Education is under attack at all levels, from pre-K to post-graduate, along multiple budgetary tracks in Congress. President Trump’s FY2026 budget request slashes Department of Education funding by 15 percent, eliminates or consolidates programs in no-strings-attached block grants, and lowers the maximum Pell grant from $7,395 to $5,710—a 23 percent cut. Last week, Secretary […]

Congress returns from the Memorial Day recess with a full agenda. Just before the recess, the House passed H.R. 1, its version of the reconciliation bill that will harm students and working families with deep cuts in Medicaid, food aid, and diminishing access to higher education. The Senate process for action on H.R. 1 begins […]

  Early Friday morning, the House passed the GOP budget bill Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) described this way: “It’s taxing the poor to give to the rich.” The centerpiece of the bill is a series of tax breaks that overwhelming benefit the wealthy, corporations, and other big businesses—all at the expense of everyday, working Americans. At a […]