Please join us at Let The People Vote! Texas Rally for Medicaid Expansion on Monday, March 4 at 10 a.m. at the Texas Capitol! Need a free ride from Houston, Katy, Dallas or San Antonio? Sign up here! Sign up to volunteer at the rally here. On Monday we’ll deliver a message that Texans are …
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Bills are being referred to committees, and hearings are getting underway, especially in the House. Here are some bills and hearings of interest this week. Be sure to jump down for our weekly feature on Public Education bills, too. There are also many lobby days and rallies over the next several weeks. You can view …
Contributed by Felicia Miyakawa, Special Education Advocate For those of you trying to keep up with #txlege, here are some action items regarding special education and medically fragile kids/adults. This week there will be several hearings about funding and appropriations. For those of you who have less familiarity with these issues, please know that we …
On Thursday, January 24, we hosted a briefing with Laura Guerra-Cardus from Children’s Defense Fund-Texas and the Cover Texas Now coalition to hear about a host of healthcare issues at the #txlege. If you want to catch up on these issues, the slides and video of the presentation are available. We’re planning a mid-session catch-up …
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What: Call-In Day to Protect the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program When: Tuesday, May 8 Who: Call your member of Congress at 888-398-8702 Please share this action alert widely and use the downloadable social media graphics from Children’s Defense Fund-Texas below Adapted from CPPP’s SNAP action alert: About 3.8 million Texans — kids, the elderly, people with …
We know you are tired of beating back health care repeal bills. We are, too. We’ve been doing this for months, and it doesn’t get any easier. The only saving grace is that the the Senate Republicans can only attempt to repeal the ACA through the gimmick called reconciliation until September 30. (And really, it’s …
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Today we have a message for the president. Texans are hurting from Hurricane Harvey, and it will take us years to recover. While it will be some time before the full damage estimates and economic impact of the storm are assessed, we can be sure that our great state’s recovery will take a long time. …
This is a cross-post by Stacey Pogue of Center for Public Policy Priorities Media reports indicate that President Trump and Congressional Republicans are working to revive their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with the same harmful provisions plus two new ones. States would be able to opt out of “essential health benefits” …
Update: Please RSVP for our Tuesday night conference call, where we’ll discuss ACA repeal The Affordable Care Act faces a critical repeal vote this Thursday. This is a do-or-die moment for the ACA. Exactly seven years to the day of the Affordable Care Act becoming law, the House of Representatives will be voting to repeal …
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The Congressional Budget Office score is out, and #Trumpcare will throw 14 million people off insurance by 2018, rising to 24 million by 2026. All for a savings on the deficit $337 billion over 10 years (which is virtually nothing–the US budget for 2015 was $3.8 TRILLION). Per the CBO: Premiums would rise by 15 …
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