The Impact of the Sequester

• State-by-State Fact Sheets

Fiscal Showdown Myths and Facts

• On the Debt Ceiling
• On Medicaid
• On Medicare
• On Sequestration
• On Social Security
• On Taxes

On 'Fix the Debt'

• A Pension Deficit Disorder (11/27/12, Institute for Policy Studies report)
• A Short Guide to 'Fix the Debt'
• The CEO Campaign to 'Fix' the Debt (11/13/12, Institute for Policy Studies report)

Background

No More Manufactured Crises—Disarm the Hostage Takers

• No More Manufactured Crises--Disarm the Hostage Takers (2/27/13, Executive Council Statement)
• Medicare
• Medicaid and Children’s Health
• What Is Social Security?
• The Hidden Costs of Offshore Tax Havens: State Budgets Under Pressure from Tax Loophole Abuse (January 2013, U.S. PIRG Education Fund)
• Beyond the Bush Tax Cuts: Five Options for Raising More Revenues (10/23/12, Americans for Tax Fairness)
• Standing Up to Republican Hostage-Taking (8/1/12, AFL-CIO Executive Council Statement)
• Leveraged Buyouts, Outsourcing and Tax Subsidies: A Cocktail We Cannot Afford (8/1/12, Executive Council Statement)
• Building on the Affordable Care Act (8/1/12, Executive Council Statement)
• Building on the Success of Social Security (3/14/12, Executive Council Statement)
• Time for Truth on Jobs, Deficits and Taxes (3/2/11, Executive Council Statement)
• Protecting and Improving the Solid Foundations of Social Security and Medicare for the Benefit of America's Working Families: A Message for the Deficit Commission (3/2/10, Executive Council Statement)
• Remarks of AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka Before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (6/30/10)
• Testimony of Kelly Ross, Deputy Policy Director of the AFL-CIO, Before the House Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on Medicare Premium Support Proposals (4/27/12)