Trump Accounts as designed will widen inequality and worsen the racial wealth gap. The Dell donation and future donations could be better targeted to families with lower incomes. Read more in our @CLASP_DC blog: #SOTU2026 https://t.co/LtpTbCFre9

"Trump Accounts" will only worsen racial wealth gap. #SOTU2026 https://t.co/39TwfJVT1j

The Trump Administration has made life less affordable for everyday people. Here's how: #Stateoftheunion #SOTU2026 https://t.co/wS4vYnzXaT

Today the Senate voted on a party-line basis to block D.C. from spending its own local tax dollars, for the *second* year in a row. It’s bad news for families and businesses in the District, here’s why🧵

The Senate will consider a #DHS budget this week that increases funding for immigration enforcement and will lead to more people being needlessly victimized. Members of Congress must reject any legislation that empowers the administration to continue its attacks against families

Reproductive justice isn't just the right to an abortion. It's also the right to have the children you want to have in a safe & healthy environment, without being limited by financial constraints. Congress should oppose H.R. 6945.

Our @CLASP_DC fact sheet that we developed in collaboration with @ifwhenhow explains the harm of using TANF dollars toward crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs). CPCs often use shame and misinformation to pressure people away from getting an abortion.

Congress is considering a bill that would provide statutory authority for states to use federal TANF funds toward anti-abortion centers, also known as crisis pregnancy centers. TANF should go to families with low incomes, not centers that shame women.

I'm proud to have contributed to this @CLASP_DC report documenting the harms from the first year of the Trump Administration's 2nd term across issue areas including public benefits, immigration, child care, early and higher education, and workers' rights. https://t.co/di1KWGTspE

The reported bipartisan House/Senate approps agreement would cut the IRS budget by $1B – a 9% cut from FY25 & a 40% cut since 2010 in real terms. And remarkably, this is the less-bad option. The House proposal cut the IRS budget by $2.8B, a 48% inflation-adjusted cut since 2010.

Powerful perspective from a dad and PE teacher: "If the goal of immigration policy is public safety, then we must ask: safe for whom? Because my kids do not feel safer. My students do not feel safer. My neighbors do not feel safer." https://t.co/QuBClyDC7F

“Child care providers & state child care agency staff already put a lot of effort and energy into reporting how they spend their resources. Adding further reporting requirements to their overburdened workload will take their time & attention away from where it should be”@SCSchmit

See @CLASP_DC's statement on child care providers being attacked by "influencers," and how the federal government's response will threaten access to vital child care for children and families throughout the nation:

I'm quoted in @newrepublic about the affordability crisis w/ Lorena Roque: "We can’t talk about affordability in this moment without naming the huge health care costs that families are now facing because of the expiration of the premium tax credits.” https://t.co/8BoA0NVxJh

We have many examples of cash transfer programs & comprehensive research that demonstrates the utility of providing cash to children & families. Guaranteed income works & is essential for transforming our public benefits system into one that promotes equity, mobility & abundance.

My CLASP policy brief responds to New York Times reporting about the Baby's First Years study from this summer which questioned the effectiveness of guaranteed income (GI) programs. GI programs work, and one study shouldn't discount the success of them.

Yesterday, DHS proposed repealing the 2022 public charge rule. In turn, officers could arbitrarily deny green cards to immigrants based on their health, economic situation, or potential use of benefits like healthcare & food assistance. Learn more:

[1] This morning, federal agents entered a learning center without a warrant and detained a Pre-K teacher in front of the children she cares for. In a video, the woman can be seen telling the agents that she has documentation. https://t.co/4q7dh6yQCy

Nearly a month into the government shutdown, millions of families are paying the price for deliberate policy choices by the Trump Administration and Congress. This is a 🚨manufactured🚨 crisis that’s putting jobs, food, and care at risk.

CTAN is outraged by the Trump Admin's attempt to forcibly remove dozens of immigrant kids over the holiday weekend. Read our statement and our partners' statements below: https://t.co/hf7S6r9pNP @CLASP_DC