on foreign aid reform. I keep checking the paper every morning. One of these mornings I'm going to be oh, so excited to see us in print.
The House has passed SCHIP and the Senate is voting on it today. Of critical importance is the provision to cover children of legal immigrants who have not been in the U.S. for five years, as well as women immigrants who are pregnant and have not been here five years.
The Senate is currently debating the economic stimulus package that President Obama (doesn't it feel good to say that?) submitted. Chances are the Senate will pass a higher dollar amount than the House and it will go into conference committee for a final bill for each house to pass. I was quite pleased to see a story on ABC News in which they had three economists grade the various portions of the package. The increase in food stamps and unemployment benefits got an A from each of them. They realize that money given to the poor gets spent and into the economy quickly.
I am looking forward to March and doing some tv production in Iowa City. Jos said he would do a program on the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Credit. I would also like to do a program on microcredit, health care for all (one domestic program and one global program) and a program on the MDGs, as well as Education for All (a global campaign). I will take some more training in February so I'm "qualified" to run the equipment in the studio and edit booth. Mohammed is already trained so if he's free I'd like to use his expertise.
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