Budget Plan, Immigration and Tax Breaks

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26
PROGRAM #10697 12:00 PM PT

Budget Plan, Immigration and Tax Breaks. 

The US Senate passed a budget resolution that would take money away from health care, student loans and food aid and to escalate funding for deportations and, later, tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy. The House votes this week on a reconciliation plan. What’s in the plans?

Guest: Rafael Medina, Director of Media Relations, Center for American Progress-CAP, Washington, DC.

Schools Warned to End DEI Programs. The Education Department is giving schools and colleges until this week to ban diversity initiatives DEI. The directive extends President Trump’s executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Education experts discuss the ramifications. How would this order impact schools? How are school leaders reacting?

Guests: Jenny Muñiz, Senior Policy Advisor for Education, UnidosUS, Washington, DC; Norma C. Garces, Director, Academias La Paz, St. Paul, MN.

Mass Firing of Disaster Response Workers. FEMA fired hundreds of employees as part of a massive purge of federal workers. Scientists warn that these layoffs will disproportionately affect communities of color who are on the front lines of the climate crisis at a time when cold temperatures and extreme weather are breaking historical records.

Guest: Juan Declet-Barreto, Union of Concerned Scientists, Silver Spring, MD. (TBC).

Photo: Senate Budget Committee

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