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2011
CBPP: A Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment Threatens Great Economic Damage (7/27/11) AFSCME: Tax and Budget Cutting Don't Create Jobs (7/19/11) HNR: Balanced Budget Amendment Would Threaten Critical Programs and the Economy (6/17/11) Ways and Means Committee: NEWS: Republican Bill Ending Guarantee of Federal Unemployment Insurance Even Worse than Advertised (6/2/11) HNR: Deficit Reduction and Raising the Debt Ceiling (5/13/11) HNR: Congress Likely to Approve Another Three Weeks of Federal Spending; House Approves Another $6 Billion in Cuts Below FY 2010 Levels; Senate Expected to Follow Suit (3/17/11) HNR: Twenty-three Senators Threaten the President With Vote Against Debt Ceiling Increase (3/17/11) Campaign For America's Future: Conservatives Closing the Road to Jobs and Recovery (2/14/11)
2010
Op-ed by Deborah Weinstein and Wade Henderson in the Orlando Sentinel: Congress Should Invest in Our Needy Families (12/22/10) Op-ed by Deborah Weinstein in the Huffington Post: The Economy - and the Unemployed - Held Hostage (12/8/10) CHN: Statement by Deborah Weinstein--Fiscal Commission Proposal Counterproductive: More Investments in the Economy Needed Now to Reduce the Long-Term Deficit (12/2/10) HNR: Will Congress Continue Jobless Benefits to Help the Unemployed, Their Families and the Economy? (11/29/10) NELP Statement on September Employment Report (10/8/10) HNR: Congress Must Extend Unemployment Benefits in Lame Duck Session (10/5/10) HNR: Congress Lets Successful Job Creation Program Expire (10/5/10) Op-ed by Deborah Weinstein in YouthToday: Preventing Permanent Harm to the Recession Generation (9/27/10) HuffPost Reporting: 300 Economists Warn Congress: Don't Kill Growth and Jobs in the Name of Deficit Reduction (9/16/10) HNR: Congress Enacts Medicaid and Education Aid Urgently Needed by States (8/11/10) Rockefeller Institute: State & Local Employment Down Since Start of Recession (8/10/10) EPI: State and Local Job Losses Threaten Recovery (8/9/10) HNR: 37 Senators and 153 Reps. Vote to Deny UI to 2 Million; And Those Who Vote No Endanger State Aid, Youth Jobs, and TANF Emergency Funds (7/2/10) HNR: War Supplemental Bill Seen as Vehicle for Domestic Priorities (7/2/10) HNR: Efforts to Provide Needed Relief to Unemployed and States Falling Short in the Senate (6/18/10) Op-ed by Deborah Weinstein on the Huffington Post: Help for a Fragile Economy (6/15/10) HNR: Congress Lets Unemployment Insurance Expire – Again And Blue Dogs Abandon Recession-Torn States (6/2/10) Op-ed by Deborah Weinstein on the Huffington Post: Congress Needs to Listen to the Voices of Real People - Not Sound Bites (5/18/10) HNR: Clock is Running Down on Extending Unemployment Benefits (5/11/10) Op-ed by Ross Eisenbrey on the Huffington Post: The Real Deficit Crisis: Jobs (5/7/10)
2009
HNR: Jobless Benefits Restored; Action on Long-Term Jobs Measures Pending (4/26/10) Op-ed by Deepak Bhargava on the Huffington Post: Jobs We Can Believe In (4/7/10) HNR: Unemployment Insurance Back on Track; Jobs Bills Move in Senate and House (3/12/10) HNR: The State of the Union: Jobs, Health Care, and the Deficit (1/29/10) Statement by Deborah Weinstein, executive director of the Coalition on Human Needs, on President Obama's Address to Congress (1/28/10) NYT: Living on Nothing but Food Stamps (1/2/10) HNR: Pressure Intensifies on Washington to Create More Jobs (11/13/09) HNR: President Signs Legislation Placing Restrictions on the Credit Card Industry (5/29/09) 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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