By Kat Menefee, Senior Counsel for Income Security & Child Care You may have heard that there is a House Republican budget and tax bill moving through Congress that would slash programs for women and families while giving giant tax breaks for billionaires and mega-corporations. Families across the country are struggling with a tanking economy […]
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By Katie Sandson, Senior Counsel Workplace Justice and Education As the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues its rampage through our federal government, reports of cuts to funding and staff come in so rapidly it can be hard to keep up. And DOGE isn’t stopping there. It is also trying to close agencies’ local offices […]
Washington, DC – Following the cloture vote in the Senate to move forward with the passage of the House Republicans’ continuing resolution to temporarily fund the government, Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, put out the below statement: “To all of the Republican and Democratic senators who voted to […]
Washington, DC – In case you missed it, leaders in the nonprofit space, who represent constituents across the country, held a press call yesterday urging Senate Democrats to stay united in their opposition to the House passed continuing resolution (CR), which would make major cuts to programs families rely on, as well as provide a […]
Washington, DC – House Republican leadership over the weekend released their continuing resolution to fund the government through the end of the year. The stopgap measure is expected to be voted on as early as tomorrow, March 11. Maribel Ramos, director of government relations at the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, released the […]
WASHINGTON, DC (March 6) Dear Leader Schumer, Leader Jeffries, Vice Chair Murray and Ranking Member DeLauro: We, the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, urge you to stand united in support of finalizing fiscal year 2025 appropriations instead of a full-year continuing resolution (CR), as such a CR will hurt women, families, and children. Congress […]
WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 24) — Following the Senate’s confirmation vote of Pete Hegseth, by the narrowest margin of any defense secretary, Emily Martin, chief program officer of the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, issued the following statement: “It is an outrage that all but three Senate Republicans voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense. […]
Washington, DC — Today, the House Ethics Committee released its report on the gross misconduct allegations against former House Rep. Matt Gaetz. Investigators found Gaetz paid for drugs and sex – including sex with a minor – and improperly accepted gifts in violation of House ethics rules and Florida state laws. In response, Angel Padilla, vice president of strategy […]
Washington, DC – Following House passage of the third budget deal, which came after Elon Musk and Donald Trump defeated an earlier, bipartisan version of the bill that was set to pass, Angel Padilla,vice president of the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, released this statement: “Once again, we were brought to the brink of […]