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Shailly Gupta-Barnes
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Budget Process,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
By raising taxes on the wealthy and redirecting other public resources, we can meet everyone’s needs and strengthen our economy.
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Military & Security
With the Afghanistan War finally ending, we shouldn’t squander our “peace dividend” on costly weapons or military bloat.
By
Ashik Siddique
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Budget Process,
Military & Security
Today, President Joe Biden unveiled his administration's FY 2022 “skinny budget” request. While not a full breakdown, the “skinny budget” offers a critical glimpse at topline discretionary budget spending and speaks volumes about the administration's priorities. At $753 billion, Biden's requested Pentagon budget increase continues the dangerous and short-sighted path...
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Guest Blogger
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Budget Process
It’s urgent not to return to the previous status quo. It’s time for creative thinking and bold action.
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Sarah Anderson
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Budget Process,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
The Progressive Caucus has unveiled a legislative agenda designed to meet the scale of the pandemic catastrophe and reduce our vulnerability to future crises.
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Guest Blogger
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Budget Process,
Taxes & Revenue
Billionaire's wealth growth since March is more than the $908 billion pandemic relief package proposed by a bipartisan group of members of Congres—which has been stalled over Republican concerns that it is too costly.
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Guest Blogger
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Budget Process,
Taxes & Revenue
U.S. economic recovery efforts will not succeed if the global economy remains weak and serves only a small rich minority.
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Lorah Steichen
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Budget Process,
Military & Security
Rather than restoring the status quo, we have the opportunity to forge a different path that invests in real security for Americans.
By
Ashik Siddique
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Budget Process,
Health Care
The Federal Reserve just injected $1.5 trillion into the banking system to prop up crashing markets spooked by the coronavirus pandemic. Don’t let anyone ever tell you that our government can’t afford to provide nice — and necessary — things for all of us.
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Ashik Siddique
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Budget Process,
Health Care
As fears grow of a global coronavirus pandemic, the United States is in a poor situation to cope. Aggressive messaging from the White House assures the public that the "full weight of the U.S. government" is working to keep Americans safe from the disease, but those words are belied by...