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Sarah Lueck @sarahl202.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

We are coming up on 15 years since enactment of the #ACA. The law has helped millions gain coverage, reduced millions of people’s costs, and improved access to care. The law also narrowed coverage gaps across racial and ethnic groups, geography, and for LGBTQ+ communities.

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Aditi S @writingaditi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Another troubling action being proposed by this Admin. As my colleague @kathleenromig.bsky.social explains in this 🧵, policies like this will likely have a chilling effect, particularly in mixed-status families, and fewer people eligible for Social Security/SSI will get benefits in the first place

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Peggy Bailey @peggybaileydc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Another piece of evidence that the administration isn’t about helping families. This move is about making it harder for families to get the support they need from the govt when their income isn’t high enough to afford basic needs like housing, food or health care.

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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

NEW: Some key Republicans may be planning to impose SNAP food benefit costs on states, forcing them to pay up or cut food assistance to low-income families. Here's why that would worsen hunger & hurt states' ability to meet the needs of their residents: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

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Imposing SNAP Food Benefit Costs on States Would Worsen Hunger, Hurt States’ Ability to Meet Residents’ Needs | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Requiring states to pay even a modest portion of SNAP benefits would radically change the program’s funding structure, abandoning the long-standing national commitment to provide low-income households...

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Mike Leachman @mleachm.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The House may vote as soon as tomorrow on a federal government funding bill that contains a hidden, devastating surprise for the District of Columbia: a requirement that DC drastically slash its budget halfway through the fiscal yr, causing immediate cuts to police, schools, transportation & more.

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Chaer Robert @chaerrobert.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The purpose of government is not to GROW the income divide. #inequality

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Aditi S @writingaditi.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

The latest idea for paying for tax cuts for the wealthy? Taking away income assistance from the poorest families, through the red tape of harsher work requirements. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

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POLITICO Pro: GOP tax chief: House budget does not allow for Trump tax permanency

Rep. Jason Smith warned that current House budget would likely make room for at most eight to nine years of tax cut extensions.

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