Visit your Member of Congress and ask them to become a cosponsor of the Congressional Progressive Caucus FY2018 Budget known as The People's Budget.

The People’s Budget: A Roadmap for the Resistance provides a practical, progressive vision for our country by investing in 21st century infrastructure and jobs, tackling inequality, making corporations pay their fair share, and strengthening essential public programs. The People’s Budget will put millions of Americans back to work and will guarantee a strong economy for generations to come.

• Invests $2 trillion to transition to a 21st Century Infrastructure to transform our energy, water and transportation systems
• Closes loopholes so our government agencies use materials made in America
• Expands our commitment to efficient renewable energy and green jobs
• Invest $100 billion to increase access to reliable, high-speed internet

• Maintains Critical Coverage Gains Under Affordable Care Act
• Lowers Costs of Prescription Drugs
• Allows states to transition to single-payer health care systems
• Expands access to mental health care and treatments for opioid and heroin addiction
• Repeals excise tax on high-priced healthcare plans for workers and replaces with public option

• Ends corporate tax break for offshoring American jobs and profits
• Stops companies from renouncing their American citizenship to dodge U.S. taxes
• Closes wasteful corporate tax loopholes that cost billions of dollars
• Taxes Wall Street to fund Main Street
• Ensures profits from investments are finally taxed at the same rate as income taxes
• Raises revenue from the wealthiest few who can afford to pay more
• Expands the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Care Credit

• Ensures the justice system is fair and effective for all Americans by increasing funding for voter protection and legal assistance programs
• Rebuilds trust in the justice system by developing community oriented policing reforms
• Protects American election systems from any interference and increases protections for voting rights by strengthening key election reforms
• Funds public financing of campaigns to curb special interest influence in politics
• Supports policies and initiatives to significantly reduce gun violence

• Delivers on the promise of lifting working families up by investing $1 trillion in effective early learning opportunities for child care for all program
• Makes debt free college a reality for all students
• Greater investments in K-12 education
• Increases computer science opportunities for all students
• Allows refinancing of student loans
• Fully funds IDEA and provides Pre-K for all

• Supports a minimum wage increase and collective bargaining rights
• Provides a plan to reduce poverty by half in ten years

Download the letter to deliver to your Member of Congress