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Clean Budget Coalition – FY 2018 Budget & Riders

OUR POSITION: Congress should pass a clean budget with no ideological riders that funds and protects thriving families and communities.

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Every year, Congress must pass a series of appropriations bills to fund the crucial services and safeguards that protect American families and communities. This year, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are proposing a budget rigged for billionaires and big corporations.

It’s bad enough that Republicans are proposing deep and painful funding cuts to the agencies that protect our health and safety, our workplaces and wallets, as well as our environment and our economy. But they’re also threatening to attach hundreds of harmful policy riders to the budget that would repeal essential public protections — our system of safeguards designed to prevent tragedies that can spell disaster for individuals, families, businesses and communities.

Specifically, the GOP’s billionaire budget would roll back Wall Street reforms, gut clean air and clean water protections, attack women’s health care and fundamental civil rights, and more — all in order to pay for huge tax giveaways for their biggest donors. Members of Congress should not support a budget that would shut down critical public services and protections.

Hundreds of organizations have joined together to form the Clean Budget Coalition. We’re calling on Congress and the White House to pass a clean budget with no ideological riders that funds and protects thriving families and communities. Access coalition resources from last year.

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Coalition Releases, Letters and Resources

173 Groups Call on Congress to Pass a Clean Budget With No Ideological Riders
Clean Budget Coalition: July 5, 2017

173 Groups Call for a Clean FY 2018 Budget
Clean Budget Coalition: July 5, 2017

Dem Leaders Urge Path Forward As Funding Deadline And Sequestration Loom
Appropriations Committee Democrats: June 26, 2017

Resources From Around the Coalition: the Trump Budget Edition
Coalition on Human Needs: May 26, 2017

A Washington Miracle: Bipartisan Rhetoric on No Poison Pill Riders; a CR Still to Come?
Public Citizen: April 27, 2017

Problem Solvers Caucus Agrees to Support Clean FY17 Spending Bill
Problem Solvers Caucus: April 24, 2017

Leaders Criticize Trump’s Rigged Budget, Call for No Special Interest Riders in Appropriations Legislation
Clean Budget Coalition: April 5, 2017

Leaders to Criticize Trump’s Rigged Budget, Call for No Special Interest Riders in Appropriations Legislation in Wednesday Telepresser
Clean Budget Coalition: April 4, 2017

Trump’s ‘Rigged’ Budget Would Endanger American Families and Communities
Clean Budget Coalition: March 16, 2017

Broken Promises: President Trump’s 2018 Budget Request a Betrayal of Pledge to “Make America Great Again”
Appropriations Committee Democrats: March 16, 2017

Letter on the Budget
Senate Democratic Leadership: March 13, 2017

 


 

Blogs From Our Members and Allies

How Paul Ryan’s Hypocritical Fiscal Hysteria Threatens Working Families
Center for American Progress: July 17, 2017

GOP Budget Would Cause Irreparable Damage – But There Is a Way Out
Coalition on Human Needs: July 14, 2017

Cuts to DOL Budget, Attacks on Joint Employer Standard
Economic Policy Institute: July 14, 2017

How President Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts Would Harm Early Career Scientists
Union of Concerned Scientists: July 13, 2017

Trump’s EPA Budget Plan Would Harm Many Everyday Americans
Center for Progressive Reform: July 11, 2017

President Trump’s Budget Leaves Workers Behind
Union of Concerned Scientists: July 11, 2017

Will House Avert Cuts in Rental Aid?
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: July 10, 2017

Fourth of July or Christmas in July? Policy Riders Are Big Gift to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Watch: July 7, 2017

Worried About Your Health Care? Then Don’t Let Them Cut EPA’s Budget.
Environmental Defense Fund: July 7, 2017

Human Needs—Not Politics—Should Be Priority #1 in the Federal Budget
People For the American Way: July 7, 2017

Clean Budget Coalition Calls for End to Ideological Riders
Free Press: July 6, 2017

Congress Is Trying to Give the Trump Administration a Short Cut to Ignore Public Input and Science: It Shouldn’t
Union of Concerned Scientists: July 6, 2017

Separation of Church and State Must Be Protected
People For the American Way: July 5, 2017

Eliminating the CDFI Fund Would Harm Black Entrepreneurship
American Sustainable Business Council: July 3, 2017

This Independence Day, Americans Deserve Freedom From Riders
Public Citizen: June 30, 2017

Census Funding in Crisis
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: June 28, 2017

Polluting Pruitt has Got to Go!
League of Conservation Voters: June 27, 2017

Neither the Budget Nor Tax Reform Will Do Much for Sustainability
American Sustainable Business Council: June 26, 2017

Black’s Lopsided Budget Is a Dead End for Appropriations
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: June 26, 2017

Hands Off Our Budget and Our Environment
League of Conservation Voters: June 23, 2017

When the Floods are Certain But (NOAA’s) Funds Are Not
Union of Concerned Scientists: June 22, 2017

As Russia Consumes Attention, Trump Budget Threatens to Upend the Lives of Marginalized Women
People For the American Way: June 21, 2017

Proposed DHS Budget Priorities Leave Accountability Behind
Project on Government Oversight: June 21, 2017

2018 Funding Without a Map
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: June 20, 2017

How Trump’s Budget Drains Drinking Water Protections
Natural Resources Defense Council: June 19, 2017

It’s Budget Season in Washington – So Far These Are the 5 Worst Things for People With Disabilities
The Arc: June 19, 2017

Heat Waves and Wildfires Signal Warnings about Climate Change (and Budget Cuts)
Union of Concerned Scientists: June 19, 2017

Some Tough Questions for Rick Perry at DOE Budget Hearing
Union of Concerned Scientists: June 19, 2017

5 Questions that the Trump Administration Needs to Answer on Parental Leave
Center for American Progress: June 16, 2017

The Trump Budget Is Out of Touch with the Diverse Realities That Working Women Face
Center for American Progress: June 16, 2017

Scott Pruitt Says He Cares About Clean Water. The Budget He’s Pushing Says Otherwise.
Clean Water Action: June 16, 2017

Trump’s Budget Sells Out Alaska to Big Business
Alaska Wilderness League: June 15, 2017

Bernstein: Trump’s Budget Wouldn’t Develop the Workforce
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: June 15, 2017

Scott Pruitt Defends the Indefensible
Natural Resources Defense Council: June 15, 2017

Trump’s Hypocritical Budget for the Environmental Protection Agency Would Overwhelm States
Center for American Progress: June 14, 2017

How Can Scott Pruitt Defend Drastic Cuts to EPA’s Budget?
Natural Resources Defense Council: June 14, 2017

Budgets Set Policy Priorities—Will DOJ Stand Up For Civil Rights?
People For the American Way: June 14, 2017

Rural Arts Funding Threatened by the Trump Administration
People For the American Way: June 14, 2017

Contrary to President’s Rhetoric This Week, His Budget Undercuts Workforce Development
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: June 13, 2017

The EPA Budget Cuts Are a Direct Attack on Our Air, Water, and Health
Union of Concerned Scientists: June 13, 2017

Human Needs Report: Senate Health Care Bill Moves, FY18 Budget and Spending Work, $15 Minimum Wage Bill and More
Coalition on Human Needs: June 12, 2017

In Trump’s Budgets, LGBTQ Community Gets Shortchanged
National Center for Lesbian Rights: June 12, 2017

The Economy Isn’t Broken…Trump Just Wants to Cut Taxes
National Women’s Law Center: June 12, 2017

Kids Defend the EPA
Sierra Club: June 12, 2017

Five Questions Scott Pruitt Should Answer at This Week’s EPA Budget Hearing
Union of Concerned Scientists: June 12, 2017

Budget Brings an Avalanche of Pain
Coalition on Human Needs: June 9, 2017

Trump’s Proposed Defense Budget Will Not Support U.S. National Security
Center for American Progress: June 8, 2017

Trump Budget Eliminates Housing and Community Development Block Grants
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: June 8, 2017

Trump Budget Bares Wholesale Disregard for Environmental Justice Communities, But a New Bill Gives Hope
Union of Concerned Scientists: June 8, 2017

New Video: How President Trump’s Budget Breaks a Promise to Protect Social Security and the Families That Rely on It
The Arc: June 7, 2017

Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts to Climate Programs Hurt American Agriculture
Center for Progressive Reform: June 7, 2017

House-Passed Bill Would Undermine Medicaid’s Critical Role in Rural America
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: June 7, 2017

Fact of the Week: Three-Fifths of Cuts in Trump Budget Come From Programs for Low- and Moderate-Income People
Coalition on Human Needs: June 7, 2017

The People’s Budget: A Roadmap for the Resistance
Coalition on Human Needs: June 7, 2017

How Medicaid Cuts Could Hurt Education and Lead to Middle-Class Tax Hikes
Center for American Progress: June 6, 2017

Trump Budget Continues Squeezing NDD Programs with Unmet Needs
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: June 6, 2017

Trump Budget Would Worsen Homelessness
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: June 6, 2017

Trump’s Family Leave: An Empty Envelope for American Workers
Our Future: June 6, 2017

I’ve Called Congress to Tell Them to Reject President Trump’s Budget
SEIU: June 6, 2017

As the Trump Administration Kicks Off “Infrastructure Week,” Remember That Its Recent Budget Is an Absolute Disaster for Public Investment
Economic Policy Institute: June 5, 2017

The Unpleasant Impact of an Unserious Budget
Our Future: June 5, 2017

Trump Proposals Would Cripple Efforts to Reverse Opioid Epidemic
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: June 2, 2017

Trump Proposes Immediate, Severe Cuts to Low- and Moderate-Income Programs — They Then Get Far Worse
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: June 2, 2017

It’s Called ‘Having a Country’
Coalition on Human Needs: June 2, 2017

Trump’s Budget Leaves Families Hungry
National Women’s Law Center: June 2, 2017

Trump’s Budget: A Disaster for Working Families
SEIU: June 2, 2017

The Art of a Devastating Deal for Distressed Communities
Center for American Progress: June 1, 2017

Trump Plan: $2.5 Trillion in Program Cuts for Low- and Moderate-Income People; $2.5 Trillion on Two Tax Cuts for Corporations and Wealthy Heirs
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: June 1, 2017

A Closer Look at How the Trump Budget Slashes Children’s Health Care
Demos: June 1, 2017

Trump’s Superfund Cuts: Doing Less With Less
Our Future: June 1, 2017

13 Ways the Trump Budget Hurts Working People
AFL-CIO: May 31, 2017

Trump Housing Changes Would Hike Rents on Struggling Families
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 31, 2017

In Proposing Cuts to Medicaid, Trump Backtracks on Major Campaign Promise
AFSCME: May 30, 2017

The Trump Budget Cuts Hit Coal Communities and Workers Where It Hurts
Center for American Progress: May 30, 2017

The Trump Budget Threatens Children’s Health
Center for American Progress: May 30, 2017

Trump’s TANF Cut Would Hurt the Poorest Families, and States Might Make Them Worse
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 30, 2017

6 Ways NOAA Budget Cuts Will Hurt Weather Reporting – and Americans
Environmental Defense Fund: May 30, 2017

The Trump Budget
National Women’s Law Center: May 30, 2017

Trump Budget Would Pile Bigger Energy Burden Onto the Poor
Natural Resources Defense Council: May 30, 2017

Trump Budget Makes America Land of No Opportunity
Our Future: May 30, 2017

How the Trump Budget Threatens the American People
Center for American Progress: May 26, 2017

Trump Budget Would Rob Public Programs to Give Money to Private Corporations
Center for Progressive Reform: May 26, 2017

Trump Budget Cuts 250,000 Housing Vouchers
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 26, 2017

Is Trump’s Budget Actually Friendly to Low-Income Undergrads?
Demos: May 26, 2017

Trump Budget Weakens Protections for Working People
Economic Policy Institute: May 26, 2017

President Trump Releases Detailed FY18 Budget Request
ED Prep Matters: May 26, 2017

Black and Latina Women Would Bear the Brunt of the President’s Budget. Here’s How.
Planned Parenthood Action Fund: May 26, 2017

Trump’s Border Boondoggle and the Budget
Sierra Club: May 26, 2017

Trump’s Budget Slashes Opportunity
United Steelworkers: May 26, 2017

Trump Budget Should Be Dead on Arrival — But May Not Be
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 25, 2017

Trump Budget Would Hurt Older Americans
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 25, 2017

Trump Public Housing Cuts Would Hurt Vulnerable Seniors and Families
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 25, 2017

Trump’s Budget Will Harm Older Workers by Cutting Social Security Disability Payments
Economic Policy Institute: May 25, 2017

Commentary: Stand Up for Education Funding
Ed Prep Matters: May 25, 2017

President’s Budget Would Push More Children Into Poverty
First Focus: May 25, 2017

Trump Budget Slams Rural Communities
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: May 25, 2017

No Surprises: Trump’s “Fat Cat” Budget Starves Wildlife
Natural Resources Defense Council: May 25, 2017

Trump Budget Would Still Increase Water Pollution
Natural Resources Defense Council: May 25, 2017

The More You NOAA: What Budget Cuts Mean for Florida’s Sponge Business
Ocean Conservancy: May 25, 2017

4 Ways President Trump’s Budget Takes Aim at FEMA and Disaster Preparedness
Union of Concerned Scientists: May 25, 2017

The President’s Broken Promises on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
AFL-CIO: May 24, 2017

AFSCME, Opponents Protest Trump’s ‘Morally Unacceptable’ Budget
AFSCME: May 24, 2017

Hands Off Our Air, Water, and Public Lands
Center for American Progress: May 24, 2017

For States, Trump Budget Represents a Massive Cost Shift
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 24, 2017

President Trump’s Budget Cuts TANF Despite Stated Goal to Reduce Poverty, Boost Work
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 24, 2017

Trump Budget Would Roll Back Children’s Health Coverage
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 24, 2017

Trump’s $2 Trillion Choice: Cut Health Coverage and Care for Millions; Cut Taxes for Wealthy
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 24, 2017

Republicans’ Budget Cuts Will Distort the 2020 Census
Demos: May 24, 2017

5 Ways Trump Talks ‘Clean’ But Budgets Dirty
Earthjustice: May 24, 2017

Trump’s Budget Tried to Side-Step Taxes. Today’s Ways and Means Hearing With Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Should Not.
Economic Policy Institute: May 24, 2017

A Budget That Scorches the Planet
Natural Resources Defense Council: May 24, 2017

Don’t Be Fo$$il Fooled
Natural Resources Defense Council: May 24, 2017

Eliminating Conservation as We Know It: A Budget Proposal
Natural Resources Defense Council: May 24, 2017

Energy Efficiency: A Big Loser in Trump’s Proposed Budget
Natural Resources Defense Council: May 24, 2017

Trump Budget Attacks Montreal Protocol, Reagan’s Crown Jewel
Natural Resources Defense Council: May 24, 2017

Trump Budget Slashes Coastal and Ocean Funding
Natural Resources Defense Council: May 24, 2017

Don’t Be Duped by Trump’s “Paid Leave” Proposal: Trump Is Actually Throwing Working Families Under the Bus
National Women’s Law Center: May 24, 2017

Skills Takeaways from the Trump Budget Request
New America: May 24, 2017

Trump’s Budget Proposes Cuts for Early and Elementary Education
New America: May 24, 2017

How Compassion Becomes Contempt in America
Our Future: May 24, 2017

The Great Betrayal: Donald Trump’s Budget
Our Future: May 24, 2017

Trump Budget to Women: We Don’t Care About You
Planned Parenthood Action Fund: May 24, 2017

Ten of the Worst Cuts in Trump’s Budget
Sierra Club: May 24, 2017

The Trump Budget Is an Affront to Farmers (and All of Us)
Union of Concerned Scientists: May 24, 2017

Trump’s Proposed Budget: A Wrecking Ball to Science
Union of Concerned Scientists: May 24, 2017

Trump Budget Would Hurt Everyone – Except the Wealthy
AFSCME: May 23, 2017

Trump Budget and Health Care Cuts are Devastating for People with Disabilities, Including Soojung’s Family
The Arc: May 23, 2017

8 Ways the Trump Budget Threatens the Health and Safety of American Families
Center for American Progress: May 23, 2o17

How the Trump Budget Undermines Economic Security for Working Families
Center for American Progress: May 23, 2017

The Trump Budget Neglects Basic Protections and Funds a Deportation Force Instead
Center for American Progress: May 23, 2017

The Trump Budget’s Attack on People with Disabilities
Center for American Progress: May 23, 2017

President’s Budget Would Hurt People with Disabilities
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 23, 2017

President’s Budget Would Radically Restructure, Cut SNAP
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 23, 2017

Trump Budget Cuts Medicaid Even More Than House Health Bill, Showing Danger of Per Capita Cap
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 23, 2017

Trump Budget Would Cut Non-Defense Programs to Half Their 2010 Level
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 23, 2017

Trump Budget Would Increase Homelessness and Hardship in Every State, End Federal Role in Community Development
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 23, 2017

The Trump Budget: A Harsh Attack on Our Own People
Coalition on Human Needs: May 23, 2017

President Trump’s Budget Kicks People When They’re Down
Economic Policy Institute: May 23, 2017

Trump Budget Proposal Is a Potential Jobs-Killer, Imposing a Major Fiscal Drag That Would Radically Slow Job Growth in Coming Years
Economic Policy Institute: May 23, 2017

Dozens of Children’s Groups Call Trump’s FY 18 Budget Harmful to Kids
First Focus: May 23, 2017

Trump Budget Harms Kids & Families by Slashing $1.5 Trillion from Medicaid and CHIP
First Focus: May 23, 2017

Calling the Trump Budget’s Cuts to Medicaid “Cruel” Barely Begins to Describe It
National Women’s Law Center: May 23, 2017

The President’s Budget Clearly Places Religious and Personal Beliefs Above Patient Health
National Women’s Law Center: May 23, 2017

The Trump Budget: This Is Not What Greatness Looks Like
National Women’s Law Center: May 23, 2017

Trump’s Budget Breaks Campaign Promise Not to Cut Social Security
National Women’s Law Center: May 23, 2017

Trump Budget to Starve Clean Energy, Job Growth and More
Natural Resources Defense Council: May 23, 2017

Trump Proposes Reckless Budget Cuts to Global Climate Action
Natural Resources Defense Council: May 23, 2017

The Biggest Losers in FY 2018 Higher Ed Budget Request
New America: May 23, 2017

Say “No!” to Gutting NOAA
Ocean Conservancy: May 23, 2017

Trump’s Budget Builds a Wall Between the Wealthy and All of Us
Our Future: May 23, 2017

Americans Deserve a Federal Budget that Safeguards their Health and Rights
People For the American Way: May 23, 2017

Congress vs. Trump: Are the President’s Anti-Science Budget Priorities Headed for Another Defeat?
Union of Concerned Scientists: May 23, 2017

If It Ain’t Broke, Defund It: Trump’s Budget Writes Off SNAP—and With It His Supporters
Union of Concerned Scientists: May 23, 2017

Trump’s First Budget Pushes Arctic Drilling, Starves Parks
The Wilderness Society: May 23, 2017

Hands Off!
Coalition on Human Needs: May 22, 2017

Trump’s EPA Budget: 5 Critical Public Health Programs on the Chopping Block
Environmental Defense Fund: May 22, 2017

Trump Budget Would Slash Public Protections and Programs, Threatening Basic Standards of Living
Public Citizen: May 22, 2017

Congress vs. Trump: Are the President’s Anti-Science Budget Priorities Headed for Another Defeat?
Union of Concerned Scientists: May 22, 2017

The Trump Budget Will Worsen Climate Change While Hurting the Most-Affected Families
Center for American Progress: May 19, 2017

U.S. $26 Billion Short of “Fair Share” for Development Aid Yet Trump Proposing Big Cuts
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 19, 2017

To Raise Basic Living Standards, We Must First #RaiseTheCaps
Coalition on Human Needs: May 18, 2017

Trump Budget May Break Promise to Protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: May 18, 2017

President Trump’s Proposed Cuts to the Legal Services Corporation Would Increase the Justice Gap
Center for American Progress: May 17, 2017

Fact of the Week: More Than 80 Percent of Critical Human Needs Programs Have Lost Ground Since FY10
Coalition on Human Needs: May 16, 2017

Three Reasons Congress Should Support a Budget Increase for Organic Agriculture Research
Union of Concerned Scientists: May 16, 2017

Stand Together Against Budget Cuts
Coalition on Human Needs: May 12, 2017

Your Support at Work – Appropriations Bill a Lung Health Victory
American Lung Association: May 10, 2017

FY17 Appropriations Bill Avoids a Shutdown
Coalition on Human Needs: May 8, 2017

The People’s Budget: A Win for All
National Women’s Law Center: May 8, 2017

Clean Energy Programs Safe (for Now) in Spending Bill
Natural Resources Defense Council: May 8, 2017

Some Early Learning Programs See Funding Increases in 2017 Budget Bill
New America: May 8, 2017

It’s Been a Busy Week
Coalition on Human Needs: May 5, 2017

The People’s Budget Confronts Trump’s Phony Populism on Workers
Demos: May 5, 2017

How the “People’s Budget” Can Help Redress Inequality
Our Future: May 5, 2017

Climate Change and The People’s Budget: Making the Right Choices for People and the Planet
Demos: May 4, 2017

Our Efforts Paid Off! Congress Is Investing in Our Ocean This Year, But More Support Needed for 2018.
Ocean Conservancy: May 4, 2017

Congressional Budget Rejects President Trump’s Higher Education Cuts—For Now
Center for American Progress: May 3, 2017

New Spending Bill Makes Lawbreaking Easy for Government Contractors
Common Cause: May 3, 2017

Infrastructure Priorities for Racial Equity: How The People’s Budget Helps and Trump’s Budget Hurts
Demos: May 3, 2017

Critical Safeguards for People and Wildlife Win Budget Reprieve – For Now
Environmental Defense Fund: May 3, 2017

Progressive Caucus Budget Turns Resistance Into Policy, Rebukes Trump
Our Future: May 3, 2017

Budget: Threats Remain for Immigrants and Border Communities
Sierra Club: May 3, 2017

The People’s Budget: Proactive, Pro-Public and Progressive
Demos: May 2, 2017

The People’s Budget, Not Trump’s Budget, Will Help Working Americans
Economic Policy Institute: May 2, 2017

Congress Reaches Deal on Omnibus Spending Bill
Ed Prep Matters: May 2, 2017

Congress Saves Budget Fights for Another Day
Our Future: May 1, 2017

Despite Some Riders Wins, D.C. Voucher Program Included in Spending Package
People For the American Way: May 1, 2017

Riders Resurface on Eve of Shutdown
People For the American Way: April 27, 2017

Trump Administration Proposes Cuts to Critical Transit Investment Programs
U.S. PIRG: April 27, 2017

Families Need A Funded Government – Not Presidential Temper Tantrums
National Women’s Law Center: April 26, 2017

Project Vote Joins the Call for a Clean Budget
Project Vote: April 26, 2017

Workers’ Memorial Week 2017: President Trump’s Proposal to Defund Workers’ Safety Net
Public Citizen: April 26, 2017

Race Has Everything to Do with Trump’s Budget. Here’s Why.
Center for American Progress: April 25, 2017

Tell Congress: Do No Harm
Coalition on Human Needs: April 25, 2017

A More Peaceful Budget
Friends Committee on National Legislation: April 25, 2017

Brace for Government Shutdown as Republicans Face Impossible Tasks
Our Future: April 25, 2017

VIDEO: Activists Speak Out About the Budget
People’s Action: April 25, 2017

EPA Budget Cuts Will Severely Affect Environmental Justice Communities
Sierra Club: April 21, 2017

New York Times Highlights How Income Boosts Can Help Low-Income Children Succeed
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: April 19, 2017

Legislative Process 101: Continuing Resolutions (Or “Doing The Bare Minimum”)
Indivisible: April 19, 2017

Pediatrician Warns That Drastic EPA Budget Cuts Will Harm Children’s Health
Sierra Club: April 19, 2017

Don’t Pollute Government Spending Bills with Toxic Riders
Earthjustice: April 18, 2017

Legislative Process 101: Policy “Riders”
Indivisible: April 13, 2017

Trump’s Budget Director Declares Class War on the American People
Our Future: April 12, 2017

A Government Shutdown Could Delay Billions of Dollars in Tax Refunds
Center for American Progress: April 11, 2017

How Trump’s Proposed Cuts to EPA Disempower States
Center for Progressive Reform: April 11, 2017

We Can’t Afford Cuts to Coastal Management
Natural Resources Defense Council: April 11, 2017

Trump’s Budget: Feeding One Kid, Starving the Family
Our Future: April 11, 2017

With Government Shutdown Deadline Approaching, Next Big Trump Threat Looms Large
People For the American Way: April 11, 2017

Where There’s Smoke, There Are Mirrors: The Trump Administration’s Caim to Preserve TSCA Omplementation Under Its Proposed EPA Budget Is Pure Illusion
Environmental Defense Fund: April 10, 2017

Your Guide to Town Halls
Sierra Club: April 10, 2017

Here’s What the EPA Budget Cuts in a Leaked Memo Mean for Health and Environmental Justice
Union of Concerned Scientists: April 7, 2017

Trump Giving Auto Companies License to Pollute
Natural Resources Defense Council: April 6, 2017

Trump’s Budget Is ‘An Attack on Public Services’
AFSCME: April 5, 2017

Trump’s Budget Would Harm Workers, Consumers, Women and Families. Congress Will Be Held Accountable.
Coalition on Human Needs: April 5, 2017

Rigged Budget
League of Conservation Voters: April 5, 2017

Former EPA Staffer on Trump’s Slashed Budget: “We Knew It Was Going to Be Bad, but Not This Bad”
Sierra Club: April 5, 2016

Calvin, Hobbes & Budgetary Bait-and-Switch
Our Future: March 31, 2017

Trump 2018 Budget Slashes Domestic Programs that Are Already Underfunded
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: March 29, 2017

Slashing Amtrak Funding is Shortsighted
The Teamsters: March 29, 2017

55,000 Housing Vouchers at Risk Under 2017 Funding Bills
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: March 28, 2017

The Big Lie Behind Trump’s Education Budget
Our Future: March 28, 2017

Trump’s Budget Is Breaking His Promises on Manufacturing
Center for American Progress: March 27, 2017

Trump’s Heartless Attack on Black Communities
Earthjustice: March 27, 2017

Trump Promised Bigly Infrastructure, His Budget Cuts It
Our Future: March 27, 2017

Left Behind: How the Trump Budget Fails Rural Communities
Center for American Progress: March 24, 2017

President Trump’s “Skinny Budget” Puts Families Last
National Women’s Law Center: March 24, 2017

We’re Better Than This Trump Budget
AFSCME: March 22, 2017

Former EPA Staffers, State Environmental Professionals, Assail Proposed EPA Budget
Clean Air Watch: March 22, 2017

Protect EPA
Clean Water Action: March 22, 2017

Back to the Dirty Old Future
Earthjustice: March 22, 2017

Trump’s Budget Is Out of Sync with America
National Consumers League: March 22, 2017

Trump’s “Skinny” Budget Would Starve Farmers of Support, Leave Kids and Seniors Hungry
Union of Concerned Scientists: March 22, 2017

Advocates Rally on Capitol Hill to Save the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Free Press: March 21, 2017

Attempts to Cut Energy Waste Aid Everyone–Even Trump
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 21, 2017

Republican Budget Endangers Americans at Work and Home
Our Future: March 21, 2017

This Budget Endangers Americans
United Steelworkers: March 21, 2017

Trump Administration Takes Aim at Nation’s Ocean Arm
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 20, 2017

Trump Budget Threatens to Leave Poor Families in the Cold
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 20, 2017

Trump Proposed Slashing NOAA’s Budget—Something Amazing Is Happening in Response
Ocean Conservancy: March 20, 2017

Trump Budget vs. the Great Lakes
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 19, 2017

Trump’s EPA Cuts: No One Will Protect Us
Our Future: March 19, 2017

Trump’s Proposed Budget Hits Farmers and Rural Communities Hard
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: March 18, 2017

Also Missing from Trump’s Skinny Budget: $18 Billion in 2017 Cuts
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: March 17, 2017

Trump Budget Slashes State and Local Grants at Tough Time for States
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: March 17, 2017

President Trump’s Budget Breaks His Promises to Workers—Again
Center for American Progress: March 17, 2017

Poor Excuse: Trump Budget Slashes Programs That Work Just Fine
Coalition on Human Needs: March 17, 2017

Shortchanging Education, Training, and R&D Is No Way to Make America Great Again
Economic Policy Institute: March 17, 2017

Donald Trump’s Budget Leaves Vulnerable Families Out in the Cold
National Women’s Law Center: March 17, 2017

President Trump’s “Skinny Budget”: Putting Women’s Health Last
National Women’s Law Center: March 17, 2017

“Polluter First” Budget Will Harm Our Health
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 17, 2017

President’s Budget Would Be Disastrous for Energy Efficiency
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 17, 2017

Proposed Budget Would Increase Water Pollution
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 17, 2017

The Real Lowdown: The Trump and Congressional Republican Assault on Our Environment
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 17, 2017

The Trump Heartless Housing and Transportation Budgets
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 17, 2017

Three Ways Trump’s “Starvation Budget” Threatens Wildlife
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 17, 2017

Trump Budget Cuts Climate Science & Action Across the Board
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 17, 2017

Trump’s Budget Proposal Is Careless of our Common Home
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 17, 2017

Trump’s Plan to Gut Interior’s Budget
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 17, 2017

After-School Choice Matters Too
New America: March 17, 2017

Implications for PreK-12 Education in Trump’s “America First” Budget
New America: March 17, 2017

Should “Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants” Be Saved?
New America: March 17, 2017

‘America First’ Budget Is Unworthy of Our Nation
Our Future: March 17, 2017

Trump Budget Brings Harsh Cuts to Indian Country
Our Future: March 17, 2017

What NASA Earth Missions Are on the Chopping Block? – PACE, CLARREO, OCO-3, and DSCOVR
Union of Concerned Scientists: March 17, 2017

Analysis of President Donald Trump’s FY 2018 Budget
AFL-CIO: March 16, 2017

Trump’s Budget Plan a Disaster for Working People, Poor
AFSCME: March 16, 2017

President’s Reckless Budget Proposal Would Gut Agencies, Endanger Our Health and Environment
Center for Progressive Reform: March 16, 2017

Trump Budget Will Increase Homelessness, End Federal Role in Community Development
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: March 16, 2017

Trump’s “Skinny” Budget Omits Most of the Budget
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: March 16, 2017

Fairness, Progress and Greatness Trumped in Partial Budget; Investments in People Sacrificed
Coalition on Human Needs: March 16, 2017

Trump’s Budget Proposal Plans a Disaster for Public Investment
Economic Policy Institute: March 16, 2017

President’s FY18 Budget Blueprint Includes Deep Cuts to Education
Ed Prep Matters: March 16, 2017

Tell Congress: Militarism Is Not Our Priority
Friends Committee on National Legislation: March 16, 2017

President’s Budget Cuts to USDA Put Rural Water at Risk
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 16, 2017

The White House’s Expensive “Cuts”
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 16, 2017

Trump’s Sledgehammer to Clean Energy Budgets Hurt Americans
Natural Resources Defense Council: March 16, 2017

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! But What About the Skills to Fill Them?
New America: March 16, 2017

The “Skinny Budget” Starves Some Higher Ed Programs
New America: March 16, 2017

Trump Attack on Arts and Humanities Undermines American Values, Harms American Communities
People For the American Way: March 16, 2017

Trump’s Budget Plan Is a Brutal Attack on Low-Income Americans
People For the American Way: March 16, 2017

Trump’s 2018 Budget Proposals Came Out Today and They Are Not Good
Sierra Club: March 16, 2017

Trump Administration’s “Skinny Budget” Would Starve Parks and Conservation Programs
Wilderness Society: March 16, 2017

How to Make Disasters More Costly and Harmful: Cut FEMA’s Budget
Union of Concerned Scientists: March 15, 2017

5 Things to Watch in President Trump’s Skinny Budget
Center for American Progress: March 14, 2017

What’s the Skinny on President Trump’s Skinny Budget? All Bark, No Bite
Union of Concerned Scientists: March 14, 2017

Trump Plans Big Federal Workforce Cuts, But Workforce Already at Record Lows, Undermining Basic Services
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: March 14, 2017

Proposed Budget Cuts Harmful to Communities and Our Climate
Friends Committee on National Legislation: March 13, 2017

5 Ways EPA Budget Cuts Affect You
Earthjustice: March 13, 2017

 


 

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