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By Sydney Champion · Daily Trojan
Most class projects never leave the classroom, but one class's effort has traveled 2,600 miles away — to Washington, DC.
School of Social Work Professor Ralph Fertig's social welfare policy class developed a draft of a resolution for the House of Representatives that addresses the issue of homelessness and the foster care system. The draft made it to Congress, where Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) presented it to the House.
"Our bill concentrates solely on children and describes the plight of homelessness of children," Waters said.
Majority Savors a Historic VoteNov. 9, 2009
By Steven T. Dennis and Tory Newmyer
Roll Call Staff
USC News
Students Draft Homeless Children Bill
By Cadonna Dory
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) introduced legislation that USC School of Social Work students developed that mandates federal agencies reprioritize their funding to help keep homeless children housed with their parents whenever possible.
The resolution affirms that children should not be denied the right to be housed together with their families based on what neighborhood they live in or how much money they make.
WASHINGTON — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell did not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league's policies on concussions before Congress on Wednesday.
That frustrated several members of the House Judiciary Committee, including the committee chairman, Michigan Democrat John Conyers, when Goodell told him the NFL isn't waiting for that debate to play out and is taking steps to make the game safer.
By George E. Curry NNPA Special Correspondent
By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff | October 21, 2009
WASHINGTON - House Financial Services chairman Barney Frank, assembling a bill to overhaul financial regulations in hopes of preventing another economic meltdown, agreed yesterday to add consumer and community advocates to an oversight board that would monitor the credit industry.
WASHINGTON — A House panel is poised to give states new powers to protect bank consumers from fraud and abuse, a move that would deal a major blow to the financial industry as it struggles to regain its clout on Capitol Hill.
The House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday debated legislation that would ensure states could regulate consumer products like credit cards and mortgages even if they are sold by banks overseen by federal regulators.
By Felix Hoover
For YourNewsColumbus (YourNewsColumbus.com)
Posted 10-26-09
It looked like a mini political convention Sunday evening when U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters arrived at Villa Millano Banquet & Conference Center.
The Congresswoman from the 35th District in California established at the outset that the event, the J. Ashburn Jr. Youth Center's annual Speaker's Award Banquet, wasn't political.