Julie Vogtman, Senior Counsel

Julie Vogtman is Senior Counsel for the Family Economic Security Program at the National Women’s Law Center. She works on a range of issues involving economic support for low-income women and their families, including minimum wage policies, unemployment benefits, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). She also contributes to the Center’s work on federal budget and tax policies, including implementation of the tax credit components of the Affordable Care Act.  Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Vogtman was an associate with Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, DC. She is a graduate of Furman University and Georgetown University Law Center.

Expert in: Family Support Programs, Federal Budget, Federal Tax Policy, Minimum Wage, Unemployment, Poverty & Income Support
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Americans Say Cutting Tax Breaks for Millionaires and Big Oil Is the Right Way to Reduce the Deficit

Posted by Julie Vogtman, Senior Counsel | Posted on: March 11, 2011 at 05:18 pm

Here we go again: the two-week extension of funding to keep the government operating expires at the end of next week, and once more, House Republicans are threatening to shut down the government unless deeper cuts to vital services are made. Earlier this week, the Senate rejected both H.R.

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Protecting the Economic Security of Women and Their Families in 2011

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Joan Entmacher, Vice President for Family Economic Security
Julie Vogtman, Senior Counsel
| Posted on: January 20, 2011 at 04:21 pm

After securing significant improvements in policies to help lower-income women and families in 2009 and 2010, it’s clear that we’ll have to fight hard over the next two years to protect those gains and prevent programs vital to women and their families from being slashed.

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Hypocrisy on the Hill on Health Care and Deficits

Posted by Julie Vogtman, Senior Counsel | Posted on: January 06, 2011 at 06:33 pm

I noted in a post on Tuesday that proposed budget rules would allow the House of Representatives to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without paying for it — even though the rules otherwise require that spending increases be offset to avoid increasing the deficit, and even though the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estima

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Changing the Rules to Favor the Rich

Posted by Julie Vogtman, Senior Counsel | Posted on: January 04, 2011 at 05:44 pm

Tomorrow marks the first day of the 112th Congress. The first week in session, Members of the House of Representatives typically focus on some rather mundane housekeeping matters, including changes to procedural rules. Rule changes tend not to be the juiciest fodder for journalists or bloggers, and I understand if you’re tempted to stop reading right now. But trust me, this one’s a doozy.

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Drastic Proposed TANF Cuts Threaten D.C.'s Most Vulnerable Families

Posted by Julie Vogtman, Senior Counsel | Posted on: December 17, 2010 at 05:50 pm

On December 7, the D.C.

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