Congress
Please Attend! Economic Justice in Action: Power and Policy in the Age of Deregulation
The fight for economic justice has never been more critical. Congress is ramming through the federal budget bill, which threatens to reshape our economy in drastic ways. The bill would further enrich billionaires by cutting services and assistance for the families that need them most, from Medicaid to SNAP to student loan relief. It also makes policy changes that erode consumer protections, guts efforts to expand small business-lending, and funds anti-immigration practices and programs. In Maryland, we’re working to understand how this assault on working people will impact our families and communities, particularly Black and Brown neighborhoods still living with ...
Help Us Support the CFPB — Tell Your Member of Congress to Vote NO on High Overdraft Fees
On February 14, we shared that Economic Action along with the City of Baltimore sued to stop Russell Vought, Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, from defunding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). That temporary restraining order was for two weeks, ending on February 28. On February 28, Democracy Forward, the nonprofit who is suing on our behalf informed us that the judge extended the order barring the federal government from transferring away all of the CFPB’s funds. This means that the CFPB still has funding for another two weeks. While this is a short-term victory, it's ...