A wealthy couple could leave $29.99 million to their heirs in 2026 without paying a cent of estate tax.
House Tax Bill Would Encourage Dynastic Wealth Hoarding by Further Weakening the Estate Tax
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Broken Promises: Republicans’ Budget Reconciliation Bill Would Cut Medicare
The GOP takes direct aim at Medicare, gutting eligibility and restricting access to benefits, while also cutting Medicaid in ways that would harm people who are dually eligible for both programs.
The House Republicans’ Budget Bill Guts Basic Needs Programs for the Most Vulnerable Americans to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich
If enacted, this would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in U.S. history.
The House bill to slash basic needs: Call your Rep, spread the word, and don’t let up.
Editor’s note: Based on remarks by Deborah Weinstein, CHN’s Executive Director, during the Virtual Rally reaching thousands of people, 5/19/25. Here’s what the House budget bill does: If you have $4.3 million or more in annual income, next year you’ll gain an average of $390,000 in tax breaks. If you’ve…
House Ways & Means Reconciliation Proposal Forsakes Everyday People to Benefit the Wealthy
These proposals will deepen income inequality and reward wealthy Americans and corporations at a time when everyday Americans are struggling.
5 Pencils, Less Food, Less Health Care, Less Income
President Trump and his allies in Congress seem to think average people are awash in excess – too many pencils! SNAP nutrition benefits that are too generous! Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage that’s too easy to get!
CHN Urges Members of the House of Representatives to Vote NO on the Energy and Commerce Reconciliation Bill
The House Energy and Commerce proposal will cut $715 billion from Medicaid, the largest cut to Medicaid in history, as part of a budget package that guts basic needs programs.
CHN Urges Members of the House of Representatives to Reject the Agriculture Reconciliation Bill
The House Agriculture Committee proposal will cut $290 billion from SNAP, the largest cut to SNAP in history, as part of a budget package that guts basic needs programs. Millions are at risk of losing SNAP.
National Urban League Convenes Leading Civil Rights, Economic Justice, and Policy Organizations to Launch Fair Budget Coalition
Editor’s note: The following news release was published by the National Urban League, and was revised on May 12, 2025. WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 10, 2025) — The National Urban League today launched the Fair Budget Coalition, a new alliance of civil rights leaders, economic justice advocates, and policy experts demanding a responsible…
Millions of Citizen Children Would be Harmed by Proposal Billed as Targeting Immigrant Tax Filers
Congressional Republicans have floated a proposal to strip the Child Tax Credit (CTC) from millions of children who are U.S. citizens and legal residents in situations where their parents do not have Social Security numbers (SSNs). These proposals ultimately harm citizen children.
Proposed Medicaid cuts threaten all Americans, but Latinos and other historically marginalized groups are especially vulnerable
While people of all races and ethnicities benefit from Medicaid health insurance coverage, communities of color will experience particularly severe harm from the proposed cuts.
The Impact of Trump’s Tariffs
For the poorest fifth of Americans, who will have incomes of less than $29,000 in 2026, the tariffs will impose a tax increase equal to 6.2 percent of their income that year.