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Latest News
CHN: Letter Opposing H.J. Resolution 1 (6/3/11)
Debbie Weinstein and Melissa Boteach in HuffPost Politics: Missing From the Debate Over the Deficit: The Human Costs of Budget Cuts (6/2/11)
HNR: The Senate Rejects a Bunch of Budget Plans; Action on the Floor Still a Sideshow to Biden Debt Ceiling Negotiations(5/31/11)
Faith in Public Life: 25+ Protestant Bishops: Budget is Morally Indefensible, Turns Back on Vulnerable (5/25/11)
CBPP: Testimony of Robert Greenstein – Debt Will Explode If Current Policies Are Continued (5/23/11)
Office of Senator Patrick Toomey (R-PA): Summary of Toomey Proposed Budget Resolution (S Con Res 19) (5/10/11)
CBPP: Economic Downturn and Bush Policies Continue to Drive Large Projected Deficits (5/10/11)
CBPP: Statement by Robert Greenstein on Senate Republican Leaders’ Proposed Balanced Budget Amendment (3/31/11)
Policy Analyses and Research
CTJ: Bush Tax Cuts After Ten Years (6/2/11)
Economic Policy Institute: Tenth Anniversary of the Bush-Era Tax Cuts (6/1/11)
The New York Times: Are US Taxes High or Low? – Taxes on Corporate Income as a Percentage of GDP (5/31/11)
The New York Times: The Case for Higher Taxes – Total Tax Revenue as a Percentage of GDP (5/27/11)
CHN: House Appropriation Committee Proposes Deep Additional Cuts for FY 2012 (May 2011)
CBPP: Toomey Budget Even More Radical, and Potentially More Damaging, Than Ryan Budget (5/25/11)
NWLC: The Importance of Medicare for Women (5/23/11)
NWLC: Current Proposals for a Balanced Budget Amendment Are More Extreme and Dangerous Than Earlier Versions (5/20/11)
CBPP: Chart Book: The Legacy of the Great Recession (6/3/11)
CBPP: Chairman Ryan Gets Nearly Two-Thirds of His Huge Budget Cuts From Programs for Lower-Income Americans (4/20/11)
CBPP: Ryan Budget Plan Produces Far Less Real Deficit Cutting than Reported (4/8/11)
CBPP: Federal Debt on Unsuitable Path Under Current Policies – Rise in Debt Could Be Halted Over Next Decade By Letting Bush Tax Cuts Expire (1-31-11)
NWLC: McConnell Tax Plan Would Leave 30% of Single Mothers Behind, Deny Working Families $11.6 Billion in Tax Credits (9/15/11)
=> More Policy Analyses and Research
Budget Proposals with the Right Priorities
Congressional Progressive Caucus: The People’s Budget
Economic Policy Institute: Investing in America’s Economy (5/23/11)
Roosevelt Institute Campus Network: Budget for Millennial America (5/20/11)
Resources
Webinar: Stop the Slashing (6/7/11)
- Listen and Watch (1:03 min)
- Presentation Slides
State-by-State Information
- National Women’s Law Center: Battles Over Medicaid Funding and Eligibility: What’s At Stake for Women, A State-by-State Overview (5/23/11)
- National Women’s Law Center: State-by-State Factsheets: GOP Spending Plan Slashes Services for Women (March 2011)
- Kaiser Family Foundation: State-by-State Changes in Medicaid Financing (May 2011)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: SNAP/Food Stamp Benefit Reductions by State (April 2011)
- National Priorities Project: Federal Aid to States – Select Programs
Slides from “The Budget Debate” Webinar by RESULTS and the To Catch a Dollar Campaign
Featuring Debbie Weinstein (4/27/11)
Sample Letters to the Editor
- Sample letters to the editor and writing tips (4/27/11)
- Sample letters to the editor about the federal budget (March 2011)
Webinar: Extreme Federal Budget Threats (4/12/11)
- Listen and Watch (1:24 min)
- Presentation Slides
Webinar: A Better Budget for All (2/25/11)
- Audio Recording (1:12 min)
- Presentation Slides
Talking Points on Irresponsible Budget Cuts
Interactive Graph on the Federal Budget
