Families & The Federal Budget

October 2, 2017

143 horas. Ese fueron el numero de horas que pasé sin electricidad después de que el huracán Irma azotó la parte central de la Florida. Pero teníamos un generador y podíamos ir a la gasolinera cuando necesitábamos gasolina. También teníamos suficiente agua, comida y medicamentos. La comunicación...

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Sili Recio

Families & The Federal Budget Food! Health Care

October 2, 2017

There's a LOT going on in our nation right now. Amidst the chaos, we’ve created a timely new tax explainer video to discuss what's coming before Congress this week. The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on their budget this week and the Senate Budget Committee will begin debate on...

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Elyssa Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security MomsRising

September 27, 2017

At a time when our country is experiencing unprecedented income inequality, with the rich getting richer and working families struggling to put food on the table and afford child care and college, the Trump administration and House and Senate Republican leaders today offered a plan that provides...

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Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Health Care

September 25, 2017

Almost there! We’re gaining MOMentum protecting healthcare, but make no mistake: We haven't won yet. It's still go time for health care! We need everyone (including YOU!) to keep the pressure on. And we're making it super easy to do just that. Scroll down for easy ways to both call and write...

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Karen Showalter

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Food! Health Care

September 20, 2017

Did you see the news? Health care is under attack AGAIN! Don’t worry. It’s YOU to the rescue! Buckle your seat belt and join us for this week's line up of priority actions below! We're talking about health care (of course!), early learning, healthy schools, overtime pay, and tax reform. You'll...

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Karen Showalter

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

September 15, 2017

We know what to do to end child poverty if we want to in rich America. The U.S. Census Bureau reported this week that the number of children in poverty declined slightly again for the second year, but that children shamefully are still our poorest age group. More than 13.2 million children – 18...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

September 15, 2017

This week the U.S. Census Bureau released annual data on child poverty. Here is some analysis of the numbers, which you can read more about in this letter sent to Congress and in my blog post . In addition, next week, the U.S. Child Poverty Action Group will be leading a Twitterstorm to share these...

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Cara Baldari

Families & The Federal Budget Immigration Maternal Justice

September 12, 2017

From visiting the wonderful Dutch Resistance Museum many years ago, I knew about the "Judenrat," councils of Jewish leaders that Nazis used to facilitate the implementation of their own annihilation. Although I'm Jewish and believe it's important to remember the Holocaust, I never really spent that...

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Ruby Sinreich

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

September 12, 2017

A new, major fight is starting in the U.S. Congress this fall. The fight is on whether or not extremists in Congress will get their way and cut the programs that boost our families’ health care, nutrition, and education in order to pay for tax cuts for millionaires, billionaires, and wealthy...

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Elyssa Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice

September 11, 2017

Today we remember all of those who were lost and who were impacted by 9/11, including the over 3000 children who lost parents that day alone. Thank you for all you do to for our country, including via taking action with MomsRising. Below please find our top actions for the week, including on tax...

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Karen Showalter