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 […]

  Last week, House GOP leadership and committees finally put pen to paper and spelled out key elements of their budget bill. The winners: billionaires and corporations. The losers: students and families. As a whole, the bill represents a historic transfer of wealth from working families to the ultra-rich. To “pay for” tax cuts for billionaires, […]