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Author: Maribel Ramos

Maribel Ramos is the director of federal government relations at the National Women’s Law Center, where she works to advance gender justice polices at the federal level. She works across the Law Center to develop and implement a federal government relations strategy, while building and maintaining relationships with congressional and executive branch staff. She has over 18 years of state government, congressional affairs, and political experience. She has worked for three Virginia state governors and spent seven years working in the Senate on a number of policy issues.
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Federal Budget Battles Put Women and Families at the Forefront

Maribel Ramos

Too often, investments in housing, affordable and quality healthcare, child and elder care, paid family and medical leave—all of which allow women and families to thrive—are the first to get cut when lawmakers talk of “cutting wasteful government spending” or “balancing the budget.”

President Joe Biden’s most recent budget proposal bucks that historical trend in a big way.

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