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AllSeptember 17, 2026
NEW REPORT: Updated State-By-State And District-Level Cost Data: Families Have Had to Spend $4,200+ More Since Early 2025
Washington D.C — An updated report from the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) – Minority details how families have had to spend over $4,200 more under President Trump and Republicans in Congress. This report comes just one month after an August 2026 report, which indicated that Americans were spending an additional $3,800 on average. An earlier […]
September 16, 2026
The Economic and Human Toll of the Iran War On American Families
Washington D.C — Since the Iran War began earlier this year, the costs to Americans have been astronomical. The war has cost taxpayers nearly $40 billion since it began according to a recent report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). It is also spiking everyday costs – especially the price of diesel, which has hit […]
September 15, 2026
ICYMI: How the Republican Tax Law Is Fueling the Data Center Boom, Raising Electricity Bills, and Costing American Taxpayers
Washington D.C — A new report from POLITICO details how giant corporations building data centers – projects that are increasingly unpopular with the American public – are raking in massive profits and slashing their own tax bills by billions of dollars thanks to the Republican Tax Law. While companies exploit these tax breaks to fuel […]
September 14, 2026
ICYMI: The Republican Tax Law is Making it Harder for Sick and Disabled Americans to Access Health Care
ICYMI: The Republican Tax Law is Making it Harder for Sick and Disabled Americans to Access Health Care Washington D.C — A new story from NPR highlights the real-world harm that Medicaid cuts from the Republican Tax Law are having on millions of people, especially the disabled and people facing chronic illnesses. The piece reports […]
September 11, 2026
ICYMI: Inflation Continues to Rise As the War in Iran Pushes Up Gas & Diesel Prices
Washington D.C — Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their August inflation report, showing that prices continue to spike upward, thanks in large part, to the war in Iran that congressional Republicans voted for. This war has further pushed up the price of gas and diesel, and these higher costs coupled with cost-raising […]
September 9, 2026
Axios: “Iran War Drives $100 Billion in Extra Energy Costs for U.S. Consumers”
Washington D.C — A new, real-time tracker from Brown University estimates that Americans have lost $100 billion to increased energy costs due to the ongoing war in Iran. Earlier this year Republicans in Congress voted multiple times to continue the war. That amounts to around $776 per household lost thanks to this conflict. This report […]
September 9, 2026
ICYMI: Thousands Participate in Nationwide ‘Republican Price Tag’ Campaign Calling Out Congressional Republican Cost-Raising Policies
The Campaign Featured Nearly Two Dozen Events Across the Country Calling Out the $3,800 More Americans Are Spending Under Trump & Republicans in Congress Washington D.C — Throughout August and early September, Unrig Our Economy, Social Security Works, Economic Security Project Action, and local partners from around the country came together as part of nationwide […]
September 3, 2026
Congressman Don Beyer, Congressman Gabe Amo, Unrig Our Economy, Navigator Research, & Americans Facing Higher Costs Highlight the ‘Republican Price Tag’ on Working Families
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, as part of the ‘Republican Price Tag Campaign,’ Congressman Don Beyer (VA-08), Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01), Unrig Our Economy, Economic Security Project Action, Social Security Works, Navigator Research, and Americans from across the country held a national press call to highlight the estimated $3,800 more American families are paying for health […]
August 27, 2026
NEW REPORT: Working Families Lost More Than $3,800 On Average Thanks to Republicans in Washington
Washington D.C — A new report from the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) – Minority details how working families have had to spend an additional $3,800 on average due to congressional Republicans’ disastrous economic policies. The report makes clear that Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration have made life more expensive for everyday Americans in […]