Federal Budget

The federal budget reflects spending and revenue choices that affect all Americans. Each year, the President submits a budget that reflects the Administration's priorities. Congress works on its own budget blueprint. While the wealthiest individuals and corporations have benefited for years from tax cuts and tax loopholes, investments vital to women and their families have been shortchanged in the name of deficit reduction. We're working for a fair budget that raises the revenue needed to meet our shared priorities and expand opportunity for all.

Highlights

Reports & Toolkits | President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget: Key Provisions for Women and Their Families

April 30, 2013

This report summarizes the provisions with the largest impact on women and families in the President's Fiscal Year 2014 Budget.

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Fact Sheet | A Roadmap to the 2013 Federal Budget Debates

April 11, 2013

Here is a look at key provisions of the fiscal cliff deal, the timeline for critical choices that remain before Congress, and the guiding principles that will protect women and their families and promote widely shared prosperity.

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Fact Sheet | The Ryan House Budget FY 2014: Once Again, Gutting Vital Programs for Women and Families, Giving Trillions in Tax Cuts to Millionaires and Corporations

March 20, 2013

The budget for Fiscal Year 2014 introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), like his Fiscal Year 2013 budget, proposes deep funding cuts that would devastate programs especially important to women and their families: Medicaid, Medicare, child care, education, SNAP, and much more.

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Fact Sheet | The FY 2014 Murray Senate Budget: A Fairer Path Forward for Women and Families

March 18, 2013

The FY 2014 budget introduced by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) presents a clear alternative to the plan proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI).

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More Resources

Legal Briefs & Testimony | Testimony of Fatima Goss Graves Before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee on Sequestration

March 08, 2013

Vice President for Education and Employment Fatima Goss Graves testified before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee on the harmful effects of Sequestration on women.

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Resource Page | The President’s FY 2014 Budget

October 02, 2012

President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget provides a detailed blueprint of the Administration’s priorities and sets the stage for this year’s critical debates about spending and tax policies. NWLC analyzes the President’s budget each year to determine how it would impact specific programs and tax policies that are especially important to women and their families.

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Fact Sheet | The Importance of Medicare for Women

August 29, 2012

Women constitute more than half of the individuals with Medicare.  The program is therefore critically important to preserving the health and well-being of our mothers and grandmothers.  Because women, on average, are poorer, live longer and have more health care needs than men, Medicare (sometimes combined with Medicaid) potentially plays a greater role for them in preventing illness and destitution.  Any changes to the Medicare program that would increase cost-sharing or reduce services would be especially harmful to women, so it is important for women’s health and economic well-being that that the Medicare program is protected.

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Fact Sheet | End Tax Breaks for Millionaires, Not Moms

July 31, 2012

End Tax Breaks for Millionaires, Not Moms

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Fact Sheet | H.R. 8 Leaves No Millionaire Behind but Ends Tax Cuts for a Third of Families with Children

July 31, 2012

This fact sheet explains the damaging effects of H.R. 8, a bill that would extend tax cuts for the richest two percent of Americans while ending tax breaks for low and moderate-income families.

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