Pelosi criticizes callous federal cuts to kids, thanks Voices and other advocates
Posted by Joe Theissen on May 11, 2012 at 12:37 PMThe House yesterday approved a plan to replace its scheduled federal budget cuts with even more severe cuts, many of them affecting children’s programs. By a vote of 218-199, the House approved a “reconciliation” bill that would spare at the…
House proposes drastic new cuts for kids; Voices speaks out
Posted by rheine on Apr 19, 2012 at 6:33 PMYou may remember us coming out against the draconian budget plan that passed recently in the House. Well, in an attempt to meet the cuts outlined in that budget resolution, House committees are starting to plan for massive cuts to…
The philosophy of income inequality
Posted by rheine on Apr 3, 2012 at 12:46 PMWashington Post columnist Ezra Klein has deconstructed Rep. Paul Ryan’s ruinous federal budget plan. What he finds is that while Paul Ryan talks often about social mobility as a key American ideal, his spending plan, which passed the House last…
Voices stands up to House budget resolution that’s brutal on kids and families
Posted by Joe Theissen on Mar 30, 2012 at 6:17 PMThe U.S. House this week passed a budget resolution that would sacrifice vital programs for children and families in favor of defense spending and tax cuts for the rich. The spending plan, devised by House budget chair Paul Ryan, would…
Tell the White House to protect children and families
Posted by Joanna Shoffner Scott on Jun 29, 2011 at 4:32 PMPresident Obama this week officially entered the negotiations on the federal budget, and the stakes for children and families are high. Many in Congress are insisting on huge budget cuts that will hit needy children and families the hardest.
Congress…
Congress considers Medicaid cuts for the needy
Posted by Joanna Shoffner Scott on Jun 20, 2011 at 6:10 PMCongress is looking for ways to address the national debt, and as usual children and the poor are the easiest targets. The Wall Street Journal reports recently that negotiators have set their sights on Medicaid, which helps more than 28…
New report: Medicaid providing cost efficient coverage to low-income patients
Posted by Joanna Shoffner Scott on Jun 14, 2011 at 4:15 PMSome in Congress are proposing cutting Medicaid by over $1.4 trillion as part of the general agitation over the federal budget. But Medicaid helps more than 28 million needy children get care. A new study confirms the importance of…
Pell Grants targeted for cuts, hurting college chances for kids
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Jun 13, 2011 at 6:07 PMWe’ve talked a lot about proposed budget cuts for the very young, but the college-bound could also suffer. The House budget plan would cut almost $6 billion from Pell Grants, the popular financial assistance program that helps low-income college students…
How many children in your state could lose health care? (infographic)
Posted by rheine on Jun 2, 2011 at 5:20 PMUnder the House-passed federal budget plan, at least 15-18 million kids stand to lose healthcare in 2021. But many states stand to fare much worse than the national average. How would your state fare?
Cuts could mean 1.7 million kids lose health insurance
Posted by rheine on Jun 1, 2011 at 11:59 AMSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid took to MomsRising.org’s blog on the Huffington Post yesterday to warn that the House-passed budget plan could take away health insurance for American kids. Through proposed cuts to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance…
