In a recent shadow docket decision (NIH v. APHA), the U.S. Supreme Court made it extremely difficult to sue federal agencies to prevent them from unilaterally terminating federal grants, sometimes after imposing unlawful funding conditions. This loophole created by the Court puts billions of dollars of funding to states, localities, and service providers at risk. Fortunately, […]
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In May 2026, The National Women’s Law Center Action Fund (NWLCAF) submitted testimony to Members of the Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee. NWLCAF wrote to express strong support for the package of reforms contained in Senate Bills 2938, 2939, and 2947. Taken together, the bills would bring new transparency into Rhode Island’s judicial selection process, […]
Background On July 4th, President Donald Trump signed into law his signature domestic policy agenda slashing Medicaid and basic needs programs and taking a significant step toward a national abortion ban in order to pay for massive tax cuts to wealthy corporations and billionaires. The so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) passed only after […]
In the early hours on May 22, the House Republican majority passed a budget reconciliation bill that now heads to the Senate. The Trump-Republican reconciliation bill, officially renamed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H. Con. Res. 14), would make massive cuts to essential programs and services to pay for trillions in tax cuts to […]
The Republican majorities in the House and Senate are working to enact a massive budget and tax bill to advance the Trump administration’s pro-billionaire, anti-women agenda. Both the House-passed bill and the current proposals from Senate committees make drastic cuts to vital programs that families rely on, including cuts to Medicaid, nutrition assistance (SNAP, formerly […]
By Talia Grossman, Fellow, Income Security You just got your lease renewal and are shocked at how much your rent skyrocketed. Now you have to make a hard decision: whether to stay and pay too much for housing or leave your home. Moving is expensive, too, because it means new application fees and a potential […]
By Andrea Johnson, Senior Director of State Policy and Strategy Mr. Walz—as he will forever be known to me and his former students—was my high school teacher in Mankato, Minnesota in the late ‘90s/early ‘00s. He built the set for my senior play and was always out in the hallways with a big smile checking […]
Calling High-Potential Turnout Women in Battleground States and Our Pathway to Victory Since July 21, the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund has been collaborating with our incredible partners at Community Change Action on an exciting call program across 13 of the most pivotal battleground states, with our National Women’s Law Center Action Fund efforts […]
Voter Guide 2024
Voter Guide 2024 Numbered policies are ones that will appear on candidate guides, the policies in italics will be used to assess candidates on the broader policy points and will be included in the notes and evidence section of the guide.