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Don't Let the U.S. Senate Hold Outs Take Money Out of the Pockets of Families!

The federal budget campaign champions the priorities of women, moms, and families in the federal budget. This campaign includes work on taxes/revenues, SNAP, WIC, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Medicaid, CHIP, healthy school lunches, and more.

People are often surprised to hear that even a physician can end up on Medicaid...but I’m a great example that it can happen to anyone. I’m 32 years old, married, with two small children and I am a family physician. In January of this year, right at the beginning of a new plan year and new...Read more
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Health Care Politics & Policy

Let's Address the Virus in the Room... Everything You Need to Know About COVID-19

07/31/24
[This blog post was updated the week of August 5, 2024.] As we approach the end of Disability Pride Month today, we want to give you a COVID-19 crash course on everything you need to know and more! The United States is currently seeing massive increases of COVID-19 cases , with one report...
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Hanna Addis
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Food!

Summer EBT 101: Instagram Live Debrief!

06/10/24
What is the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program (also known as SUN Bucks) and who qualifies for it? I had the pleasure of speaking with Kelsey Boone, the Senior Child Nutrition Policy Analyst at FRAC , on all things Summer EBT and how you can access this nutrition assistance program...
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Hanna Addis
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¡Dile al Congreso “hagan que las ricas corporaciones paguen impuestos” este Día de los Impuestos!

04/15/24
Hoy es el Día de los Impuestos (¿Te acordaste de enviar tu declaración de impuestos? Tienes hasta la medianoche de hoy.) y queremos enviar un mensaje alto, fuerte y poderoso al Congreso de EE.UU. para decirles que deben entrar en acción hoy para asegurar que las personas y las corporaciones ricas...
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Elyssa Schmier
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Politics & Policy

Truly Free Tax Help is Here!

04/11/24
The countdown to Tax Day is on! If you live in Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Texas, Tennessee, South Dakota, Washington, or Wyoming and, like many of us, have not yet filed your taxes, I have some good news for you: you might be eligible to use a new...
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Susan Harley
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¡Es hora de jugar a la Lotería del Estado de la Unión!

03/06/24
¡Únete a nosotros para jugar Lotería durante el Estado de la Unión a las 9pmET/6pmPT el jueves 7 de marzo! Consigue tu cartón, marca las importantes victorias para el movimiento de cuidado mientras el presidente Joe Biden habla, ¡y celebra cuando las políticas que son importantes para nosotros...
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Linda Stone
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It's #SOTU #CareCantWait Bingo Time!!!

03/06/24
Join us for #CareCantWait #SOTU BINGO at 9pmET/6pmPT on Thursday, March 7! Get your card, check off important victories for the care movement as President Joe Biden speaks, and celebrate as policies that are important to us make it onto center stage during the State of the Union! Download your...
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Tell Congress: Power moms - Pass care policies in honor of Mother’s Day!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/39710/?source=action">Tell Congress: Power moms - Pass care policies in honor of Mother’s Day!</a>

This Mother’s Day, as we celebrate the many, many ways that moms power the U.S. (and all of us!), we’re calling on Congress to power moms by passing care policies!

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Tell Congress: Power moms - Pass care policies in honor of Mother’s Day!

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Tell Congress, “Don’t go breaking our hearts! Pass policies that families LOVE!”

SIGN NOW to protect SNAP!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/39939/?source=action">SIGN NOW to protect SNAP!</a>

Tell Congress to back the Senate version of the Farm Bill that protects SNAP and reject the Republican-led House version that would increase hunger!

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SIGN NOW to protect SNAP!

SIGN NOW to protect WIC!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/31806/?source=action">SIGN NOW to protect WIC!</a>

With rising food costs, and increased program participation, it is more critical than ever that we strengthen and protect WIC! Sign our letter to Congress now.

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SIGN our letter calling on Congress to protect and robustly fund WIC!

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