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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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We need a COVID relief package now
Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Maternal Justice MomsVote Politics & Policy

Top #5Actions of the Past Week: December 18, 2020

12/18/20
Your urgent action is still needed before the country shuts down for the year-end holidays! The clock is ticking: We’ve got to keep urging Congress to help families who are suffering COVID’s economic fallout by taking immediate steps to strengthen and expand unemployment insurance, as well as...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
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Top #5Actions of the Past Week: Friday, December 4, 2020

12/04/20
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be an urgent crisis, yet many of the protections passed earlier this year are set to expire at the end of the month. We are calling on the U.S. Senate to immediately pass a relief package now that will benefit everyone in our nation. We also must urge Congress to...
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Sue Anne Reed
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Review the Week: Superheroes in Action [Dec. 4, 2020]

12/04/20
ICYMI: This week the MomsRising community continued to lift democracy and open avenues for everyone to thrive…all during a historically devastating pandemic. You are true superheroes, and we are so thankful to be doing this work with you. 1. GIVE: A Sister MomsRising Donor Will Match Your...
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Kerri Karvetski
Families & The Federal Budget

Tell Your Senators: #ReliefCantWait

12/03/20
We’ll get straight to the point: We’re about to go off a COVID cliff. And we need your help. In just three weeks, unless Congress acts, many of the pandemic relief policies that have been lifelines for our families (like expanded unemployment benefits, emergency paid family leave and earned sick...
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Hanna Addis
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Top #5Actions for This Holiday Week: November 27, 2020

11/25/20
The holidays are upon us, and many of us are getting creative and practicing flexibility to connect from a distance with family in new ways because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the pandemic hasn’t just challenged the way we celebrate; it’s also turned up the pressure on families whose health and...
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Anita Sarah Jackson
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Top #5Actions of the Past Week: September 24, 2020

09/24/20
It’s been a hard week, and in 2020 that’s saying something. From the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the utter lack of justice for Breonna Taylor, and with the ongoing pandemic, everyday can feel overwhelming. We invite you to slow down with us, to take time for you, for...
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Anita Sarah Jackson

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