‘Grotesque and Indefensible’: At Least 1.5 Million Kids Have Lost Food Aid Under GOP Budget Law

‘Grotesque and Indefensible’: At Least 1.5 Million Kids Have Lost Food Aid Under GOP Budget Law

  “The damage from the SNAP cuts could worsen quickly as some states are considering ending their SNAP programs entirely as soon as October 2027,” warned one expert. At least 1.5 million children have lost Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits since US President Donald Trump signed the Republican budget package into law last summer, enacting the largest cuts to federal food […]

Progressives Urge Senate to Reject Israel Military Integration in NDAA Passed by House

Progressives Urge Senate to Reject Israel Military Integration in NDAA Passed by House

  “We need to now fight to strip this amendment in the conference between the House and the Senate,” said Rep. Ro Khanna. The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives voted Wednesday in favor of a record $1.15 trillion military spending authorization bill containing a highly controversial provision to increase cooperation between the US and Israeli armed forces. House lawmakers voted […]

Landless Bill Advances from Senate Committee

Landless Bill Advances from Senate Committee

  Washington, DC—U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) Thursday announced that her bill allowing five Alaska Native communities to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) passed out of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR) by voice vote. The legislation, which would remedy a decades-long inequity for […]

Murkowski and Colleagues Lead Efforts to Bolster Made-In-America Hydropower

Murkowski and Colleagues Lead Efforts to Bolster Made-In-America Hydropower

  Washington, D.C.–Tuesday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) introduced the “Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act.” This bill will reform the Federal Power Act to reduce delays and costs of hydropower licensing. Specifically, the bill would limit Section 4 (e) and Section 18 mandatory conditioning of hydropower licenses under the Federal […]