Full House could vote for commission to force cuts in Social Security, Medicare, other critical human needs programs
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GOP budget would cause irreparable damage – but there is a way out
Deborah Weinstein,
July 14, 2017
Editor’s note: The following op-ed by CHN Executive Director Deborah Weinstein appeared in The Hill Friday, July 14. Earlier this week, more than 1,500 local, state and national groups delivered a letter to Congress urging members to avoid draconian cuts in the fiscal year 2018 budget proposal advancing in the House. These...
Latest Version of Senate Health Care Bill Fundamentally the Same as Previous Versions
Families USA,
July 14, 2017
Editor’s note: This piece was written by Families USA’s Eliot Fishman, Senior Director of Health Policy, Dee Mahan, Director of Medicaid Initiatives, and Lydia Mitts, Associate Director of Affordability Initiatives. It was originally posted on Families USA’s blog on July 14. For more information, see this full analysis from Families...
Celebrate these heroes
Lecia Imbery,
July 13, 2017
On Tuesday, July 25, at 5:30pm, the Coalition on Human Needs will host our Human Needs Hero reception in Washington, DC. This is our only fundraiser of the year, and your support enables CHN to provide resources such as the Voices for Human Needs blog you are reading right now. This year CHN...
Working together to keep Congress’s #HandsOff
Lecia Imbery,
July 12, 2017
At the Coalition, we know the importance of working together and fighting for what’s right with one voice. The past few months have proven this to be true now more than ever. Marches and rallies in support of women’s rights, climate action, Medicaid and more, both here in D.C. and...
Latinos have much to lose under Senate GOP health care bill
UnidosUS,
July 7, 2017
Editor’s note: This piece was originally posted on the National Council of La Raza’s blog on June 23. As the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, the National Council of La Raza works to build a stronger America by creating opportunities for Latinos. NCLR is...
