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• Congress Should Not Let Trump Hold Housing Bill Hostage
  Today, President Trump announced on Truth Social that he is cancelling plans to sign major bipartisan legislation on housing affordability, threatening to veto the bill unless the anti-voter Save America Act is passed first.Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen, issued the following statement in response:“Donald Trump’s full-on commitment to authoritarianism could not be more clear: […]
• The Trump Administration Spent at Least $11 Billion Paying Federal Workers not to Work
  The Trump administration has paid federal employees at least $11 billion – and likely much more – not to work, according to a new Public Citizen report. The total reflects only the lower end of estimated costs for the Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) and it does not look at other federal efforts to reduce the […]
• CAIR Letter Urges House to Strike U.S.-Israel Military Merger and Anti-Boycott Amendment from NDAA
  The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed Amendment #2 to the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), submitted by Representatives Thomas Massie (R-KY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Jim McGovern (D-MA), Jesús “Chuy” Garcia (D-IL), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).The bipartisan amendment would strike Section 219, […]
• Reproductive Freedom for All Announces $23.5 Million “My Body. My Ballot.” Campaign on the Dobbs Anniversary
  On the four-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Reproductive Freedom for All announces the launch of My Body. My Ballot., a $23.5 million campaign to mobilize voters, hold anti-abortion politicians accountable, and elect reproductive freedom champions in key races across the country.At the center of this campaign […]
• Trump Holds Up Housing Bill to Keep Voter Suppression Crusade Alive
  Stand Up America Managing Director of Policy and Political Affairs, Brett Edkins, issued the following statement in response to Trump’s refusal to sign the bipartisan affordable housing bill in an effort to pressure congressional Republicans into passing the SAVE Act:“Donald Trump has been clear: The SAVE Act is his #1 legislative priority––not lowering costs for […]
• Four Years After Dobbs, Trump Administration and its Backers are Still Threatening Abortion Access
  Today marks the fourth anniversary of President Trump’s hand-picked Supreme Court ending the federal right to abortion with the Dobbsv. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. Since then, more people have suffered and died because of restrictive anti-abortion laws, which have banned some or all abortion in 20 states. To mark the anniversary, Alexis McGill Johnson, […]