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Reconciliation bill
July 25, 2025
Grace Segers
Trump’s Budget Law Will Wreck Reproductive Health Care for Millions
The new Republican spending law “defunds” the organization and slashes Medicaid, leaving an untold number of vulnerable people in the lurch.
July 11, 2025
Grace Segers
Trump’s Big Cuts Are Going to Overwhelm Food Banks With Hungry People
Hunger relief organizations are bracing for the sweeping changes to SNAP and Medicaid that could result in millions losing access to assistance.
June 20, 2025
Grace Segers
Single Moms Will Bear the Brunt of the Republicans’ Budget Cuts
Whenever lawmakers start carving up benefit programs, women raising children alone are always the first to feel the pain. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” follows in that grim tradition.
May 21, 2025
Grace Segers
Here Are the Worst Things in Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill
The GOP is struggling to pass a budget bill that would threaten millions of poor Americans’ livelihoods and health care—to the benefit of the wealthy.
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