Congress just approved a shockingly extreme budget. Here's what you need to know:
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It cuts critical national priorities by more than $5 trillion. Education, health care, research, and infrastructure are ALL threatened.
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It cuts Medicare and Medicaid by nearly $2 trillion.
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It includes trillions of $ in tax cuts that benefit the wealthy & corporations, while increasing taxes on millions of middle class families.
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These tax cuts will INCREASE our debt and deficits by $1.5 trillion. That's $1,500,000,000,000.
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Once the tax cuts blow a huge hole in the budget, new attacks on programs that help Americans get by and get ahead will soon follow.
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Medicare. Medicaid. Social Security. Nutrition assistance. Vital services and benefits for American families will ALL be at risk.
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The fight now shifts to the GOP tax plan that will be brought to the House floor in just a matter of weeks.
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The GOP is rushing their tax plan to the floor because they don’t want you to know what's in it.
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The American people deserve a budget that invests in their future, a tax code that is fair, and a full and honest debate on both.
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This budget and the tax cuts that will follow fail the American people on all fronts.
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