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MoveOn: Senate Democrats Must Reject Any Funding Bill That Greenlights More ICE Cruelty

March 14, 2026 Cruelty, MoveOn, Greenlights, Democrats, Senate, more, must, Bill, reject, funding0 comment

WASHINGTON – In response to House Republicans, with the help of a handful of Democrats, voting to approve annual funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without instituting any guardrails for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), MoveOn Civic Action spokesperson Britt Jacovich released the following statement: “Americans want health care and lower costs, not masked ICE agents kidnapping kids from playgrounds and schools. The House just failed their latest test to hold Trump and his dangerous ICE street gang accountable for killing innocent people like Renee Nicole Good and…

MoveOn: Senate Dems Can’t Budge on Funding Trump’s Violent ICE

February 14, 2026 MoveOn, Budge, Senate, Dems, Can't, Violent, funding, trumps0 comment

MoveOn members ramp up pressure with in-district visits and mobile billboards as DHS funding deadline looms WASHINGTON – As the DHS funding deadline looms, MoveOn Civic Action has escalated its pressure on the Senate to prevent any additional spending on ICE. MoveOn members are holding in-district visits this week with key offices, and the organization has commissioned mobile billboards to circulate in D.C. and in high-traffic areas of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with the message “Sen. Thune gutted your healthcare to give billions to ICE & DHS Sec. Noem. We…

MoveOn: Congress Needs to Go To Minnesota and Block DHS Funding

January 25, 2026 needs, funding, Minnesota, MoveOn, Congress, block0 comment

WASHINGTON – In response to ICE’s latest murder in Minnesota, MoveOn Civic Action Executive Director Katie Bethell released the following statement: “As we can see with our own eyes, Trump’s ICE murdered another person today. President Trump, DHS, and ICE are lying to the American people to cover up state-sanctioned violence. We cannot trust a word out of the Trump administration’s mouths. ICE needs to follow the guidance of local officials and residents and get out of Minneapolis immediately. Members of Congress must show some spine and do everything in…

Grassroots Win: House Dems Secure ACA Funding Extension Senate Must Act to End the Trump Healthcare Crisis

January 21, 2026 crisis, Dems, funding, healthcare, Trump, Extension, secure, Grassroots, Senate, House, must0 comment

Senate Must Act to End the Trump Healthcare Crisis WASHINGTON – In response to Leader Jeffries and House Democrats leading the charge on passing the ACA discharge petition after months of grassroots pressure on healthcare, MoveOn Civic Action Executive Director Katie Bethell released the following statement: “Thanks to millions of calls, texts, and emails from people nationwide, the House forced through a successful vote to expand ACA subsidies and stop our premiums from rising even higher. Americans struggling to afford health care and premium spikes have no patience for continued…

Army to update its software directive, pursue new funding category for software

January 17, 2026 funding, Pursue, Software, Army, directive, category, UPDATE0 comment

The Army is updating its software directive and scrapping its existing policy on software funding that has routinely hindered software projects across the service. Michael Obadal, the service’s undersecretary, said the new software directive will be released “in the coming weeks.” The service plans to revise the document annually to keep pace with the rapidly changing environment. Meanwhile, canceling its existing policy governing how the service pays for software will allow the Army to “apply the appropriate type of money to the applicable use case.” “For many years, as many…

Lawmakers boost funding for NIST after proposed cuts

January 5, 2026 after, Lawmakers, cuts, boost, funding, proposed, NIST0 comment

Congressional appropriators are looking to maintain, and in some cases increase, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s work in areas like artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum research. The appropriations agreement released by House and Senate negotiators this week would include $ 1.8 billion for NIST, instead of funding cuts for the agency proposed by the Trump administration. The “minibus” appropriations package rejected many of the administration’s proposed budget cuts and limited agency reorganizations. The agreement includes $ 1.25 billion for NIST’s research and services division, more than $ 542…