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AllSeptember 22, 2025
ICYMI: The Republican Tax Law Is Already Threatening Millions of Americans’ Health Care
Washington D.C — Since Republicans passed their pro-billionaire tax law this past summer, countless Republicans in Congress have danced around the fact that this law will rip away health care from nearly 15 million Americans over the course of the next decade. And the impact is not just in the future: The harm from this […]
September 22, 2025
House Republicans Advance Plan To Leave Millions With Higher Health Care Costs, Threatening Government Shutdown
Washington D.C — Today, House Republicans voted for a dirty funding bill that fails to reverse their disastrous cuts to Medicaid and allows vital health care tax credits to expire – raising health care costs, jeopardizing Americans’ access to health coverage for millions, and increasing the risk of a government shutdown. Republicans in Congress manufactured […]
September 18, 2025
Democrats Offer Plan to Save Americans’ Health Care. Republicans Would Rather Shut Down the Government.
Washington D.C — Last night, Democrats in Washington offered their own proposal to keep the government open while stopping increases in health insurance premiums for working-class families and reversing Republicans’ massive cuts to Medicaid. But, apparently, helping people afford their health care is a “nonstarter” for Republicans in Congress. They would rather shut down the […]
September 18, 2025
NEW ADS: Valiente Action Fund & Unrig Our Economy Launch six-figure Ad Campaign Calling Out Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz for Voting to Cut Medicaid to Give Tax Breaks to Billionaires
Washington D.C — Valiente Action Fund and Unrig Our Economy are launching a new six-figure ad campaign to reach the Latino community about Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz’s (TX-15) votes jeopardizing the health of her constituents and pushing up costs by voting to gut vital programs like Medicaid and SNAP – all so millionaires and […]
September 17, 2025
Congressional Republicans Would Rather Shut Down the Government Than Help Millions of Americans Afford Health Care
Washington D.C — Republicans in Congress are holding millions of Americans’ health care hostage as the government funding deadline looms. Under the Republican Tax Law, which also included massive cuts to Medicaid, health care tax credits that have allowed millions of Americans to afford basic health insurance are set to expire – all so billionaires […]
September 16, 2025
Congressional Republicans Vote (Again) To Support The Economy Crushing Tariffs
Make no mistake: Trump and congressional Republicans own this $2,300 tax hike on working families Washington, D.C. — Nearly every House Republican just doubled down on making working families’ lives harder by once again voting to let President Trump’s cost-raising tariffs continue. Their vote comes days after a groundbreaking Yale Budget Lab report showing the […]
September 16, 2025
NEW ADS: Unrig Our Economy Launches New Ads Calling Out Congressman Tom Kean Jr. and Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks for Voting To Cut Their Constituents’ Health Care
Washington D.C — Today, Unrig Our Economy released new ads calling out Congressman Tom Kean Jr. (NJ-07) and Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) for their votes to trade millions of Americans’ health care for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and put the livelihoods of New Jersey and Iowa families at risk. The ads feature Roseanne and […]
September 15, 2025
Grocery Prices See Biggest Monthly Jump Since 2022
Nation’s Major Grocers Cite Tariffs For Increased Grocery Prices, While American Families Bear the Brunt of Trump and Congressional Republicans’ Reckless Trade Policies WASHINGTON, DC – New reporting from the Department of Labor revealed Thursday that consumer prices rose between July and August, marking the biggest month-over-month increase in food-at-home prices since 2022 — all […]
September 15, 2025
Long-Term Unemployment Hits Highest Level Since the Pandemic After Months of Republican Tariffs and Billionaire Tax Breaks
Washington D.C — A troubling trend is emerging in the U.S. economy that threatens to hit working-class people the hardest – persistent, long-term unemployment. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1 in 4 unemployed Americans have been without work for six months or longer, which is the highest it has been since the pandemic. […]