Category: People’s Budget
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Progressive Caucus Budget Turns Resistance Into Policy, Rebukes Trump
The \”Roadmap for the Resistance\” is virtually a point-by-point rebuke of Trump administration policies and offers plans for completing the work of economic recovery that has been thwarted by Republican-imposed fiscal austerity.
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No Budget Debate on the House Floor, So Let\’s Take It To The Streets
House Republicans have proven themselves incapable of bringing even their own budget to a floor vote. But there is still reason to get members of Congress to declare their support for the People\’s Budget.
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Five (of Many) Ways This GOP Budget Would Do Real Harm
The House Republican budget closely mirrors what would face the country if a Republican wins the White House. In a video, Jasmine Tucker of the National Priorities Project discusses what the impact of the budget would be.
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Stoke Job Growth Or Choke It? The GOP Makes The Wrong Choice Again
The People\’s Budget formally released this week by the Congressional Progressive Caucus is not a symbolic exercise. It is central to a debate that the country must have to challenge economic thinking in both political parties.
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People\’s Budget Formally Unveiled Amid GOP Dystopia and Dysfunction
Competing budgets offer a sharp contrast between the progressive vision of a government working to strengthen working families and a conservative vision of government that all but abandons struggling people.
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People\’s Budget Puts Forward An Aggressive Plan To Green Our Economy
The Congressional Caucus\’ budget proposal for fiscal 2017 includes a set of climate-change-related proposals that one environmental organization says makes it \”the greenest option in Washington.\”
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Why We Need The People\’s Budget\’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
The People\’s Budget includes a bold, $1 trillion plan over 10 years to invest in the nation\’s infrastructure. Here\’s why this part of the budget needs to be pushed into the center of the presidential campaign.
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Newly Released People\’s Budget Doubles Down On Progressive Policies
The Congressional Progressive Caucus People\’s Budget for fiscal 2017 includes a $1 trillion infrastructure investment program, an aggressive transition to a green energy future, and big moves to create millions of high-paying jobs.
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Progressive Caucus Budget Defeated, But Wins Majority of Democrats
The People\’s Budget picked up 95 votes, a larger share of votes from the House Democratic caucus than its predecessors in previous years. Republicans, not surprisingly, were unanimous in opposition.
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House Democrats Will Be Measured By Their People\’s Budget Vote
A vote for the People\’s Budget is a declaration that Democrats are willing to take away the power of conservatives and their moneyed benefactors to draw the limits of the politically possible.