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NWLCAF Condemns Senate Passage of NDAA Containing Anti-LGBTQI+ and Anti-DEI Provisions
Read the statement: NWLCAF Condemns Senate Passage of NDAA Containing Anti-LGBTQI+ and Anti-DEI ProvisionsWASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate has passed the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes harmful provisions targeting the rights of LGBTQI+ service members and their families and dismantling opportunities and strategies to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the military. In response, Gaylynn Burroughs, vice president of education and workplace justice…
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NWLC Action Fund Statement on DOJ Indictment of Letitia James
Read the statement: NWLC Action Fund Statement on DOJ Indictment of Letitia JamesWashington, DC – Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action Fund, released a statement following news that Donald Trump’s Department of Justice indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James. “Donald Trump’s persistent and relentless attacks against Black women in power are sickening. As with all the other legal attacks he’s brought against…
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NWLC Action Fund Urges the Senate to Vote ‘No’ on Richey
Read the statement: NWLC Action Fund Urges the Senate to Vote ‘No’ on RicheyWASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate is expected to vote on the confirmation of more than 100 of President Donald Trump’s partisan nominees, including Kimberly Richey as assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education — a position charged with protecting every student’s right to learn in a safe and equitable environment. But…
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NWLC Action Fund Reacts to Senate’s Vote to Confirm Anti-Worker Nominees
Read the statement: NWLC Action Fund Reacts to Senate’s Vote to Confirm Anti-Worker NomineesWASHINGTON, DC – The Senate will soon vote on the confirmation of over 100 of President Trump’s partisan nominees in a single series of votes. This includes nominees for several positions tasked with protecting the rights of workers, including: The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action Fund and four other national civil rights organizations sent a…
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NWLC Action Fund Blasts Republicans for Causing Government Shutdown
Read the statement: NWLC Action Fund Blasts Republicans for Causing Government ShutdownWashington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action Fund released the following statement after Republicans and Donald Trump forced a government shutdown by refusing to work in good faith with Democrats to protect people’s health care. “By refusing to work with Democrats to protect women and families from soaring health care costs, Donald…
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NWLC Action Fund Endorses Democrats’ Proposal to Fund the Government; Rejects Republicans’ Spending Bill
Read the story: NWLC Action Fund Endorses Democrats’ Proposal to Fund the Government; Rejects Republicans’ Spending BillWashington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action Fund released a statement on the dual proposals from Congressional Democrats and Republicans to fund the government. “After passing legislation that robs women and families of their health care, Republicans are now marching steadily toward a government shutdown by refusing to work with Democrats to prevent yet another spike in health…
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NWLC Action Fund Applauds Bipartisan Proposal to Protect Child Care Funding and Public Education in FY26 Budget
Read the statement: NWLC Action Fund Applauds Bipartisan Proposal to Protect Child Care Funding and Public Education in FY26 BudgetWashington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center Action Fund applauded the Senate Appropriations Committee for including additional funding for child care, as well as language protecting the Department of Education, in its Fiscal Year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The Committee, led by Senators Susan Collins…
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Key Measures in the Republican Budget that Will Hurt Women & Families
Read the story: Key Measures in the Republican Budget that Will Hurt Women & FamiliesTo download a two-pager on the law’s key harms to women and families, click here. On July 4, 2025 Donald Trump signed into law his signature tax and spending bill, which we like to call the “Big Ugly Bill” since it will raise costs for families, push more people into poverty, and take a significant…
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The Trump Republican Tax and Budget Law Will Hurt Women, Children, and Families
Read the story: The Trump Republican Tax and Budget Law Will Hurt Women, Children, and FamiliesBackground 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…
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NWLC Action Fund Responds to House Passage of Budget Bill
Read the statement: NWLC Action Fund Responds to House Passage of Budget BillWashington, DC – Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, released the following statement after the House voted to pass the Senate version of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.1). The bill now heads to Trump’s desk for his signature. “Every person in this country should be furious that this devastating betrayal…
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NWLC Action Fund Reacts to Senate Passage of Reconciliation Bill
Read the story: NWLC Action Fund Reacts to Senate Passage of Reconciliation BillWashington, DC – In response to the Senate’s passage of Republicans’ reconciliation bill, Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action Fund, issued the following statement: “In passing Donald Trump’s reconciliation bill, Senate Republicans have voted for a measure that would devastate our country’s health care system by making the largest…
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NWLCAF Responds to Supreme Court Ruling Upholding South Carolina Order Blocking Medicaid Funding for Vital Health Care Services at Planned Parenthood
Read the statement: NWLCAF Responds to Supreme Court Ruling Upholding South Carolina Order Blocking Medicaid Funding for Vital Health Care Services at Planned ParenthoodWashington, DC (June 26, 2025) —The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today shut down Medicaid enrollees in defending their right to seek health care from their provider of choice. The Court effectively gave South Carolina the green light to block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. As a result, tens of thousands of low-income residents…
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House GOP Moves to Repeal FACE Act Despite Continued Violence Against Reproductive Health Care Providers
Read the story: House GOP Moves to Repeal FACE Act Despite Continued Violence Against Reproductive Health Care ProvidersWashington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action WASHINGTON, DC (June 10, 2025) – Today, the House Judiciary Committee is holding a markup on a slate of bills, including one from Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, that would repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. This critical law protects patients and…
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