The FY 2014 Murray Senate Budget: A Better Path Forward for Women and Families
Posted by: Julie Vogtman, Senior CounselYou may have heard that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his FY 2014 budget plan this week – and that it is bad news for women and...
View ArticleCongresswomen Hold Press Conference on How the Ryan Budget Would Impact Women
Posted by: Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Senior Policy AnalystYesterday I had the opportunity to take part in a press conference held by several Congresswomen on what the budget proposed by House...
View ArticleTypical Single Elderly Woman’s Social Security Benefit Won’t Fully Recover...
Posted by: Joan Entmacher, Vice President for Family Economic SecurityAs expected, President Obama’s FY 14 budget includes a proposal to use the “chained Consumer Price Index” – a slower-growing...
View ArticleSeven Reasons Why the Senate’s Labor-HHS-Education Funding Bill Has Us Cheering
Posted by: Ellie Klein, InternThe Senate Subcommittee on Appropriations for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies just approved a funding plan for those agencies in...
View ArticleProposed Budget Deal Would Prevent Some Harmful Cuts – But Threatens to Leave...
Posted by: Julie Vogtman, Senior CounselWe have a deal – sort of.Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) – who have been leading a new...
View ArticleA Step Forward for Early Learning
Posted by: Helen Blank, Director of Child Care and Early LearningCongress has finally drafted a budget to cover all federal spending for FY 2014 — an omnibus appropriations bill — and thanks to the...
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