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AllSeptember 11, 2025
House Republican Admits Republican Tariffs Are Destroying the American Economy
Washington D.C — This week, retiring Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE) admitted what working people have known for months: The Republican tariffs he and other congressional Republicans voted to support are harming the economy, telling reporters that tariffs don’t work and are the reason for economic ‘storm clouds on the horizon.’ For once, Congressman Bacon is […]
September 9, 2025
SPLIT SCREEN: GOP Fine Dines at the People’s House While Americans Budget $1 Meals
WASHINGTON –– As congressional Republicans dined on New York Strip, potato croquettes, and a splendid spinach peppercorn sauce with billionaires at the new ‘Rose Garden Club,’ working Americans were left strategizing on how to budget $1/day meals thanks to the policies Republicans recently passed. Over the weekend, CNN profiled sisters giving online tips to a […]
September 9, 2025
New Ad Highlights Congressman Rob Bresnahan’s ‘Secret Helicopter’ and Tax Breaks for Billionaires
New ad is part of Unrig Our Economy’s 8-figure House accountability campaign Washington — Today, Unrig Our Economy launches a new digital ad that highlights the pushback to Congressman Rob Bresnahan’s (PA-08) secret helicopter while also voting to cut health care for working Pennsylvanians to give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires like himself. What’s […]
September 5, 2025
Republicans’ Cost-Raising Tariffs Are Not Only Destroying Bank Accounts, They Are Killing Jobs
New data reveals that 13,000 jobs were lost in June – the worst since the pandemic – and only 22,000 jobs were added in August Washington D.C — Not only are Trump and congressional Republicans’ tariffs raising costs on working-class families to pay for billionaire tax breaks, according to today’s jobs report, they are costing […]
September 5, 2025
Congressional Republicans Attempt to Save Face for Voting to Kick Millions Off Their Health Care
They’re graciously offering to hold on 75% premium increases…until after the midterms Washington D.C — After passing the largest Medicaid cut in history to pay for billionaire tax breaks, Republicans in Congress are continuing to jeopardize access to health care for millions of Americans. Health care tax credits that help millions of Americans afford their […]
September 4, 2025
Congressman Rob Bresnahan’s Stocks Are Up! Just Not With Pennsylvanians
Pennsylvanians are continuing to make their voices heard Washington D.C — Congressman Rob Bresnahan (PA-08) got elected to Congress, made more than 600 stock trades, owns a secret helicopter, and voted to rip health coverage away from working Pennsylvanians in order to pay for even more tax breaks for the rich. And it’s safe to […]
September 2, 2025
Congressional Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts Threaten Access to Maternity Care By Shuttering Rural Hospitals
Washington D.C — The Republican Tax Law, which Republicans in Congress passed earlier this summer, is one of the most regressive (and unpopular) pieces of legislation in history – slashing vital programs like Medicaid to pay for billionaire tax breaks. Millions of Americans nationwide are at risk of losing their health care, but especially women […]
September 2, 2025
ICYMI: Mobile Billboard Shows Congressman Rob Bresnahan’s Votes Take Dough Out of Your Pocket
Washington D.C — If you were visiting the annual La Festa Italiana in Scranton, PA over the weekend, you may have seen a new mobile billboard calling out Congressman Rob Bresnahan for voting to raise costs for Pennsylvanians and Americans nationwide. Congressman Bresnahan voted twice to support tariffs that are raising food costs– including imported […]
August 28, 2025
Politico: Republican Tax Law ‘A Bloodbath’ For Rural Hospitals
Washington, DC –– Congressional Republicans were already catching heat for their votes to gut Medicaid and wreak havoc on rural hospitals. That was before Politico’s new report that hospital executives are warning of a ‘bloodbath’ for rural hospitals caused by congressional Republicans’ tax law. Even Republicans, including a former adviser to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, […]