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AllJuly 31, 2025
Medicaid Turned 60. And Its Butchers Showed Up With Balloons.
Congressmembers Evans, Kean Jr., and Miller-Meeks Sponsor Medicaid Anniversary Resolution…Weeks After Voting To Cut The Program Washington, D.C — Most people bring gifts to a birthday party. Congressmembers Gabe Evans (CO-08), Tom Kean Jr. (NJ-07), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) brought knives. Each member had the audacity to introduce a new resolution purporting to celebrate Medicaid’s […]
July 29, 2025
ICYMI: “Unrig Our Economy Puts Four Texas Republicans On Notice,” Demands Support for Affordable Health Care
Washington, D.C. — As Texas Republicans prepare their assault on democracy with unprecedented mid-decade redistricting, outlets across the country covered Unrig Our Economy’s multi-million dollar campaign holding congressional Republicans in targeted districts accountable for their recent votes to cut Medicaid and put health care at risk for nearly two million Texans in order to fund […]
July 28, 2025
New Ads: Unrig Our Economy Launches New Ads Calling Out Texas Republicans for Voting to Cut Medicaid
Washington, D.C — Today, Unrig Our Economy is a multi-million dollar TV and digital ad buy across multiple Texas congressional districts. These ads call out Congressman Dan Crenshaw (TX-02), Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), Congressman Lance Gooden (TX-05), and Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (TX-24) for voting for the Republican Tax Law earlier this month […]
July 25, 2025
CBO: Under The Republican Tax Law, More Than 15 Million People Will Be Left Without Health Care
Washington D.C — The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new analysis of the Republican Tax Law and it’s bad news for Americans who like having health insurance. According to the report, the tax law will leave over 15 million Americans without health coverage, slash nearly $200 billion from SNAP, and explode the federal […]
July 25, 2025
Congressional Republican-Backed Tariffs Are Driving Up Prices of Summer BBQs, Brunches, and More to Fund Billionaire Tax Breaks
Washington D.C — Thanks to tariffs President Trump imposed and congressional Republicans have repeatedly backed, prices on everyday goods from orange juice to beef to essential home goods are skyrocketing and hurting working-class families. Republicans in Congress could roll back these cost-raising tariffs any day, but, instead, they’ve supported these tariffs and are using them […]
July 24, 2025
Unrig Our Economy, Social Security Works, Former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley, and Others Announce New Campaign To Protect Social Security on Its 90th Anniversary
Groups Launch a Week of Action to Send A Clear Message to House Republicans and the Trump Administration: Hands Off Our Social Security and Protect Our Checks Washington, D.C. — Today, Unrig Our Economy, Social Security Works, and former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley, alongside local and national organizations, announced a new campaign, Protect Our […]
July 23, 2025
NJ.com: Congressman Tom Kean Jr. ‘Promised Saintly Ethics. He Chose Getting Richer Instead’
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Tom Kean Jr. promised to bring the “highest level of ethics and transparency” to Washington. Now he’s getting called out in a local newspaper for breaking his transparency promises and profiting off the stock market – all while voting for the Republican Tax Law that takes money out of the pockets […]
July 22, 2025
ICYMI: Health Insurance Costs for Working- and Middle-Class Families Are Set to Skyrocket — Thanks to Republicans’ Tax Law And Tariffs
Washington D.C — A new non-partisan report shows that millions of working-class Americans who rely on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for health care coverage are about to see their insurance premiums spike, and congressional Republicans’ recently passed tax law and tariffs are directly responsible. According to a new report, health insurance companies are proposing […]
July 18, 2025
NEW POLL: Iowans Know Congresswoman Miller-Meeks is Bad At Her Job
Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ job approval plummets amidst Unrig Our Economy’s accountability efforts on her vote for the Republican Tax Law Washington D.C — New data from Public Policy Polling demonstrates what you could probably learn from a stop at any Burlington-area Casey’s: Iowans know Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks is bad at her job. The Congresswoman’s job […]