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Federal Budget Process

In recent years the president has submitted his budget late, the House and Senate have passed only a few – if any – of the 12 appropriations bills, and Congress has relied on continuing resolutions and omnibus spending bills to keep the government going.

Blog Posts

ICE Out of Target: Why a Familiar Store Is at the Center of Nationwide Protests

Alliyah Lusuegro |

Across the country, people are beginning to ask a hard question: what does it mean to shop at a company that is cooperating with ICE and Border Patrol?

Ten Examples of MAGA’s Militarized Excess in 2025

Hanna Homestead |

As the first year of Trump’s second term comes to a close, here are ten examples of MAGA’S excessive, wasteful, inhumane, and unstrategic militarized spending in 2025. 

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Recent Publications

10 Terrible Ways the GOP Budget Causes Harm

Lindsay Koshgarian

The new law slashes vital services to pay for tax cuts for the rich and massive hikes in military and deportation funding.

Trump & GOP Stack the Deck Against Struggling Americans to Build a War and Mass Deportation Machine

Hanna Homestead

The GOP’s extreme increases in militarized spending - at the expense of working people and the planet - will make us all less secure.

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