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TELL CONGRESS: Support Working Family Tax Credits!

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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Tell the Senate: Tax cuts for working families, not millionaires!
Families & The Federal Budget Health Care MomsVote

Top #5Actions of the Past Week: May 22, 2020

05/22/20
Greetings. We hope your week has gone as well as possible, and you'll have some time to relax and recharge this weekend. We're sharing our latest list of top actions from the past week, featuring important items on taxes, healthcare, and SNAP. You can also sign up to mail postcards encouraging moms...
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Karen Showalter
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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

Tax cuts for millionaires won’t cure COVID-19!

05/18/20
With unemployment numbers reaching levels we haven’t seen since the Great Depression and lines for food banks wrapping around the block, it doesn’t seem like it’s too much to ask that funding for COVID-19 relief be targeted at those most in need, not the super wealthy. But the GOP always has a way...
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Elyssa Schmier
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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice MomsVote

THIS TUES: Add your voice to the next COVID-19 stimulus!

05/17/20
Tell your U.S. Senators: Pass the HEROES Act quickly! Right now is not the time for U.S. Senate to stall-- millions of Americans are faced with both financial and healthcare burdens and require immediate relief.
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Diarra Aida Diouf
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Families & The Federal Budget Food!

Sign On to Tell Congress: Boost SNAP!

05/17/20
At MomsRising we are hearing from families every day wondering how they are going to put food on the table: “I am a mother of two and I am expecting my third. My oldest child is nine and she receives free breakfast and lunch at school. Our family lives from paycheck to paycheck and therefore...
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Elyssa Schmier
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Childcare & Early Education Food! Maternal Justice

Top #5Actions of the Past Week: May 15, 2020

05/15/20
It's another Friday. The weather is warming and we are DOING IT, friends. This is a hard time. Thank you for all you're doing for yourself, your family, your community and this nation. We see you, and we're honored to work alongside you. This week's list of top #5Actions includes some urgent calls...
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Karen Showalter
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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

#GoodNews This Week: Recursos de COVID-19, Child Care Action, Mother's Day Dedications

05/09/20
As Mother's Day approaches, the MomsRising community is leading the charge for COVID-19 relief for America's struggling families. VOICES: You Can't Reopen The Economy Without Child Care, Huffington Post MomsRising member Cleta Kramer is ready to go back to work; her factory is open. But the lack of...
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Kerri Karvetski

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