The Trump Administration’s Budget Will Undermine ATF’s Efforts To Prevent Violent Crime ReportJuly 9, 2025 The Trump Administration’s Budget Will Undermine ATF’s Efforts To Prevent Violent Crime Jul 9, 2025 Nick Wilson
The Truth About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare ArticleJuly 3, 2025 The Truth About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare Jul 3, 2025 Mia Ives-Rublee, Kim Musheno
10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ArticleJuly 3, 2025 10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Jul 3, 2025 Colin Seeberger, Andrea Ducas, Natasha Murphy, 9 More Kierra B. Jones, Andrés Argüello, Lily Roberts, Kyle Ross, Michael Sozan, Silva Mathema, Sara Partridge, Paige Shoemaker DeMio, Corey Husak
$1 Trillion in Medicaid Cuts—$1 Trillion in Tax Giveaways for the Richest 1 Percent: The One Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill’s Budget Math ArticleJuly 3, 2025 $1 Trillion in Medicaid Cuts—$1 Trillion in Tax Giveaways for the Richest 1 Percent: The One Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill’s Budget Math Jul 3, 2025 Micah Johnson, Andrea Ducas
The Trump Administration’s Budget Will Undermine ATF’s Efforts To Prevent Violent Crime ReportJuly 9, 2025 The Trump Administration’s Budget Will Undermine ATF’s Efforts To Prevent Violent Crime After passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Congress is now considering a budget proposal from the Trump administration that reduces ATF’s funding by 29 percent, making communities less safe. Jul 9, 2025 Nick Wilson
The Truth About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare ArticleJuly 3, 2025 The Truth About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare The Center for American Progress and The Arc break down the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, exposing how its deep cuts to Medicaid and Medicare will lead to benefit losses, increased paperwork requirements, and rural hospital closures that will hurt Americans—especially people with disabilities. Jul 3, 2025 Mia Ives-Rublee, Kim Musheno
10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ArticleJuly 3, 2025 10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Congressional Republicans’ radical budget and tax bill includes several less-known provisions that will increase costs, fuel the Trump administration’s overreach, and waste taxpayer dollars. Jul 3, 2025 Colin Seeberger, Andrea Ducas, Natasha Murphy, 9 More Kierra B. Jones, Andrés Argüello, Lily Roberts, Kyle Ross, Michael Sozan, Silva Mathema, Sara Partridge, Paige Shoemaker DeMio, Corey Husak
$1 Trillion in Medicaid Cuts—$1 Trillion in Tax Giveaways for the Richest 1 Percent: The One Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill’s Budget Math ArticleJuly 3, 2025 $1 Trillion in Medicaid Cuts—$1 Trillion in Tax Giveaways for the Richest 1 Percent: The One Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill’s Budget Math The congressional Republican bill will cause millions of low-income Americans to lose Medicaid coverage in order to fund tax giveaways for the top 1 percent of households. Jul 3, 2025 Micah Johnson, Andrea Ducas
Fact Sheet: Trump’s Rescission Request Would Slash Spending on Foreign Assistance Programs That Benefit American Interests Fact SheetJune 30, 2025 Fact Sheet: Trump’s Rescission Request Would Slash Spending on Foreign Assistance Programs That Benefit American Interests The Trump administration’s FY 2025 rescission package would eliminate more than $8 billion in investments critical to global health, stability, and democracy while the administration increases spending in areas that bring little benefit to the American people. Jun 30, 2025 Laura Kilbury
Young Adults With Lower Incomes Would Face Sharp ACA Premium Cost Increases Under the Big Beautiful Bill Act ArticleJune 27, 2025 Young Adults With Lower Incomes Would Face Sharp ACA Premium Cost Increases Under the Big Beautiful Bill Act The One Big Beautiful Bill Act would hike premium costs for young adults, hitting those with modest incomes the hardest. Jun 27, 2025 Andrés Argüello, Andrea Ducas
The Senate’s AI Pause May Take Billions in State Broadband Funds Hostage ArticleJune 26, 2025 The Senate’s AI Pause May Take Billions in State Broadband Funds Hostage U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s proposal to ban state and local regulation of AI could result in the loss of tens of billions of dollars in state broadband funds unless states comply with the AI pause. Jun 26, 2025 Adam Conner, Nicole Alvarez
How To Make America Sick ArticleJune 26, 2025 How To Make America Sick The Trump administration’s plan to “Make America Healthy Again” will make Americans’ health worse. Jun 26, 2025 Donald Berwick
The GOP’s budget math behind Trump’s megabill is straight nonsense In the NewsJune 23, 2025 The GOP’s budget math behind Trump’s megabill is straight nonsense In an op-ed published by MSNBC, Bobby Kogan explains why congressional Republicans’ budget math for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” spells certain economic disaster. Jun 23, 2025 MSNBC Bobby Kogan
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Would Gut Programs That Support Children ArticleJune 20, 2025 The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Would Gut Programs That Support Children Proposed cuts to vital food, health, and education programs would threaten families’ budgets and slash supports for children. Jun 20, 2025 Kennedy Andara, Kyle Ross
Trump pledged not to cut Medicare — but his budget bill does just that In the NewsJune 18, 2025 Trump pledged not to cut Medicare — but his budget bill does just that In an op-ed published by MarketWatch, Andrea Ducas explains how President Donald Trump’s budget proposal is breaking his promise not to cut Medicare—with devastating consequences. Jun 18, 2025 MarketWatch Andrea Ducas
The Senate’s AI Ban Applies to Every State, Not Just BEAD Recipients ArticleJune 13, 2025 The Senate’s AI Ban Applies to Every State, Not Just BEAD Recipients Senate Republicans’ latest tax and budget bill draft includes a standalone 10-year federal ban on most state and local AI regulations, blocking states from addressing key harms such as algorithmic discrimination, regardless of whether they seek or have received broadband funding. Jun 13, 2025 Nicole Alvarez
House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill Would Make Health Care More Expensive for Americans With Medicare and Other Insurance ArticleJune 12, 2025 House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill Would Make Health Care More Expensive for Americans With Medicare and Other Insurance A new Center for American Progress analysis shows how House Republican health care cuts would cost many families with Medicaid, Medicare, ACA marketplace plans, and job-based coverage up to thousands of dollars per year in additional premiums, deductibles, and other out-of-pocket expenses. Jun 12, 2025 Andrés Argüello, Andrea Ducas
The Senate Republican Budget Bill Adds Broadband Funding That Favors Musk’s Starlink and Bans State AI Laws ArticleJune 12, 2025 The Senate Republican Budget Bill Adds Broadband Funding That Favors Musk’s Starlink and Bans State AI Laws An additional $500 million of broadband funding provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes a national freeze on AI regulation by states, weaponizing public infrastructure against state action and potentially delivering a payday to Elon Musk’s satellite internet company. Jun 12, 2025 Megan Shahi
New CBO Estimates Confirm Massive Rise in Uncompensated Care Costs Under One Big Beautiful Bill Act ArticleJune 10, 2025 New CBO Estimates Confirm Massive Rise in Uncompensated Care Costs Under One Big Beautiful Bill Act New projections from the Congressional Budget Office indicate the House-passed tax and budget bill would lead to 16 million people becoming uninsured, resulting in hospitals and other health care providers shouldering an estimated $36 billion in additional uncompensated care costs by 2034. Jun 10, 2025 Andrés Argüello, Andrea Ducas
The CBO Confirms the Devastating Harms of House Republicans’ One Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill Act ArticleJune 6, 2025 The CBO Confirms the Devastating Harms of House Republicans’ One Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill Act New projections from the Congressional Budget Office indicates 16 million Americans will lose health care coverage. Jun 6, 2025 Colin Seeberger, Andrea Ducas, Lily Roberts, 3 More Shannon Baker-Branstetter, Kennedy Andara, Kyle Ross
State Estimates of Increases in Homeowner and Small-Business Borrowing Costs Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ArticleJune 3, 2025 State Estimates of Increases in Homeowner and Small-Business Borrowing Costs Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act The “big, beautiful bill” passed by House Republicans in reconciliation is expected to significantly increase U.S. government debt, driving up interest rates for borrowers—including families taking out a mortgage or people growing their own businesses. Jun 3, 2025 Natalie Baker, Sara Estep
House Republican Proposal Would Kick More People Off SNAP During Recessions While Pushing Additional Costs to States ArticleMay 27, 2025 House Republican Proposal Would Kick More People Off SNAP During Recessions While Pushing Additional Costs to States The House Republican tax and budget bill would make states pay more to administer food assistance while ensuring it serves fewer people in need. May 27, 2025 Kyle Ross, Kennedy Andara, Amina Khalique, 1 More Sophie Cohen
Trump made a promise not to touch Medicare. His megabill just broke it. In the NewsMay 23, 2025 Trump made a promise not to touch Medicare. His megabill just broke it. In an op-ed published by MSNBC, Alan Cohen discusses how Trump's megabill would slash Medicare payments to medical providers by more than $500 billion over the next decade. May 23, 2025 MSNBC Alan Cohen
Cuts to the VA Will Leave Veterans Without the Benefits They Were Promised VideoMay 23, 2025 Cuts to the VA Will Leave Veterans Without the Benefits They Were Promised Recent federal cuts threaten fundamental services and support for U.S. veterans, farmers, and communities at large. May 23, 2025 Margaret Cooney, Hai-Lam Phan, Toni Pandolfo, 1 More Tom Moore
The Devastating Harms of House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill by State and Congressional District ArticleMay 21, 2025 The Devastating Harms of House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill by State and Congressional District Estimates for the increase in number of uninsured people by 2034; how many people could lose some or all SNAP benefits; and the number of jobs at risk due to elimination of clean energy tax credits under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act. May 21, 2025 Colin Seeberger, Andrea Ducas, Lily Roberts, 3 More Shannon Baker-Branstetter, Kennedy Andara, Kyle Ross
House Republican Budget Bill Proposes Weakening Support for Homeless Individuals ArticleMay 21, 2025 House Republican Budget Bill Proposes Weakening Support for Homeless Individuals Changes to basic assistance eligibility in the bill would make it difficult for homeless individuals to address their basic needs. May 21, 2025 Mia Ives-Rublee, Kennedy Andara
The House Republican Plan To Increase Gas and Electricity Prices ArticleMay 16, 2025 The House Republican Plan To Increase Gas and Electricity Prices Terminating almost all federal clean energy investments will increase electricity rates and raise the price of gasoline by between 25 cents and 37 cents per gallon, costing households more than $400 billion on energy over the next decade. May 16, 2025 Trevor Higgins
House Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts and Associated Lives Lost by Congressional District ArticleMay 15, 2025 House Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts and Associated Lives Lost by Congressional District Proposals to impose work requirements on Medicaid expansion enrollees would cause large coverage losses and hundreds of avoidable deaths each year in many congressional districts. May 15, 2025 Natasha Murphy, Andrea Ducas
Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice IssueNovember 1, 2021 Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice We pursue climate action that meets the crisis’s urgency, creates good-quality jobs, benefits disadvantaged communities, and restores U.S. credibility on the global stage.
Restoring Social Trust in Democracy IssueNovember 1, 2021 Restoring Social Trust in Democracy Democracy is under attack at home and abroad. We must act to ensure it is accessible to all, accountable, and can serve as a force of good.
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