Budget Matters Blog
Category: Budget Process
MAGA Priorities: Golden Dome Over Hungry Families
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Hanna Homestead
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Budget Process,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Once again, the MAGA regime is prioritizing billionaire Pentagon contractors over struggling families. President Trump and the MAGA regime are weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans by refusing to fund SNAP during the Republican-led government shutdown, resulting in the first ever lapse of food stamp benefits beginning on November 1. ...
The Trillion Dollar Trade Off: War & Weapons VS. Basic Needs
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Hanna Homestead
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Budget Process,
Climate Change,
Education,
Health Care,
Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
President Trump is requesting a record-high $1.01 trillion “defense” budget for FY 2026 while gutting federal agencies and social services that actually keep the country safe – things like clean air and water protection, Medicaid, child nutrition, the Department of Education, green energy, and so much more. The U.S. already...
Good Trouble: Moral Mondays at the U.S. Capitol to Defend Americans from a Destructive Budget
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Alliyah Lusuegro
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Budget Process
President's 2026 Budget is a Bonanza for Weapons and Prison Contractors
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Military & Security
Today, President Trump revealed the broad strokes of his budget request to Congress for 2026. This request does not meet the nation’s needs.
Congress Boosts the War Machine and Executive Power, While Cutting Services for Working People
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Hanna Homestead
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Budget Process,
Immigration,
Military & Security
While the continuing resolution is a step in the wrong direction, we must stay focused on an even bigger fight ahead: budget reconciliation.
Parity, Schmarity: The Budget Deal Gives 56% of the Discretionary Budget to the Military
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Military & Security
The budget deal struck by the White House and House Republicans begins what could be a long-term shift in federal spending from domestic programs toward the Pentagon.
Senators Failed to Add Anti-Immigrant Border Policy to Budget Deal
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Alliyah Lusuegro
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Budget Process,
Immigration
Yesterday, two anti-immigrant amendments that would have extended the legacy of the draconian Trump-era immigration policy, Title 42, each took the Senate floor for a vote. Both failed.
We Won't Trade E-Carceration for Detention: Ending Immigrant Incarceration
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Lorah Steichen
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Budget Process
The Biden administration continues to support increased funding for ICE’s e-carceration and surveillance programs — so-called “Alternatives to Detention.” We must defund all forms of immigrant incarceration.
Beyond the Enforcement Paradigm: A Vision for a Transformative Budget for U.S. Immigration
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Lorah Steichen
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Budget Process
With our partners in the Defund Hate Coalition, we’re pleased to announce the release of the 2023 transformative budget proposal on U.S. immigration.
Biden FY 2023 Budget Maintains Trump-Era Spending on ICE and CBP
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Lorah Steichen
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Budget Process
The Biden administration came into office promising to dismantle Trump’s harmful immigration policies. But we have been dismayed to see violent and deadly immigration enforcement policies continue to be funded at obscene levels.