July 23, 2018
The House Appropriations Committee passed its version of the FY19 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-H) appropriations bill on July 11. During a contentious 13-hour debate and markup of the bill, the House committee adopted 12 amendments related to families separated at the border. Some members of Congress have been considering pairing the Labor-H bill with the Department of Defense appropriations bill and moving them together on the House and Senate floors. Read More »
Protecting Basic Needs Programs 2018
We define basic needs programs as those that enable low-income people to receive help with the necessities of food, health care, housing/utilities, education, and income and work supports. Many threats to these programs have been proposed in the past, and more are expected in 2018. Efforts to cut or restrict these programs may take many forms, such as funding cuts or caps, transferring authority to states or localities, or restricting eligibility for services. The resources below provide information about emerging threats to services and benefits in 2018. Read More
SAVE for All Campaign
Strengthening America’s Values and Economy (SAVE) for All is a coalition of national, state and local advocacy groups, service providers, faith-based organizations, policy experts, labor and civil rights groups working to protect important services from harmful federal budget cuts and to save the federal capacity to spur economic recovery and progress for the benefit of all.
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