The real-life impact of the GOP’s reconciliation bill is just beginning. Faced with expiring tax breaks for an ultra-rich sliver of the population and expiring subsidies that make health care affordable for 22 million Americans, the GOP chose to renew the tax breaks—and allow the subsidies to expire. That decision is the reason for […]

  Last week, the Senate failed for the 12th time to extend government funding and end the shutdown. The standoff continues between extremist politicians and Democrats demanding an extension of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies. The shutdown directly impacts educators who work for the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA). These educators teach and support […]

  As we head into week three of the federal government shutdown, anxiety is increasing among working families who rely on crucial services, and federal workers have no idea when—or if—they’ll be paid. The suffering and uncertainty don’t seem to matter to the extremist politicians driving the GOP Shutdown Express. They control the White House, […]