Senior VP, Economic Security at @First_Focus. Alum: @SenSherrodBrown, @indivisibleteam, @prosperitynow, @SenatorBarb.
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Chad Bolt retweeted
When I talk about how the quality of Congressional staff used to be so much higher I feel 70 years old…but this is a good example.
No one who worked for any number of Republican senators in 2015 would have ever in a million years allowed this.
Chad Bolt retweeted
Your budget proposal would slash WIC's fruit & vegetable benefit, leaving low-income pregnant women & new moms with only $13 per month to buy fruits & vegetables.
Chad Bolt retweeted
The Trump No Tax Ons have been political disappointments—it does not make sense to reorient the entire progressive fiscal policy agenda (which you have to do when you’re doing $1T+ of tax cuts) around imitating either on political or policy grounds.
Chad Bolt retweeted
They expect you to believe that millions of low-income people suddenly no longer needed help affording food when the economy didn’t improve & groceries didn’t get any more affordable.
Heres what did happen: They enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history.
Hunger isn’t “freedom.”
Millions of Americans have reclaimed their freedom. 🇺🇸
New @USDA SNAP data show 3.3 million fewer Americans are participating in the program today than when President Trump returned to office.
This is about restoring dignity, accountability, and opportunity — and ensuring SNAP serves those who truly need it most.
Read my latest in @thehill ⬇️
thehill.com/opinion/white-ho…
Chad Bolt retweeted
Oof. Lots to say about this proposal, but as a starting point, I think it's reallllllly risky for Dems to wade into "who can do the most tax cuts" territory
New - Potential 2028 Dem contender Sen. Van Hollen out with a new tax plan today: Anyone who makes living wage or less — $46K single/$92K married — should pay no federal income tax
Paid for by new millionaire surtax
Dem 2028 ideas primary is underway…
washingtonpost.com/business/…
Chad Bolt retweeted
Flyers who have pride tape on their sticks for warmups: Travis Konecny, Travis Sanheim, Garnet Hathaway, Owen Tippett, Noah Cates, Nic Deslauriers, Emil Andrae.
Chad Bolt retweeted
This Cannot Be Normal, This Cannot Be Okay open.substack.com/pub/brucel…
Cites @cbouzy @SenGillibrand @NYSCounties @sarahdespres @ArthurCaplan @chadderr @AmerAcadPeds
Chad Bolt retweeted
New data: CBPP analyzed USDA’s contingency fund spending plan & found it is only going to release 2/3 of the funding they committed to in court filings, cutting families’ SNAP benefits far more than necessary, violating USDA’s own regulations & shortchanging millions of families.
Chad Bolt retweeted
The Trump Admin must release the SNAP contingency fund today so that 16 million kids do not start going hungry tomorrow.
It’s that simple.
Chad Bolt retweeted
.@Brendan_Duke on @cspanwj: This isn't a debate about Medicaid reform or deficit reduction—it’s about financing tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy by stripping health coverage and food assistance from millions of Americans.
Chad Bolt retweeted
House Rs’ tax bill includes a new federal tax credit to subsidize private school vouchers — effectively the first nationwide voucher program. Plus, it’s structured as a costly tax break for the wealthy w/an egregious capital gains tax loophole. It should be rejected.
Chad Bolt retweeted
There is nothing moderate about this plan! As it stands now, 13 million people could lose coverage - that’s the entire population of Pennsylvania.
Not one person should lose their health care to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations.
Chad Bolt retweeted
republicans are using current policy scoring for their tcja extension but current law scoring for their ctc boost.
can't put into words just how profoundly gimmicky what they're doing is. breaks every rule of scoring. may as well just make up numbers and repeal the budget act.
NEW: Ways & Means makes 2 pm Tuesday markup official
Here’s text that W&M dropped, which isn’t final but includes some of what committee will put in bill incl permanent 2017 tax cuts, bigger CTC, de minimis crackdown. Full text expected later
READ IT: punchbowl.news/committee-pri…
Chad Bolt retweeted
Let me translate. Trump knows they are taking on water for pushing a giant billionaire tax cut. So every so often, he floats a tiny symbolic change, but then has to immediately disavow it. Because, fundamentally, rich people tax cuts are the core GOP agenda. Rinse and repeat.
The problem with even a “TINY” tax increase for the RICH, which I and all others would graciously accept in order to help the lower and middle income workers, is that the Radical Left Democrat Lunatics would go around screaming,“Read my lips,” the fabled Quote by George Bush the Elder that is said to have cost him the Election. NO, Ross Perot cost him the Election! In any event, Republicans should probably not do it, but I’m OK if they do!!!
From Donald Trump Truth Social 05/09/25 07:44 AM
Chad Bolt retweeted
It’s Tax Day — a perfect reminder of all the ways Trump, Musk, and Republicans in Congress are trying to rig the system against working families.
Don’t just take our word for it.
Elon Musk’s own AI assistant, @grok, agrees.
Chad Bolt retweeted
Grateful to @jacobbogage for covering @The_Budget_Lab's new report on the distributional effects of the House-passed Budget Resolution.
Overall: huge tax cuts for higher-income families are partially paid for by cutting healthcare and SNAP, *raising costs* for the bottom 40%
Chad Bolt retweeted
👋Fellow Democrats, the party needs to rethink all the anti-tariff absolutism. I’m a Rust Belt Democrat from swingy Western PA—where lousy trade deals like NAFTA stripped us for parts. Democrats need to break free from the zombie horde of neoliberal economists who think tariffs are always bad. 🧵
RT @TaxWarRoom: NEW AD: Leb, a veteran from Virginia, voted for Trump because he promised to lower costs and protect jobs.
Now, as Republi…