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Senate Set to Consider Student Aid Reform 3/12/2010

Student leaders and campus administrators today voiced their support for the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, (SAFRA) and called for the Senate to take action to pass the student aid legislation promptly. The Bill would cut wasteful subsidies to banks to make college more affordable for hundreds of thousands of students.

Health Care & Prescription Drugs News

Blue Cross Rate Hikes Show Need For Oversight	2/23/2010
Benefits of Health Reform Remain Certain: New Estimates of California Job Gains From Lower Premiums	1/20/2010
Senate Makes History	12/23/2009
CALPIRG Gives Senate Health Bill a B+	12/19/2009
Nonpartisan Budget Experts Confirm: Reform Will Lower Premiums	12/01/2009

World Class Public Transit News

March 9, 2010 Marks “Transportation Freedom Day” in Santa Monica	3/09/2010
The Recovery Act at One Year: New Jobs Data Show Growing Advantage from Stimulus Investments in Public Transportation	2/17/2010
CALPIRG, Assemblymember Galgiani, and Assemblymember Ma Praise Obama Administration for Kick-Starting High Speed Rail in California	2/09/2010
Obama Administration Awards High Speed Rail Funds to California	1/28/2010
California State Senate Hearing: Review of the High-Speed Rail Authority Business Plan	1/19/2010

Reducing Our Dependence On Oil News

Congress Tops Off First 100 Hours by Passing Clean Energy Act	1/18/2007
The Influence of Big Oil Wins Again	11/08/2006
New Study on Oil Influence in California Politics	11/01/2006
CALPIRG Statement In Support Of Gas Price Investigations And Fuel Efficiency 4/21/06	4/21/2006

Identity Theft Prevention News

CALPIRG’s Ten Tips for Consumers This Holiday Shopping Season	12/12/2008
Consumer Group Releases Report on Identity Theft	1/02/2008
CALPIRG Works to Prevent the Sale of Taxpayers' Returns	3/28/2006

Consumer Protection News

Consumer Group Says Leaked Draft Compromise Proposals from Sens. Dodd and Shelby on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) “Won’t Do the Job And Will Let Reckless Big Banks Win”	3/01/2010
New Credit Card Rules in Place	2/22/2010
After Consumer Outcry, Tough Conditions Imposed on Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger	1/25/2010
Congresswoman Jackie Speier Takes Action Against Cadmium in Children’s Products	1/15/2010
CALPIRG Announces 2009 Legislative Scorecard	12/30/2009

Affordable Higher Education News

Senate Set to Consider Student Aid Reform	3/12/2010
Working Too Hard to Make the Grade	10/20/2009
CALPIRG Applauds House Passage of Student Aid Bill	9/17/2009
Students Overwhelmingly Support Fair Campus Credit Card Marketing Principles To Rein In Out-of-Control Credit Card Company Marketing, Nationwide Survey Finds	4/03/2008
Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoes the College Textbook Affordability Act	10/15/2007

Voting & Democracy News

Modernizing Our Voter Registration System Could Eliminate Millions in Wasteful Spending	5/06/2009
House Adopts Independent Ethics Oversight	3/11/2008
CALPIRG Releases 2007 State Legislative Scorecards	2/21/2008
Senate Passes Landmark Lobby Reform	8/02/2007
House Takes Next Step Toward Lobby Reform	5/24/2007

Tax And Budget News

Report Shows Which States More Transparent About Economic Stimulus Spending California Tied for 6th in Rankings of 50 States	1/26/2010
Governor Takes Additional Step to Improve Transparency	9/09/2009
CALPIRG Endorses Prop 1A	5/05/2009
Taxpayers Rally for Obama’s Plan to Close Off-shore Tax Havens for Corporate America	4/15/2009
Privatization of Public Assets - Do the Deals Benefit the Public?	12/06/2007

More News

CALPIRG Recommendations to Governor Schwarzenegger for 2010	1/06/2010
Governor Holds Signing Ceremony For Package of Mortgage Reform Bills	10/19/2009
New Report: Online Tools For Better Government	10/15/2009
Mortgage Reforms Make The Cut	10/12/2009
Public Interest Groups Urge Lawmakers to Support Broadband Plan that Serves the Public Good	9/22/2009

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