Audio Briefings

The Federal Budget

FY 2011 Budget Briefings

The President's Budget Explained (2/18/10)

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FY 2010 Budget Briefings - President Obama's First Budget

The Federal Budget Explained: Updates and Actions (4/7/09)

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President Obama's Budget: The Path to Rebuild and Renew America Now (3/5/2009)

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FY 2009 Budget Briefing

President Bush's Last Budget - Why it Matters, and What's Next? (2/7/2008)

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FY 2008 Budget Briefings

How to Add Billions for Needed Services (11/01/2007)

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What's in the President's FY '08 Budget for Human Needs (2/8/2007)

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The Federal Budget: Why it Matters and How You Can Make a Difference (1/24/2007)

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The Economy

Jobs: A Webinar on What the Federal Government Must Do
January 28, 2010
Sponsored by organizations who are part of Jobs for America Now.

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• Presentation slides
• Presentation slides (notes version)

Advocating for Jobs and Economic Recovery Legislation
January 6, 2009
Sponsored by USAction & CHN

• Presentation Slides:
  • "Recovery Package and Jobs", John Irons, Research and Policy Director, Economic Policy Institute
  • "Consequences of Failing to Act", Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs

The Economic Crisis:
How we Got into this Mess.
What We as a Nation and as Advocates Can Do About It. (10/30/08)

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Towards Shared Recovery (4/25/2008)

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• Transcript

The Census

2007 Census Data

Time for a Shared Recovery:
Using the 2007 Census Data to Show the Harmful and Needless Persistence of Poverty (8/19/08)

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  • Part I
  • Part II
  • Part IIIa
  • Part IIIb

2006 Census Data

Using the 2006 Poverty, Income and Health Insurance Data to Make the Case for Human Needs (8/21/07)

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Tax Policy

Taxes for the Common Good: What You Need to Know (6/11/09)

Audio Briefing:
(Note: Unfortunately, due to technical problems the full briefing is not available)

• Joan Entmacher, NWLC, discusses the negative impact unfair tax policies have produced in recent years and reviews a set of progressive revenue raising policies that would benefit the common good.
• Alison Goldberg, Wealth for the Common Good, reviews effective strategies to mobilize business leaders and wealth spokespeople for tax fairness.

Presentation Slides:

• "Taxes for the Common Good: Why it Matters"
  by Debbie Weinstein, CHN
• "Funding Investments for the Common Good with Responsible and Fair Tax Policies"
  by Joan Entmacher, NWLC
• "Mobilizing Business Leaders and Wealthy Spokespeople for Tax Fairness"
  by Alison Goldberg, Wealth for the Common Good

Food & Nutrition

One in six Americans is in a struggle against hunger
December 8, 2009

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