Federal Budget Bill Will Slash Jobs in Energy, Construction, Health, and Public Sector to Finance Tax Cuts for Billionaires As the U.S. Senate passes the federal budget bill, Alaska House Labor and Commerce Committee Co-Chairs are raising the alarm about the devastating economic impacts of the bill on Alaska, which will not only affect the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday, Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) released the following statement on the House passage of the rescissions package: “Today, I voted in favor of the rescissions package, H.R. 4, a necessary step for restoring fiscal responsibility in our nation. America has been built on principles of freedom of expression, self-determination, sovereignty, personal responsibility, and […]
“The people stealing from Americans are not folks with tattoos and hoodies—it’s people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins, sitting in this Capitol right now,” said Rep. Maxwell Frost. House Republicans on Thursday morning passed their sprawling budget reconciliation package after making last-minute changes to the legislation to mollify far-right hardliners. The final count […]
A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that Medicaid expansion saved over 27,000 lives since 2010. Critics who say extensive cuts to Medicaid being pushed by the Trump administration and House Republicans will result in the deaths of people were bolstered Friday by new reporting on a recent study detailing how […]