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The federal budget campaign champions the priorities of women, moms, and families in the federal budget. This campaign includes work on taxes/revenues, SNAP, WIC, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Medicaid, CHIP, healthy school lunches, and more.

People are often surprised to hear that even a physician can end up on Medicaid...but I’m a great example that it can happen to anyone. I’m 32 years old, married, with two small children and I am a family physician. In January of this year, right at the beginning of a new plan year and new...Read more
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Our Stories: Chris Dunham Testifies on the Hill

03/11/25
Last week, our member Chris Dunham from Feasterville, PA testified at the U.S. House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee to share his family's story about the importance of Medicaid. Here is his story: Dunham-hearing.jpg My name is Chris Dunham and I am a full-time caregiver for my 16-year-...
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Breaking Through: Medicaid and Childcare Under Attack. Addressing The Maternal Health Emergency. Direct File Tool for Your Taxes

03/31/25
On the radio show this week we cover the problems with the damaging effects of the proposed cuts to Medicaid; the latest with the maternal health emergency in America; how access to childcare is under attack; and how to use a no cost direct file tool for your taxes. Special Guests include: Joan...
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Breaking Through: Standing Up for Our Democracy, Our Education, Our Healthcare, and Our Economy

03/24/25
On the radio show this week, we cover how Musk, Trump, and Republican leadership actions are causing chaos and undermining our economy; we dive into what’s at stake in immigration policy; hear about a program to build community and democracy; and find out how education is under attack along with...
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*ACTION FOR APRIL RECESS: Deliver stories to your U.S. Representative in-district

03/20/25
This is an all-hands-on-deck moment!!! The headlines are bleak and members of Congress need to hear from us again and again. (Thank you in advance!!) We’ve all been speaking out by the thousands because we know that the long-term impact of the budget cuts being proposed (including potentially...
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Breaking Through: Medicaid. Maternal Health. How Trump’s Policies Are Hurting All of Us, Including His Voters

03/17/25
On the radio show this week we discuss the single largest program for maternity care in the United States, Medicaid, and why we’re fighting to protect it. Next, we dive into the many ways the Trump administration’s “cost-cutting” measures will actually end up costing all of our families and our...
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Breaking Through: Attacks on Public Schools, Health Care, Immigrants, Child Care & How Moms Are Fighting Back!

03/10/25
On the radio show this week we hear from teachers and parents about how they are fighting to protect the Department of Education and our students from Trump’s threats, and how you can join the fight! Next, we discuss why Trump’s cruel immigration policies are compounding the child care crisis by...
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TAKE ACTION: Save the Department of Education from Trump

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/45889/?source=action">TAKE ACTION: Save the Department of Education from Trump</a>

Well, Trump did it. The president just signed an Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education. But, he can’t do that without Congressional approval.

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Save the Department of Education from Trump!

Tell Congress to reject cuts to SNAP (Food Stamps)!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/45988/?source=action">Tell Congress to reject cuts to SNAP (Food Stamps)!</a>

Tell Congress to reject the cuts to SNAP (food stamps) benefits that hardworking families rely on to put food on the table!

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Stop Trump’s Tariff War on Families!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/44779/?source=action">Stop Trump’s Tariff War on Families!</a>

Trump’s tariff war on families means only one thing: rising costs for all of us! ***SIGN OUR LETTER calling on the U.S. Congress to intervene, save our economy, and stop Trump’s Tariff War on Families!

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Urgent Action: Tell Congress to Protect Public Education

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/44812/?source=action">Urgent Action: Tell Congress to Protect Public Education</a>
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Urgent Action: Tell Congress to Protect Public Education