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Tell Congress to say NO to a Republican-led budget that fuels human rights abuses and mass detention, paid for by cuts to Medicaid and other programs that lift families and the economy!

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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Breaking Through: National Victories & The Fights Ahead for Moms in the Workforce, The Billion-Dollar Unpaid Labor Industry, Families Belong Together, Closing the Wage Gap.

06/16/25
On the radio show this week, we dive into wins for Paid Family Medical Leave at the state level, as well as the decades-long fight for a national paid family medical leave program and recent legislative wins like the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the PUMP Act. We hear about the economic impact...
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Breaking Through: Planned Parenthood Under Attack, Our Democracy Emergency, Motherhood Pay Penalty, Health Care At Risk

06/09/25
On the radio show this week, we dive into the attacks on Planned Parenthood and how the Republican budget could close 200 health centers and impact over a million people's access to reproductive health care. We hear about the unprecedented emergency happening right now to our democracy and how the...
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“The Rule of Law, One Big, Ugly Budget Heading to the Senate, What That Means for Child Care, Fighting False Narratives”

05/26/25
On the radio show this week, we cover the many powerful ways that you can help save democracy, and why the rule of law still matters. We dive into the One Big, Ugly Budget that is now heading to the Senate, and correct false narratives about work requirements and demonizing immigrant families. Next...
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Medicaid and Mothering a Medically Fragile Child

05/22/25
The provisions of a fully funded Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid were lifesaving to my extremely premature son, as well as millions of Americans today.
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Breaking Through: Moms Equal Pay Day, Families Over Billionaires, How Medicaid Supports Rural Moms.

05/19/25
On the radio show this week, we discuss how the wage gap moms experience impacts our families and our economy, with May marking not just Mother’s Day, but also Moms Equal Pay Day. We talk about how the Trump administration is using our tax dollars for human rights abuses against immigrant families...
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Write a letter to the editor to say NO Medicaid Cuts to Pay for Human Rights Abuses

05/13/25
Thanks to our collective action, Republican leadership has been forced to delay their plans to cut essential programs to fund tax breaks for the billionaires and human rights abuses. But the fight is far from over—and we need your voice now more than ever. ***Send a letter to the editor telling...
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Quick Signature: Tell Congress to say NO to a budget that funds human rights abuses and mass deportations!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/47086/?source=action">Quick Signature: Tell Congress to say NO to a budget that funds human rights abuses and mass deportations!</a>

Join us today in telling the Republican-led Congress they must not cut Medicaid, Social Security, and other programs for families to pay for horrific and cruel policies.

Take Action!
Tell Congress to say NO to a Republican-led budget that fuels human rights abuses and mass detention, paid for by cuts to Medicaid and other programs that lift families and the economy!

SIGN NOW! Families Over Billionaires!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/45024/?source=action">SIGN NOW! Families Over Billionaires!</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!

Tell Congress: We Need Childcare & Healthcare, Not Menstrual Education!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/47211/?source=action">Tell Congress: We Need Childcare & Healthcare, Not Menstrual Education!</a>

This week, President Trump proposed we support moms and increase birth rates through menstrual education, as he continues to gut essential programs like Medicaid and Head Start. Sign on and tell Congress: we need childcare & healthcare, not menstrual education.

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Tell Congress: We Need Childcare & Healthcare, Not Menstrual Education!

Tell Congress to reject cuts to SNAP (Food Stamps)!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/45988/?source=action">Tell Congress to reject cuts to SNAP (Food Stamps)!</a>

Tell Congress to reject the cuts to SNAP (food stamps) benefits that hardworking families rely on to put food on the table!

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SIGN NOW to Protect SNAP!