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Washington, D.C. — As part of ongoing efforts to bring attention to the impact of President Donald Trump's decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), students, teachers, parents, administrators, and the larger K-12 community are coming together the week of October 23 to call on Congress to protect DACAmented individuals and pass a clean...
Washington, D.C. — President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, and Jared Kushner, presidential adviser and son-in-law, are three prime examples of millionaires and billionaires that stand to see an enormous windfall from the Trump-McConnell-Ryan tax plan, a new analysis from the Center for American Progress Action Fund reveals. The analysis was unveiled at...
CAP Action CEO Neera Tanden will join Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to unveil new CAP Action analysis that shows how the Trump-congressional Republican leaders' tax plan would benefit President Donald Trump and his wealthy cabinet members at the expense of the middle class. Washington, D.C. — Tomorrow,...
Washington, D.C. — In their recently unveiled tax plan, the White House and the Congressional majority have been touting a so-called tax cut for small business. However, the biggest beneficiaries of this tax break, known as the “Trump loophole,” are anything but small businesses. Some of the largest and most profitable companies in the United States—including the Trump...
Washington, D.C. — Any move by the Trump administration to decertify the deal that has prevented Iran from building a nuclear weapon would be a “catastrophic mistake,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) told an audience Wednesday at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The Connecticut Democrat called the issue of continuing the Iran nuclear agreement “a...
Washington, D.C. — Since taking office less than a year ago, the Trump administration has taken dozens of actions, big and small, to roll back protections for the environment. From blocking action on climate change to weakening clean air and water protections, it can be hard to keep track of every move. To help monitor...
Washington, D.C. — Days before the October 5 deadline for Dreamers to renew Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and to bring further attention to the ongoing fight to protect Dreamers, the Center for American Progress Action Fund—in partnership with the Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, MomsRising, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Immigration...
San Diego, CA — Congressional Republican leaders are preparing to unveil a plan next week that will focus heavily on slashing taxes for the richest Americans. On Thursday, September 21, Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA) will join a San Diego small business owner and experts from the Main Street Alliance and the Center for American Progress Action...
Washington, D.C. — Following the September 5 announcement from the Trump administration that they will end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)—a program that, since 2012, has helped nearly 800,000 young people gain a temporary reprieve from deportation and a work permit—the conversation has now shifted to the urgent need for Congress to pass legislation...
Washington, D.C. — Under Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie’s tax plan, people at the very top of the income scale would get much bigger tax cuts than those below them, with hardly any Virginia families living in poverty getting even a penny in tax cuts, a new analysis from the Center for American Progress Action...