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First Focus on Children @First_Focus

Dedicated to making children & families a priority in federal policy & budget decisions. Affiliated w/ @Campaign4Kids. #InvestInKids firstfocus.org Washington, D.C. Joined July 2009
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Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD

16 hours ago

This is not the time for political games or unqualified leadership. It is the time to ensure that the CDC remains the trusted, science-driven agency that has protected and improved the health of millions for more than 75 years. RFK can't defend CDC chaos usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

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First Focus on Children @First_Focus

12 hours ago

Here is a better path forward… Making America Healthy Again for Children: A Comprehensive Agenda and Path to Follow firstfocus.org/resource/makin…

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Bruce Lesley @BruceLesley

12 hours ago

Here is a better path forward… Making America Healthy Again for Children: A Comprehensive Agenda and Path to Follow firstfocus.org/resource/makin…

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism

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🚨”RECKLESS. DANGEROUS. STUPID” Jennifer Jenkins, the Florida mom whose org stands up to Moms for Liberty - TORCHED DeSantis for ending vaccine mandates: “They’re gambling with the health of our children… and recommend we skip vaccines for diseases we’ve nearly eradicated.”

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism

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🚨”RECKLESS. DANGEROUS. STUPID” Jennifer Jenkins, the Florida mom whose org stands up to Moms for Liberty - TORCHED DeSantis for ending vaccine mandates: “They’re gambling with the health of our children… and recommend we skip vaccines for diseases we’ve nearly eradicated.” https://t.co/v2SuwIif0C

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First Focus on Children @First_Focus

13 hours ago

TPC Estimates Confirm The Expanded Child Care Credit Continues To Leave Out Low-Income Families | Tax Policy Center buff.ly/t47BrsL

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Bruce Lesley @BruceLesley

23 hours ago

Florida’s dangerous gamble with children’s health - @NICUBatman | Tampa Bay Tribune tampabay.com/viewpoints/202…

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First Focus on Children @First_Focus

14 hours ago

Trump's Push to Abolish Education Department Stalls in Congress | Dailyfly News dailyfly.com/2025/09/05/tru…

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The Hill @thehill

2 days ago

Watch 3 key moments as GOP senators grill RFK Jr. trib.al/Am7XrLC

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Arkansas Advocates @AACF

3 days ago

Did you know? The new Child Tax Credit in the #OBBBA prevents 224,000 Arkansas children from receiving the full credit, simply because their family’s income is not high enough. Read more on our blog: bit.ly/3HHKKqC

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Bruce Lesley @BruceLesley

3 days ago

You probably saw the CEO steal the hat from the child at the U.S. Open. Sadly, this is what happens when it comes to federal policy all the time but without the cameras to capture the moment... The Heist: How the Powerful Are Robbing America’s Children open.substack.com/pub/brucelesle…

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury

4 days ago

For far too long, survivors of sexual violence have been silenced by systems built to protect the powerful—including in this Chamber. Today, we met and heard the stories of the victims of Jeffrey Epstein—some of whom shared their stories for the first time ever. What they…

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Neil Stone @DrNeilStone

4 days ago

5 Danish siblings Aged 18 months to 15 years All killed by diphtheria - within a week This was the reality before vaccines You will not drag us back those days

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Bo Madsen @Madsensan

4 days ago

5 Danish siblings Aged 18 months to 15 years All killed by diphtheria - within a week This was the reality before vaccines You will not drag us back those days

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Bernard Taylor @BTForCongress

2 weeks ago

Florida just voted to end Certificates of Completion for students with disabilities. As a father of a child with a disability, this is personal. That certificate meant dignity, opportunity & a path to jobs. Taking it away widens the gap. Every child deserves recognition.

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First Focus on Children @First_Focus

4 days ago

Yes, Cash Transfers Work - @AnnieLowrey - The Atlantic bit.ly/4g2JyKV

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Maine @TheMaineWonk

4 days ago

This is Trump’s Secretary of Energy being community noted on solar power. 😮‍💨🤌🏻

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Rep. Jimmy Gomez @RepJimmyGomez

4 days ago

My statement on today’s ruling that Trump’s deployment of thousands of Marines and National Guard troops to Los Angeles is illegal.

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Bruce Lesley @BruceLesley

5 days ago

@GregAbbott_TX @SecKennedy Texas ranks 48th in child health and has the highest uninsured rate in the country.

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Bruce Lesley @BruceLesley

5 days ago

@davidshor @Tony_Sommer @lxeagle17 @FistSteakface @HellsiteLuvr @SER1897 @RFishBlueFish @KelseyTuoc The Child Tax Credit was never unpopular. Here was Stan Greenberg making this point about its salience with voters. The Politics of the Child Tax Credit - The American Prospect prospect.org/politics/polit… The problem was that Democrats were silent on issues like the Child Tax…

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Derek W. Black @DerekWBlack

5 days ago

Every minute teachers spend cataloging the books in their classroom & posting them on the internet is a minute they could’ve spent helping a child read. Same is true of parental time spent reading & researching the list. Wake County’s list is 10,000 long. newsobserver.com/news/local/edu…

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Cmte for Ed Funding @edfunding

5 days ago

House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee will consider its FY'26 funding bill on 9/2 at 5pm. We expect the bill to be posted 24 hours before, and that it will be like the President's budget that cut $12.4 billion in education funding. The Senate bill is far better

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First Focus on Children @First_Focus

5 days ago

America's war on its own children: How national policies and politics betray U.S. kids at every turn | Milwaukee Independent buff.ly/kpv6n3Z

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