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Campaign for America’s Future Urges a Senate Vote on The Republican Budget Proposal

Let Americans Know about Republican Plans to Hurt the Middle Class

Washington, DC – The Campaign for America’s Future encourages Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to bring the budget passed by House Republicans to a vote in the U.S. Senate.

Campaign for America’s Future’s co-director Robert Borosage said, “This Republican budget plan is an outrage. The more Americans learn about it, the angrier they get. It calls for a staggering $6.7 trillion in tax cuts over ten years – almost all for the wealthiest Americans. It pays for these by ending Medicare and Medicaid as we know them, and slashing investments in areas vital to our future – from infant nutrition, to education to clean water support. And does virtually nothing to reduce the deficit – indeed the Congressional Budget Office projects it may add to the deficit in the first 10 years. In an America already suffering Gilded Age economic inequality, the Republican budget would accelerate the decline of America’s working families. Bring it to a vote. Force a debate on it. Let Americans know exactly where their Senators stand.”

The Campaign for America's Future (CAF) is a center for ideas and action that works to build an enduring majority for progressive change. The Campaign advances a progressive economic agenda and a vision of the future that works for the many, not simply the few. The Campaign is leading the fight for America's priorities - for good jobs and a sustainable economy, and for strengthening the safety net.
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