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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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Families & The Federal Budget Parenting & Families Podcast

Breaking Through: Toxic Tariffs, Trade Wars, Taxes, Taking on Patriarchy and White Supremacy

02/10/25
On the radio show this week we dive into a snapshot of uplifting news between the headlines as we hear from a mom and small business owner who recently testified before Congress about how tariffs and trade wars hurt our families and our economy – and why child care and care infrastructure policies...
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Breaking Through: Executive Orders. Funding Freezes. Health Care. Child Care. Justice Reform, & How to Raise Your Voice.

02/03/25
On the radio show this week we dive into the confusion, harm, and chaos caused by Donald Trump's ridiculous Executive Orders and nominees, from a funding freeze that shut down Medicaid portals in all 50 states to the nomination of an unqualified, unfit, and utterly confused cabinet nominee in RFK...
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Breaking Through: Protecting Civil Rights, Democracy, and Your Sanity in a Second Trump Presidency!

01/27/25
On the radio show this week we dive into the far-right's push to eradicate public schools and undermine sex education, and how you can get involved locally to stop this in your community with EducateUS. Next, we hear about Trump's unconstitutional actions infringing on our civil rights, from...
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Breaking Through: New Year, New Challenges, New Hope

01/13/25
On the radio show this week we cover what’s expected in the upcoming Congressional session and how you can help protect and advance core policies for women and families; how you can help protect the Department of Education (and democracy too); the ways in which healthcare is under attack and what...
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Breaking Through: 2024 Election Analysis. Protecting Democracy. Trump Cabinet Nominees. 2025 Tax Policies and You.

11/25/24
On the radio show today, we discuss the 2024 Election, the results, and some of what it all means; we dive into how to protect democracy; we cover the Trump cabinet nominees chaos; and we talk taxes and how Trump tax policies in 2025 could impact real people (not just billionaires). Special Guests...
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Breaking Through: Hurricanes and Climate Change. Fair Taxes. Latina Equal Pay Day. Moms VOTE!

10/07/24
On the radio show this week, we discuss the devastation due to the hurricane in North Carolina and other states, how we can lend a hand – and also how we can start addressing in a bigger, better, bolder way, the climate change that people are experiencing across the globe; next we dive into taxes,...
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Stop Trump’s Tariff War on Families!

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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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TAKE ACTION NOW to protect Head Start!

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Republican leadership in Congress want to cut funding for our country’s most successful early learning program, Head Start by $750 million, depriving roughly 80,000 children access to this critical program!

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How are rising costs impacting you and your family?

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Trump and the Republican's actions are leading to rising costs for everything from groceries to housing to fuel. How will this impact you and your family?

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Tell Congress to support Healthy School Meals for All!

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Tell Congress to support Healthy School Meals for All! School meals are often the only way students facing hunger can get reliable, consistent, and nutritious meals on a daily basis, so it’s time to make them accessible for ALL students.