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2009
Op-ed by Deborah Weinstein on the Huffington Post: During Older Americans Month, Let's Focus on Keeping the Elderly Out of Poverty (5/1/09) HNR: Historic Vote for Economic Recovery; President Signs American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2/18/09) Billings Gazette: Guest Opinion: Giving Tax Dollars Back to Parents Will Cut Crime by Dennis Paxinos (2/10/09) Over 750 organizations from across the country urge Congress to adopt the Child Tax Credit provision in the House economic recovery bill (2/9/09) The Express Times, NJ: Needy Deserve Most Support by Terry Newhard (2/5/09) HNR: Economic Recovery Bill Passes in House and is Debated on the Senate Floor (2/3/09) Great Falls Tribune, MT: Stimulus Should Start with Help for Those Most in Need by Mary Kaye Nealen (2/2/09) JournalNews, OH: People in Need Should be Helped First by Stimulus Bill by Jeffrey Diver (1/29/09) NewWest.Net, MT: To Boost the Economy and Create More Jobs We Must First Help Those in Need by Cindy Weese (1/28/09) CAP: Letter to Congress - Economists Across the Spectrum Endorse Stimulus Package (1/27/09) CHN letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi in support of the House Economic Recovery Package (1/21/09) CHN letter to Chairman Henry Waxman, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, in support of the House Economic Recovery Package (1/22/09) CHN letter to Chairman Charles Rangel, House Committee on Ways and Means, in support of the House Economic Recovery Package (1/21/09) CHN letter to Chairman David Obey, House Committee on Appropriations, in support of the House Economic Recovery Package (1/21/09) HNR: Obama Economic Recovery Plan Starts to Take Shape in House (1/16/09) HNR: Congress Votes to Release Second Half of $700 Billion Bailout Bill (1/16/09) National organizations call on Congress to include a minimum of $45 billion in the economic recovery package for housing programs (1/14/09) NELP: Statement of Christine L. Owens, Executive Director, on the December 2008 Employment Report (1/9/09) CBPP: Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the December Employment Report (1/9/09)
2008
CLASP & CCC: Letter to Senate and House Leadership calling for investments in job training and job access for target populations as part of job creation piece in the economic recovery package (12/19/08) NWLC: Letter to Congress on Including Child Care and Head Start in the Economic Recovery Package (12/18/09) CBPP: Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the November Employment Report (12/5/08) CBPP: Statement by Stacy Dean, Director of Food Assistance Policy, On the New USDA Report on Hunger (11/17/08) CHN: Effective Economic Stimulus Must Include Aid for those Suffering Most (11/10/08) NY Times Op-Ed: No More Economic False Choices by Robert E. Rubin & Jared Bernstein (11/3/08) Testimony of Robert Greinstein, Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, before the Ways and Means Committee (10/29/08) Testimony of Jared Bernstein, Senior Economist, Economic Policy Institute, before the House Committee on Education and Labor Hearing: "Building an Economic Recovery Package: Creating and Preserving Jobs in America" (10/24/08) Testimony of Iris J. Lav, Deputy Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, before the House Committee on the Budget: "Economic Recovery: Options and Challenges" (10/20/08) HNR: Congress Enacts Legislation Aimed at Easing Financial Crisis, But Fails to Address Worsening Recession (10/9/08) CHN: Congress is Leaving with Urgent Business Unfinished (10/02/08) Testimony of Bracken Hendricks, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund, before the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, U.S. House of Representatives: "The Green Road to Economic Recovery" (9/18/08) HNR: Action to Spur the Economy Awaits Congress’ Return in September Not to Mention Funding for Everything Else (8/5/08) CBPP: Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the July Employment Report (8/1/08) HNR: Senate Announces a Step Towards Meeting Emergency Needs (7/21/08) HNR: Victory: 13 More Weeks of Unemployment Benefits; Congress Enacts and President Signs Bill Adding Domestic Items to War Funding (7/1/08) HNR: Millions Running Out of Jobless Benefits: House Takes Strong Vote to Help (6/13/08) HNR: Domestic Priorities Make it into Supplemental Bill (5/23/08) Half in Ten Campaign Urges Senate Appropriators to Pass a Stimulus Package that Alleviates Mounting Economic Hardship and Boosts the Economy (5/12/08) HNR: Unemployment Insurance, Medicaid, and Veterans’ Benefits Tangled in Funding Disputes (5/12/08) Salem-News.com: Coalition Releases Report Detailing Counter Recession Measures to Address Rising Needs (5/9/08) Press Release: Congressman McGovern and Human Needs Groups Call on Congress to Boost State Economies, Help American Families (5/8/08) Press Statement from Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs, Calling on Congress to Pass Counter Recession Measures to Meet Rising Needs(5/8/08) 80 National Organizations Sign Letter Urging Congress to take Actions to Boost the Economy & Help People (5/1/08) HNR: House May Include Anti-Recession Measures in Supplemental Appropriations Bill (4/29/08) CPC: Progressive Leaders Press for Immediate Action on 2nd Economic Stimulus Package Apart from Iraq War Spending (4/18/08) HNR: The Need Grows for More Federal Help to Curb the Recession (4/14/08) HNR: Congress Finalizes Economic Stimulus Package (2/15/08) HNR: Action on the Stimulus Package Delayed in the Senate (2/1/08) LCCR-CHN letter: Support an Effective Stimulus Package that Puts Money in the Hands of People Who Will Spend It (1/28/08) 750 National, State and Local Organizations Sign Letter for Right Plan to Kick Start the Economy (1/28/08) CBPP: Administration Stimulus Plan Fails Tests for Achieving Most Effective Stimulus; Gives Less Favorable Treatment to Families Under $40,000 (1/18/08) CEPR: President Bush's Stimulus Plan is a Positive Step in Confronting Crisis (1/18/08) OMB Watch: Temporary and Targeted: The Basics of an Economic Stimulus Package (1/08/08)
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