US: Budget Would Benefit Wealthiest at Expense of Rights

Click to expand Image Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) speaks alongside protesters criticizing the climate and energy impacts of the Republican budget reconciliation bill outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, June 3, 2025. © Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images (Washington, DC) – The budget reconciliation bill passed by the United States Senate today would extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the country’s wealthiest families while reducing spending on health and other public programs essential for human rights, Human Rights Watch said today. If signed into law, it would…

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