Why is food for children, families, people with disabilities, workers, and seniors on the chopping block? To fund tax breaks for the rich.
Starving the Poor to Feed the Rich
Archives: Voices
Tell the Tinpot Dictator: NO KINGS
We have to stand up against the dangerous bullying tactics that are tearing families apart and tell Congress to reject the big brutal budget bill.
House Republican budget bill gives Trump $185 billion to carry out his mass deportation agenda—while doing nothing for workers
In just a few months, Trump’s deportation troops have repeatedly arrested and deported the wrong people, including U.S. citizens and sent innocent people to gulags designed for terrorists.
House Bill’s $164 Billion Giveaway to Multinational Corporations Puts America Last
The House’s recently passed tax bill changes course on taxing multinational corporations engaged in shifting U.S. profits overseas, offering massive tax giveaways that weaken American revenues and risk sending more American corporate investment offshore.
Fear and worry in New Mexico over cuts to food assistance
AFSCME Council 18 members, community members, and New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Luján raised alarms about the impact that cutting federal food assistance would have on the communities they serve.
Moral Mondays in DC at the Capitol: A National Call for Justice, Love, & Truth-Telling, convened by Bishop William J. Barber, II
We are here to talk about a moral outrage – a legislative proposal to slash well over one trillion dollars from essential federal programs that provide health care and food to millions of people, with members of Congress from Speaker Johnson on down having the nerve to deny that people will be hurt.
The House Budget Bill is “nation shaping and life changing” – very much for the worse
This is a bill that will take food and health care away from millions to pay for tax breaks that benefit the rich and corporations, and to increase ICE spending to detain and deport immigrants.
CHN Urges Members of the House of Representatives to Vote NO on the Reconciliation Proposal
Families and communities will feel the compounding impact of cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and other health assistance along with other basic needs programs – making the combined budget package even more reckless.
Eligible People Will Lose Medicaid Coverage Through Reconciliation Process
By denying people affordable health care, this bill threatens the safety and well-being of communities, states, and the entire country.
House Tax Bill Would Encourage Dynastic Wealth Hoarding by Further Weakening the Estate Tax
A wealthy couple could leave $29.99 million to their heirs in 2026 without paying a cent of estate tax.
Broken Promises: Republicans’ Budget Reconciliation Bill Would Cut Medicare
The GOP takes direct aim at Medicare, gutting eligibility and restricting access to benefits, while also cutting Medicaid in ways that would harm people who are dually eligible for both programs.
The House Republicans’ Budget Bill Guts Basic Needs Programs for the Most Vulnerable Americans to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich
If enacted, this would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in U.S. history.