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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 Family Economic Security

Member Spotlight: Robyn Boyles on The Importance of Filing Taxes by May 17th!

05/13/21
Monday, May 17th is the last day to file your taxes for the 2020 tax year! We spoke with Colorado MomsRising member and mother to a five-month-old Robyn Boyles on her story and why filing her taxes this year was so important to receive critical benefits that help support her family. Robyn and her...
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Hanna Addis
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Families & The Federal Budget

Spread the word this Tax Day: Tax the rich!

05/13/21
Tax Day is this Monday (May 17th). I know… it really crept up on me too! This is the perfect opportunity for us to spread the word about our values, our concerns, and what our families really, truly need: a tax code that supports families, women, and communities of color, NOT the super wealthy and...
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Elyssa Schmier
Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

Cómo Obtener los Beneficios del Plan de Rescate Estadounidense

04/08/21
MomsRising/MamásConPoder y la Coalición #CareCantWait se reunieron con la Líder y la presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes de los EE.UU. Nancy Pelosi y expertos el 8 de abril de 2021 para brindarle información sobre cómo obtener los nuevos beneficios disponibles debido a la reciente aprobación...
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What the heck is the American Rescue Plan?
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

How To Get the Benefits of the American Rescue Plan

04/08/21
MomsRising and the #CareCantWait Coalition came together with U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and experts on April 8, 2021 to get you information on how to get the new benefits available due to the recent passage of the American Rescue Plan (ARP). Why? Polls are showing that the majority of people in our...
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Top #5Actions of the Past Week: Friday, April 2, 2021

04/02/21
We’ll get right to it! This week’s 5Actions include ways to learn more about new benefits available to YOU and your family (including the new direct payments related to children in the Child Tax Credit) due to the recent passage of the American Rescue Act (ARP) at a special online event with...
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Sue Anne Reed
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

Tax cuts for families, not mega-corporations! SIGN NOW!

03/29/21
We are moving full steam ahead to make sure our elected leaders pass universal childcare, paid leave for all, help for struggling families and working people, and create a fairer tax code for women, moms, families, and everyone impacted by structural racism. But all of that takes $$$. That’s why it...
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Elyssa Schmier

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Tell Congress: Repeal the #TrumpTaxScam!!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/12360/?source=action">Tell Congress: Repeal the #TrumpTaxScam!!</a>

On the 2nd anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (aka the Trump Tax Scam) SIGN our letter calling on Congress to repeal the #TrumpTaxScam and replace it with tax policies that boost working families!

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Tell Congress: Repeal the #TrumpTaxScam!!

SIGN our letter to strengthen the EITC and Child Tax Credit!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/15623/?source=action">SIGN our letter to strengthen the EITC and Child Tax Credit!</a>
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SIGN MomsRising's letter to strengthen the EITC and Child Tax Credit!

Share your SNAP experience with MomsRising!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/7055/?source=action">Share your SNAP experience with MomsRising!</a>

MomsRising wants to hear from YOU about how work-related requirements in order to access SNAP would affect your family now or when you were on this program in the past. Tell us your story!

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Your voice is needed! Share your SNAP experience with MomsRising!

SIGN NOW to protect Unemployment Insurance!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/13557/?source=action">SIGN NOW to protect Unemployment Insurance!</a>
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SIGN NOW! Tell Congress to take immediate action to ensure that our Unemployment Insurance system continues to support families until this economic and health crisis ends!

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