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AllApril 15, 2026
2025 Budget Impacts: House Bill Would Cut Assistance and Raise Costs for Veterans
Editor’s Note: This analysis is from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. We are sharing their article to highlight how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could raise health care costs for veterans House Republicans’ budget reconciliation legislation would take away health coverage and food assistance from many millions of people, including veterans. One out of every […]
April 13, 2026
BREAKING: Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks Used Taxpayer Money to Rent Pharma Lobbyists’ D.C. Apartment
Washington, DC – A new report from Iowa Starting Line revealed that Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) used over $26,000 in taxpayer money to rent a Capitol Hill apartment from two lobbyists for Big Pharma for over a year. This is clearly a pattern for Congresswoman Miller-Meeks. In 2022, she accepted money from a top insulin […]
April 10, 2026
ICYMI: Soaring Gas Prices Leads to Biggest Monthly Inflation Spike in Four Years
March was also the largest one month increase in gas prices in over six decades Washington, DC – Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) monthly inflation report confirmed what we already knew – Republicans’ unnecessary war in Iran is dramatically hiking Americans’ costs, and putting even greater strain on working families nationwide. According to […]
April 9, 2026
NBC News: How Trump’s Tax Law Boosts the Wealthy and Leaves Behind Some Workers He Promised to Help
“Others are at risk of losing food assistance and health insurance benefits” from the Republican Tax Law Washington, DC – Trump and Republicans in Congress are helping the ultra-wealthy get even richer, while working families struggle to get by. That’s according to new NBC News reporting that highlights the impact of last year’s Republican Tax […]
April 8, 2026
Congressional Republicans’ Billionaire-First Agenda is Already Ripping Food Assistance Away From Millions of Working Americans
Washington, DC — Congressional Republicans’ agenda is already ripping food off of millions of working families’ tables. According to a new analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), SNAP participation dropped by approximately 2.5 million Americans between the passing of last year’s Republican Tax Law and the end of the year. Republicans […]
April 8, 2026
Hundreds of Thousands of Arizonans Are Losing Food Assistance Because of Congressman Juan Ciscomani
Washington, DC — Congressman Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) said he’d protect SNAP – only to vote for the largest cuts to the program in history. Now, hundreds of thousands of Arizonans are losing their food assistance because of Congressman Ciscomani’s betrayal. According to a new analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), SNAP […]
April 7, 2026
Associated Press: Trump budget seeks cuts in domestic programs to pay for Iran War
Washington, DC — Last week, President Trump said the United States can’t pay for Medicaid, Medicare, and daycare because it’s too busy fighting wars. Now, Republicans in Congress need to decide whether or not to continue to try and make life even harder for working Americans with President Trump’s latest budget proposal. Friday, the White […]
April 3, 2026
New JEC Report Shows Congressional Republicans are Waging War on Americans’ Wallets with Soaring Gas Prices
Washington, DC — Republicans in Congress are – once again – fueling higher costs, as their unnecessary war in Iran continues to drive up prices at the pump and squeeze working families. A new report by the Joint Economic Committee Minority (JEC) shows Americans now have to spend 35 percent more on gas than they […]
April 2, 2026
Rep. Lauren Underwood & Rep. Greg Casar Join Unrig Our Economy & Social Security Works to Launch Campaign Holding Republicans Accountable for Taking Americans’ Health Care
Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Congressman Greg Casar (TX-35), and Americans threatened by Republican health care cuts joined Unrig Our Economy and Social Security Works for a livestream to launch a new campaign, Stop Taking Our Health Care. Stop Taking Our Health Care is a new month-long campaign, coinciding with Medicaid Awareness […]