By 
        
            
                Nora Ranney
            
            
        
    
    
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            Military & Security, 
        
            Taxes & Revenue
        
    
                        
                    
                    Taxes are like membership dues. We pay them to fund our priorities – the services and programs we care about – and they are also an investment in our country’s future.
    
        By 
        
            
                Lindsay Koshgarian
            
            
        
    
    
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            Budget Process, 
        
            Education, 
        
            Health Care, 
        
            Military & Security, 
        
            Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net, 
        
            Taxes & Revenue
        
    
                        
                    
                    Congress is in "recess" from April 7 to April 21, 2017. That means that members of Congress are home in their states or districts -- and they're ready to meet with you.
    
        By 
        
            
                Lindsay Koshgarian
            
            
        
    
    
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            Budget Process, 
        
            Education, 
        
            Health Care, 
        
            Military & Security
        
    
                        
                    
                    Trump wants to take $54 billion from human needs and give it to the military. What if we did the reverse?
    
        By 
        
            
                Lindsay Koshgarian
            
            
        
    
    
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            Military & Security
        
    
                        
                    
                    The United States already spends more on its military than the next seven countries combined.
    
        By 
        
            
                Lindsay Koshgarian
            
            
        
    
    
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            Education, 
        
            Health Care, 
        
            Military & Security
        
    
                        
                    
                    A leaked Department of Homeland Security internal report recently put the cost of President Trump's border wall at $21.6 billion.
    
        By 
        
            
                Lindsay Koshgarian
            
            
        
    
    
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            Military & Security
        
    
                        
                    
                    Trump’s decision to give Bannon a vote on the National Security Council is a dangerous one.
    
        By 
        
            
                Lindsay Koshgarian
            
            
        
    
    
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            Military & Security
        
    
                        
                    
                    How two Supreme Court decisions hailed by conservatives might spell salvation for sanctuary cities.
    
        By 
        
            
                Lindsay Koshgarian
            
            
        
    
    
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            Budget Process, 
        
            Military & Security, 
        
            Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
        
    
                        
                    
                    Today the Trump transition team suggested $10.5 trillion in spending cuts over the next ten years.
    
        By 
        
            
                Lindsay Koshgarian
            
            
        
    
    
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            Budget Process, 
        
            Military & Security, 
        
            Taxes & Revenue
        
    
                        
                    
                    How 2016 changed peace and military spending, climate change, economic inequality and corporate greed.
    
        By 
        
            
                Lindsay Koshgarian
            
            
        
    
    
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            Military & Security
        
    
                        
                    
                    We have enough to build a strong future for our country - if we use our resources wisely.