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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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Story time: The fall of Roe v Wade did not silence us. It activated us.

11/15/22
Why is abortion critical for moms? America’s moms were faced with the unthinkable reality when the U.S. Supreme Court relegated our autonomy to the states, making our ability to access the reproductive health care we needed almost impossible. Everything changed for every woman, every family, and...
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Tell Congress “prioritize our families now!”

11/18/22
There are less than 7 weeks left in the year but WOW does Congress have some work to do! We have created a “to-do” list for Congress to keep them on schedule for delivering important policies for our families, children, and economy by the end of the year.
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Entendiendo el programa de alivio de los préstamos estudiantiles

11/03/22
Ha habido mucho revuelo en torno al programa de alivio de los préstamos estudiantiles del presidente Biden, ¡y con razón! El presidente Biden anunció el 17 de octubre que el portal para aplicar en línea para el alivio de los préstamos estudiantiles estaba abierto y en la misma semana visitó...
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Dile al presidente Biden que cancele la deuda de préstamos estudiantiles

08/24/22
En poco más de 1 semana, expirará la moratoria de los préstamos federales para estudiantes. Y miles de miembros y familias de MomsRising/MamásConPoder en todo el país enfrentarán una vez más la carga y la tensión financiera de los pagos de préstamos estudiantiles escandalosamente altos. Apuesto a...
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Sign up for our Feed Your Baby: Formula Shortage newsletter so you can stay updated

05/19/22
The news has been overwhelming about the baby formula shortage. If you have a child under the age of 1 and are dealing with this, like I am, I know how stressful, scary, and frustrating the shortage is. You are not in this alone. MomsRising is here to help share information with you about how to...
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For Mother’s Day, We’re Turning the Tables on Congress with a MOMibuster!

05/06/22
This weekend, families everywhere will celebrate the mothers in their lives. But while moms appreciate a handmade card, breakfast in bed, or a bouquet of fresh flowers, the Mother's Day gift we really need is progress toward a care infrastructure that makes it possible for our families to thrive.
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Tell Congress: Expand the Child Tax Credit!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/26564/?source=action">Tell Congress: Expand the Child Tax Credit!</a>

Make sure your members of Congress include an expansion of the Child Tax Credit in the year-end package! SIGN OUR LETTER!

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Tell Congress: Expand the Child Tax Credit!

Tell Congress: Build a Care Infrastructure ASAP

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/17448/?source=action">Tell Congress: Build a Care Infrastructure ASAP</a>

Congress is FINALLY poised to take much-needed action on childcare, paid leave, taxes, living wages and more; but we need to send in as many signatures as possible to help make sure that these policies don’t get pushed aside and overlooked as the final national recovery and infrastructure legislation is being crafted this week and in the weeks to come.

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Tell Congress: Build a Care Infrastructure ASAP

How does the Child Tax Credit help your family?

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/26330/?source=action">How does the Child Tax Credit help your family?</a>

MomsRising wants to hear from YOU about how the Child Tax Credit payments help your family. Share your story with us now!

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How does the Child Tax Credit help your family?

Tell Congress: Make the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/17812/?source=action">Tell Congress: Make the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent!</a>

Sign our petition NOW calling on Congress to make the improvements to the Child Tax Credit permanent!

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Tell Congress: Make the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent!

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