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Sanders Slams Manchin for Swapping Paid Leave for Oil Handouts in Reconciliation
Concessions in the Inflation Reduction Act make it far weaker than last year’s Build Back Better Act, Sanders said.
Warren Slams McConnell for Saying Labor Shortage Is Due to the Stimulus Checks
Sen. Mitch McConnell's statement is “absurdly out of touch,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.
“No Child Should Go Hungry”: Democrats Push to Extend Universal School Meals
The universal school meal program is set to end at the end of this month, leaving millions of children at risk.
Child Hunger Has Skyrocketed Since Manchin, GOP Killed Expanded Child Tax Credit
The first month that eligible families stopped receiving monthly payments, 3.7 million kids were thrown into poverty.
Expanding Child Tax Credit Improved Kids’ Lives. Congress Should Do It Again.
An expanded Child Tax Credit would acknowledge and support the work that mothers do every day.
Sanders Blasts Senate for Favoring Corporate Welfare Over Child Care and Climate
The Senate voted down Bernie Sanders's proposal to cut moon-lander funding that could benefit Jeff Bezos.
Democrats Lost 12-Point Lead Among Child Tax Credit Recipients After It Expired
The polling suggests that going big on economic issues will help give Democrats a boost in the midterms.
Research Finds Investment in Permanent Child Tax Credit Would Pay Off 10-Fold
Raising family incomes by $1,000 yearly would cost $97 billion and create $982 billion in benefits, research finds.
9 in 10 Families Say Child Tax Payments “Made a Difference” in Their Finances
Now that the payments are ending, 1 in 3 families say they will have a harder time paying for basic necessities.
Rashida Tlaib Will Give Progressive Speech Countering Biden’s State of the Union
The speech is expected to urge Biden and Democrats to continue pursuing the president’s social agenda.