The Latest Threat to Working Families

Michele and Igor speak with Rep. DeLauro and Harry Stein, director of fiscal policy at CAP, about the House Republicans' budget and what the American people really need economically.

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This week, U.S. House Republicans released a blueprint for their proposed 2018 budget. Michele and Igor speak with Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT 3rd District), ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and author of “The Least Among Us: Waging the Battle for the Vulnerable,” and Harry Stein, director of fiscal policy at CAP, to help us understand what’s in this budget—and what the American people really need economically.

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Michele Jawando is a vice president at the Center for American Progress. Igor Volsky is a vice president at the Center. Harry Stein is the director of Fiscal Policy at the Center. Sally Tucker is the radio coordinator for Communications at the Center. Rachel Rosen is the senior director of Broadcast Communications at the Center.

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