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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Fact Sheet | House Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 2): Rewriting the Constitution to Raid the Social Security Trust Fund

November 16, 2011

The balanced budget amendment (H.J. Res. 2) would amend the Constitution to require that federal spending in any fiscal year not exceed revenues collected in that fiscal year unless three-fifths of members in each chamber of Congress agree to additional spending. Along with forcing the federal government to take steps that would weaken the economy during a recession, H.J. Res. 2 could force cuts to the Social Security benefits, even when Social Security has ample reserves.

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Coalition Action Materials | National Women’s Law Center Opposes Balanced Budget Amendment, H.J. Res. 2

November 14, 2011

The National Women's Law Center sent a letter to the House of Representatives opposing the balanced budget amendment (H.J. Res. 2). Compliance with a balanced budget requirement would likely require major cuts to vital programs, including Social Security, and would dangerously weaken the federal government’s ability to respond to recessions, emergencies, and new challenges.

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Legal Briefs & Testimony | Proposed Rulemaking for the Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit, REG-131491-10

October 31, 2011

The National Women's Law Center submitted comments to Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner recommending a number of changes and clarifications to strengthen the proposed Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit rule and ensure that women and families fully benefit from the premium tax credit in the manner intended by the Affordable Care Act.

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Legal Briefs & Testimony | Exemption of Child Support Enforcement Under Sequester

October 14, 2011

The National Women's Law Center’s legal memo to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) explains that child support enforcement is explicitly exempt from automatic cuts (“sequester”) under the Budget Control Act of 2011 as a program serving low-income people.

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Fact Sheet | Congressional "Super-Committee" Basics

August 26, 2011

This fact sheet provides an overview of the congressional "super-committee" members, their deficit reduction role, and the policy changes they are able to recommend.

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