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      As Hunger Surges and Medicaid Cliff Looms, Biden Readies Record Pentagon Budget

      "We can absolutely afford to alleviate child hunger," said the Working Families Party. "Priorities are just apparently elsewhere."

      Jake Johnson
      Mar 08, 2023

      As tens of millions of people across the United States face food benefit cuts and the potential loss of health insurance in the coming weeks, President Joe Biden is reportedly finalizing a fiscal year 2024 budget that would hand the Pentagon more than $835 billion—including $170 billion for weapons procurement.

      Set for official release on Thursday, the president's historic Pentagon budget request will stand in stark contrast to the painful austerity recently inflicted on vulnerable Americans, many of whom have been forced to wait in increasingly long food bank lines after their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits were slashed earlier this month—the consequence of a trade-off that Congress negotiated and Biden approved late last year.

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      Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announces the introduction of the Community Health Center and Primary Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2019 at the U.S. Capitol on March 28, 2019.

      Sanders Warns of 'Primary Care Cliff' as Federal Funds for Local Clinics Set to Expire

      "In the midst of a broken and dysfunctional healthcare system, I will be doing everything I can to expand community health centers so that every American has access to the primary care that they need and deserve."

      Kenny Stancil
      Feb 27, 2023

      Sen. Bernie Sanders warned Monday that without swift congressional action, the $5.8 billion in federal funding relied on each year by community health centers around the United States will expire on September 30, resulting in a devastating "primary care cliff."

      "Congress can and must avoid" such a scenario, says a statement from the Vermont Independent's office.

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      GOP Taking Budget Advice From Trump Official Who Wants to Cut $2 Trillion From Medicaid

      GOP Taking Budget Advice From Trump Official Who Wants to Cut $2 Trillion From Medicaid

      "The Republican playbook is always to drive more people deeper into poverty, while giving kickbacks and tax breaks to their super-rich friends."

      Jake Johnson
      Feb 20, 2023

      The right-wing official who served as budget director for the Trump administration is reportedly playing a significant advisory role for House Republicans as they seek to leverage a fast-approaching debt ceiling crisis to enact spending cuts that would disproportionately impact low-income households.

      According toThe Washington Post, former Office of Management and Budget chief Russ Vought "has emerged as one of the central voices shaping the looming showdown over federal spending and the national debt."

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