Tax & Budget

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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States Can't Afford to Extend Bush-Era Tax Cuts for Wealthy Few

States Can't Afford Tax Cuts for Wealthy Few

New state-by-state reports show how competing tax plans would affect vital services.

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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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Federal Budget
Paying Their Fair Share
FY 2014 Budget

Highlights

Fact Sheet | What Extra Tax Breaks for the Richest Americans Cost Women and Families

April 26, 2013

This fact sheet explains what tax breaks for the richest American taxpayers cost women and families. 

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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 | 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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More Resources

Coalition Action Materials | The National Women's Law Center Opposes the Fiscal Year 2014 Ryan Budget

March 19, 2013

The National Women's Law Center sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives urging them to vote against the Fiscal Year 2014 Ryan Budget.

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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 | Cutting Programs for Low-Income People Especially Hurts Women and Their Families

March 14, 2013

As Congress debates spending priorities and deficit reduction measures, it must protect programs for low-income families and individuals and ensure that deficit reduction does not increase poverty. 

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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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Webinars & Presentations | Fiscal Cliff Notes: What You Need to Know about What's Happened so Far, And What Comes Next

January 29, 2013

Early on New Year’s Day Congress passed a budget deal to delay automatic across-the-board cuts for two months, extend Unemployment Insurance for a year and make permanent some of the middle class tax breaks. With the across-the-board cuts now scheduled to start March 1 and federal borrowing authority due to run out by then, Congress is edging right back to the fiscal cliff. On this webinar, you'll learn about the recently passed budget deal and what's next.

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