Advocacy

President Obama’s DREAM Answer

Thursday, December 23, 2010 Friends - As we close 2010, I wanted to take a few moments to look back at the last 12 months of what we have accomplished - we began a robust implementation of health insurance reform; we ended combat operations in Iraq; we passed a...

President Obama’s DREAM Answer

Thursday, December 23, 2010 Friends - As we close 2010, I wanted to take a few moments to look back at the last 12 months of what we have accomplished - we began a robust implementation of health insurance reform; we ended combat operations in Iraq; we passed a...

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy Repealed

NASW has long urged Congress to repeal the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, as we’ve noted in previous blog updates.  We are pleased to note that Congress passed a bill to end the 17-year old policy on Saturday, December 18.  NASW greatly appreciates...

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Efforts Moving Forward

House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) have introduced a bill seeking to end the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy.  The bill’s language is similar to the DADT repeal that was stripped out of the National Defense...

News from the Hill – December 2010

Due to the holidays and the anticipated adjournment of Congress, News from the Hill will publish only one edition in December. Congress Approves CAPTA Reauthorization Bill The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) Reauthorization Act of 2010, S. 3817,...

White House: Dream Act Update

Update from the White House Office of Public Engagement WEST WING UPDATE Dear Friends, It’s been an incredibly busy week as we continue to work with our allies in Congress and across the country to try to get the DREAM Act across the finish line. Here is a quick...

Congressional Briefing Held on the Social Work Reinvestment Act

NASW is pleased to report that Congressman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) held a congressional briefing on the Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act (H.R.795/S. 686) on Wednesday, November 17, 2010. Speakers and their remarks can be found...