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

Fact Sheet | The Fall 2013 Fiscal Fights: A Political Drama with Real Consequences for Women and Families

September 12, 2013

This fact sheet details the important budget decisions Congress will face this fall.

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Reports & Toolkits | The High Price of Tax Loopholes

August 20, 2013

Americans for Tax Fairness and the National Women's Law Center co-authored a report outlining the high price of tax loopholes. The choice is clear: more tax cuts for the rich and big corporations, or more service cuts that hurt average Americans and fewer investments that offer opportunities for a better future.

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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

Fact Sheet | State-by-State Fact Sheets for Super-Committee Advocacy

August 19, 2011

These 51 fact sheets provide state-specific information to help advocates demonstrate why any plan the congressional "super-committee" devises for deficit reduction must protect programs vital to the wellbeing of women and families; make millionaires and corporations pay their fair share; and create jobs for women and men.

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Webinars & Presentations | Audio Recording for Early Childhood: Debt Deal's Impact on Early Childhood Programs

August 16, 2011

Helen Blank from the National Women's Law Center (NWLC), Adele Robinson from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Danielle Ewen from CLASP and Harriet Dichter from the First Five Years Fund provided an overview of the debt deal's implications for early childhood programs and other safety net programs.

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Webinars & Presentations | Transcript for Early Childhood: Debt Deal's Impact on Early Childhood Programs

August 16, 2011

Helen Blank from the National Women's Law Center (NWLC), Adele Robinson from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Danielle Ewen from CLASP, and Harriet Dichter from the First Five Years Fund provided an overview of the debt deal's implications for early childhood programs and other safety net programs.

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Fact Sheet | Employment Crisis Worsens for Black Women during the Recovery

August 03, 2011

This analysis shows that black women lost more jobs in the first two years of the recovery than they did in the recession, even as men overall and black men gained jobs. 

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Fact Sheet | Unbalanced Debt Ceiling Deal Cuts Vital Programs; Critical Fights Ahead

August 01, 2011

Summary of the deal to raise the debt ceiling (later signed into law as the Budget Control Act), and its implications for key programs, including domestic discretionary, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, Social Security, other mandatory programs, and taxes.

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