When airlines and travelers complained of long flight delays due to the sequester, Congress jumped into action and passed a quick resolution to end the delays. Meanwhile the millions of low-income families who lives are being impacted by the sequester continue to wait for Congress’ help. Now, you should know that there are a couple big safety net programs that are exempt from sequester cuts – Medicaid, for one, and food stamps. But that doesn’t mean low income people get off easy. Read More »
Millions of Americans exercise their right to participate in a union every year. Unions make the middle class strong by ensuring that workers have a strong voice in our economy and our democracy. But union membership is declining, and the middle class is shrinking.
The Center for American Progress Action Fund produced a video series documenting what is at stake in three real stories of how unions make the middle class. Read More »
Sequestering Meals on Wheels funds could cost taxpayers far more than it saves. While across-the-board spending cuts that began March 1, called sequestration, are expected to reduce spending on Meals on Wheels programs this year by an estimated $10 million, these savings will be dwarfed by at least $489 million per year in increased spending on Medicaid, both this year and in each subsequent year that sequestration remains in place. Read More »
When airlines and travelers complained of long flight delays due to the sequester, Congress jumped into action and passed a quick resolution to end the delays. Meanwhile the millions of low-income families who lives are being impacted by the sequester continue to wait for Congress’ help. Now, you should know that there are a couple big safety net programs that are exempt from sequester cuts – Medicaid, for one, and food stamps. But that doesn’t mean low income people get off easy. Read More »
Millions of Americans exercise their right to participate in a union every year. Unions make the middle class strong by ensuring that workers have a strong voice in our economy and our democracy. But union membership is declining, and the middle class is shrinking.
The Center for American Progress Action Fund produced a video series documenting what is at stake in three real stories of how unions make the middle class. Read More »
Republicans have started to set their sights on enacting tax reform and on more spending cuts, by making these goals the price of raising the federal debt limit. On May 7, the Washington Post quoted House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) as saying, “The debt limit is the backstop…we need to get a downpayment on the debt; we need entitlement reform; we’re very serious about tax reform because we think that it is critical to economic growth and job creation.” In addition, interest in reforming the tax code has led to bi-partisan work in House and Senate committees to spell out options. Read More »
It looks like we’ve moved to talking about possible scandals just in time, because according to the Congressional Budget Office, the debt disaster that has obsessed the political class for the last three years is pretty much solved, at least for the next 10 years or so. The last time the CBO estimated our future deficits was February– just four short months ago. Back then, the CBO thought deficits were falling and health-care costs were slowing. Today, the CBO thinks deficits are falling even faster and health-care costs are slowing by even more. Read More »
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“Head Start is the reason my daughter is alive. The reason my family is intact. The reason I can still smile at my daughter’s beautiful face each morning.” -Amanda
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Latest Edition: May 13, 2013
Read articles from the May 13, 2013 edition of the Human Needs Report, including pieces on taxes, the debt ceiling and labor standards. Read More »
