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The Children's Defense Fund is a child advocacy and research group, founded in 1973 by Marian Wright Edelman . Their motto ''Leave No Child Behind'' indicates their mission to lobby on behalf of children in the federal government and the states, with the support of private/corporate donates and no government funding. ABOUT The principal public policy initiative is summarized by CDF's advocacy of the "Dodd-Miller Act to Leave No Child Behind (S. 448/H.R. 936)" bill, introduced in Congress in 2001. This differs from the No Child Left Behind Act , whose name was taken from CDF without permission by the Bush Administration. ( George W. Bush used this phrase, which is Copyright ed by the Children's Defense Fund, in his Presidential campaign despite objections from CDF.) The CDF bill's provisions would, according to the organization {Link without Title} :
SUSIE FLYNN CAMPAIGN The CDF is currently sponsoring a nine-year-old girl for the 2008 Presidential Election, on the platform that nine-million American children lack Health Insurance. Her message, featured in various blogs and articles, is that people need to focus on this issue. The CDF sponsors Susie's message to pass a current bill in the United States House of Representatives that would provide such Health Insurance coverage to the kids who lack it, and will even cover pregnant woman for a while after giving birth.[http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/203852/the_youngest_2008_presidential_candidate.html REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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