State Election Security Spending Guidance for 2018 Omnibus
Congress provided money to states to improve election security. Here’s how they should spend it.
Budget, Tax, and Infrastructure
Broken Promises: More Special Interest Breaks and Loopholes Under the New Tax Law
Congressional leadership and President Donald Trump promised tax reform that would make the tax code simpler and fairer, would create more jobs, and would not protect the wealthy and well-connected. But the tax law they passed will do just the opposite.
Trump’s Defense Budget
President Trump has proposed an unnecessarily large increase in the defense budget that will actually weaken national security.
Fact Sheets: President Trump’s FY 2019 Budget Harms Nearly Every Community Across the Country
Trump’s budget is an unmitigated disaster for everyday Americans—including women, people with disabilities, LGBTQ individuals, communities of color, and more.
President Trump’s Infrastructure Proposal Recklessly Undermines Environmental Laws
President Trump's infrastructure plan ignores authorities that could help him accelerate the permitting process and instead calls for new guts to environmental protections.
When Public-Private Partnerships Fail: A Look at Southern Indiana’s I-69 Project
The I-69 Section 5 project in southern Indiana demonstrates that risk transference through public-private partnerships is not guaranteed.
Rising Inequality Is Threatening the Health of Social Security
President Trump and the congressional majority are handing the wealthiest Americans a tax break every year by refusing to raise Social Security’s payroll tax cap.
A Bad Budget for America’s Place in the World
The Trump budget aims to eviscerate U.S. diplomacy and development programs, putting Americans directly in harm's way.
Trump’s Budget Reveals that He Wants Everyday Americans to Pay for His Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
The president's budget pays for his tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations by slashing health care, education, and other critical investments.
Trump and DeVos Continue to Undermine Public Education with Their Proposed Fiscal Year 2019 Budget
With their proposed fiscal year 2019 budget, President Trump and Secretary DeVos have demonstrated, once again, that they are eager to drain public education funds in order to push their privatization schemes.
6 Things to Watch for in Trump’s Infrastructure Scam
Trump's infrastructure policy won't support meaningful job creation or necessary updates to American infrastructure, but it will lead to dirtier air and water and may jeopardize programs that many working families rely on.
Trump’s Infrastructure Scam Will Gut Environmental Protections To Benefit Corporate Polluters
As detailed in a leaked proposal, the Trump administration’s plan would require fundamental changes to no fewer than 10 bedrock environmental laws that protect the nation’s clean air, clean water, wildlife, and national parks.
Highway Trust Fund Cuts by State
The Trump administration wants to cut core federal infrastructure funds, including the Highway Trust Fund, New Starts, TIGER, and long-distance Amtrak routes, among others; these cuts will make it harder for states and regions to build critical projects, harming communities of all sizes.
The Benefits of NEPA: How Environmental Review Empowers Communities and Produces Better Projects
President Donald Trump’s pledge to fast-track infrastructure projects threatens to roll back essential environmental review regulations that safeguard natural habitats and local communities.
The Final Tax Bill Is a Bigger Win for Foreign Investors Than the Entire Working and Middle Class in Trump States
In 2019, foreign investors would bring home $5 billion more from the tax bill than every working- and middle-class family in states that voted for President Trump, combined.