February 25, 2025
Progressives Launch ‘Tax the Greedy Billionaires’ Coalition to Counter Trump-GOP Agenda | Common Dreams
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Progressives Launch ‘Tax the Greedy Billionaires’ Coalition to Counter Trump-GOP Agenda | Common Dreams

  As House Republicans prepared to vote Tuesday on a budget blueprint that calls for ravaging Medicaid and other programs to help fund trillions of dollars in tax breaks for the wealthy, progressive lawmakers joined community members and organizers outside of the U.S. Capitol to launch a new coalition demanding […]
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February 25, 2025
GOP Plows Ahead With Budget That Would Slash Medicaid, Food Benefits for Million
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GOP Plows Ahead With Budget That Would Slash Medicaid, Food Benefits for Million

  Republicans on the House Rules Committee voted late Monday to advance a budget resolution that, if translated into law, would enact painful cuts to Medicaid and federal nutrition assistance, potentially stripping critical benefits from tens of millions of low-income Americans to help fund trillions of dollars in tax giveaways […]
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February 23, 2025
GOP Lawmakers Face Growing Backlash to Trump-Musk Agenda | Common Dreams
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GOP Lawmakers Face Growing Backlash to Trump-Musk Agenda | Common Dreams

  At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump told his Republican supporters that, having overseen the firing of roughly 30,000 federal employees and backed proposals to slash the Medicaid and Medicare programs that millions of Americans across the political spectrum rely on, he has […]
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February 21, 2025
‘Families Lose and Billionaires Win’: Senate GOP Signals Support for Deep Medicaid Cuts | Common Dreams
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‘Families Lose and Billionaires Win’: Senate GOP Signals Support for Deep Medicaid Cuts | Common Dreams

Senate Republicans approved a budget resolution early Friday after rejecting a flurry of Democratic amendments aimed at preventing cuts to Medicaid, school meal initiatives, and other programs. Republicans in the House and Senate are moving in the direction of legislation that would slash critical programs to help fund trillions of […]
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February 20, 2025
Senate GOP Confirms ‘Unqualified Extremist’ Kash Patel to Lead FBI
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Senate GOP Confirms ‘Unqualified Extremist’ Kash Patel to Lead FBI

Government watchdogs said Thursday that Republicans in the U.S. Senate had demonstrated that “political fealty” to President Donald Trump takes precedence over the nation’s best interests when they voted to confirm Kash Patel, a conspiracy theorist and former federal prosecutor, to lead the FBI. Patel has joined Trump in threatening […]
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February 20, 2025
Trump Opens Door to Medicare Cuts After Backing GOP Plan to Gut Medicaid
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Trump Opens Door to Medicare Cuts After Backing GOP Plan to Gut Medicaid

Beltway journalists reported Thursday on “confusion” spreading throughout the White House and the Republican caucus following U.S. President Donald Trump’s endorsement of a House plan that would slash Medicaid and comments from the administration that suggested Trump will not protect Medicare—but Democratic lawmakers and progressive advocates said the message was […]
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February 18, 2025
As Musk Attacks CFPB, GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at Overdraft Rule—A Gift to Wall Street
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As Musk Attacks CFPB, GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at Overdraft Rule—A Gift to Wall Street

A U.S. watchdog group on Tuesday slammed Republicans in Congress for trying to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s overdraft rule as U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk target the CFPB as a whole. The Accountable.US statement came in response to Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and […]
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February 18, 2025
‘Hands Off Medicaid’ Events Nationwide Target GOP Over Plan for Massive Cuts
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‘Hands Off Medicaid’ Events Nationwide Target GOP Over Plan for Massive Cuts

  Medicaid defenders are holding events across the country this week, starting Tuesday, to raise public awareness and mobilize Americans against the House GOP’s proposal for $880 billion in cuts to the program that provides healthcare to tens of millions of low-income people, including children. The in-person and virtual events […]
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February 14, 2025
House GOP Advances Budget After Blocking Amendments to Protect Food Benefits, Medicaid
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House GOP Advances Budget After Blocking Amendments to Protect Food Benefits, Medicaid

House Republicans advanced their budget plan out of committee Thursday night after a 12-hour markup session during which they rejected dozens of Democratic amendments, including proposed changes that would have protected Medicaid and federal nutrition benefits from the deep cuts the GOP hopes to impose to help finance trillions of […]
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House GOP Advances Budget After Blocking Amendments to Protect Food Benefits, Medicaid
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