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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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Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

Our Stories: Chris Dunham Testifies on the Hill

03/11/25
Last week, our member Chris Dunham from Feasterville, PA testified at the U.S. House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee to share his family's story about the importance of Medicaid. Here is his story: Dunham-hearing.jpg My name is Chris Dunham and I am a full-time caregiver for my 16-year-...
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Felicia Burnett
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*ACTION FOR APRIL RECESS: Deliver stories to your U.S. Representative in-district

03/20/25
This is an all-hands-on-deck moment!!! The headlines are bleak and members of Congress need to hear from us again and again. (Thank you in advance!!) We’ve all been speaking out by the thousands because we know that the long-term impact of the budget cuts being proposed (including potentially...
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Felicia Burnett
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Breaking Through: Medicaid. Maternal Health. How Trump’s Policies Are Hurting All of Us, Including His Voters

03/17/25
On the radio show this week we discuss the single largest program for maternity care in the United States, Medicaid, and why we’re fighting to protect it. Next, we dive into the many ways the Trump administration’s “cost-cutting” measures will actually end up costing all of our families and our...
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Breaking Through: Attacks on Public Schools, Health Care, Immigrants, Child Care & How Moms Are Fighting Back!

03/10/25
On the radio show this week we hear from teachers and parents about how they are fighting to protect the Department of Education and our students from Trump’s threats, and how you can join the fight! Next, we discuss why Trump’s cruel immigration policies are compounding the child care crisis by...
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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Food! Health Care

Our Stories: Mary Beth Cochran Speaks on the Hill

03/04/25
Last week, our member Mary Beth Cochran from Canton, NC spoke at a press conference with Leader Jefferies and the full Democrat Caucus on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, DC about the importance of Medicaid, SNAP, and Head Start for her family. Here is her story: Mary Beth 2.jpeg I’m Mary...
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Breaking Through: Trump-Proofing Your State. Protecting Immigrants. Farmers Fighting Back. Saving Medicaid

03/03/25
On the radio show this week we dive into the power of policy at the state level, including paid family & medical leave, to “Trump-proof” your state. We hear the latest with immigration policy and the importance of the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act . We cover Trump’s immigration and tariff...
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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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Stop Trump’s Tariff War on Families!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/44779/?source=action">Stop Trump’s Tariff War on Families!</a>

Trump’s tariff war on families means only one thing: rising costs for all of us! ***SIGN OUR LETTER calling on the U.S. Congress to intervene, save our economy, and stop Trump’s Tariff War on Families!

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Stop Trump’s Tariff War on Families!

How does SNAP (Food Stamps) help your family put food on the table?

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/39851/?source=action">How does SNAP (Food Stamps) help your family put food on the table?</a>

Many families are currently struggling to put food on the table. Are you or your family receiving SNAP (also called food stamps or EBT) to try to make ends meet? If so, how is this program helping your family put food on the table right now?

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How does SNAP (Food Stamps) help your family put food on the table?

SIGN UP: Parents Spill the Tea on the Terrible Tax Plan PA Tour!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/45471/?source=action">SIGN UP: Parents Spill the Tea on the Terrible Tax Plan PA Tour!</a>

SIGN our letter calling on Republican leadership, along with every member of the U.S. Congress, to prioritize families over billionaires—no tax cuts for billionaires and corporations paid for by cuts to our health care, nutrition, education, and childcare.

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Tell Congress: choose families over billionaires!