Tax & Budget

Tell Congress to Fix the Rest of the Sequester

Tell Congress to Fix the Rest of the Sequester

Congress prevented airport delays, now it's time to stop the cuts hurting women & their families. 

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Breaking Down The Budgets

Breaking Down The Budgets

Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray have released their budgets for the next ten years.

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Corporate Tax Loopholes

Tax Breaks for Families — or Corporations?

Some of the richest Americans pay a lower tax rate than middle-class families do — and some very profitable corporations manage to pay no federal income tax at all.

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President's FY 2014 Budget

President's FY 2014 Budget

NWLC has analyzed President Obama's 2014 budget's effects on programs and policies important to women and families.

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FY 2014 Budget

Highlights

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 | A Roadmap to the 2013 Federal Budget Debates

May 17, 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 | What Offshore Corporate Tax Loopholes Cost Women and Families

April 4, 2013

Many programs vital to women and their families are being cut.  Yet, at the same time, our nation is spending billions of dollars each year on unfair tax breaks for large corporations and very wealthy individuals.  

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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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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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More Resources

Fact Sheet | A Balanced Budget Amendment Would Threaten Social Security

June 23, 2011

Congress is currently considering proposals to amend the Constitution to mandate a balanced budget:  a requirement that federal spending not exceed revenues in any fiscal year unless a supermajority (generally three-fifths) of members in each chamber of Congress agrees to additional spending.  Even without the addition of more dangerous features such as a cap on total spending and a super-majority requirement for revenue increases,  a balanced budget requirement would threaten the economy and critical programs – including Social Security.  

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Webinars & Presentations | Webinar Presentation: What's at Stake for Women and Families in Today's Budget Debates

June 22, 2011

Slides and webinar recording explain the threats posed to women by current debates around the budget and deficit reduction, and ways to take action.

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Webinars & Presentations | Webinar Presentation: Understanding and Beating Slash-onomics

June 08, 2011

On June 7, 2011, the National Women's Law Center, in co-sponsorship with the Coalition on Human Needs and Community Action Partnership, presented on the dangerous budget proposals currently being discussed in Congress. The presentations explained the unprecedented seriousness of the threats and show the impact of the most prominent plans to cut, cap, and restrict the federal role in meeting the needs of low-income and vulnerable people. 

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Coalition Action Materials | Letter in Opposition of Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 1)

June 01, 2011

NWLC’s letter to House Judiciary Committee opposing H.J. Res. 1, a particularly extreme version of a balanced budget constitutional amendment.  

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Fact Sheet | One-Sided Budget Proposals Threaten Women and Families, Shield Millionaires and Corporations

May 20, 2011

Explanation of how proposals for a global spending cap – which could be part of legislation or a proposed constitutional amendment – could force drastic cuts to programs that millions of women and families depend on, dismantling Medicare, Medicaid, and other critical programs, while doing nothing to restrain tax cuts for the rich and corporations.

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