Coalition on Human Needs: We will continue to oppose blank check funding and lawless actions by ICE and Border Patrol
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Shutdown Central
David Elliot,
January 17, 2019
When one contemplates the epicenter of the Trump Shutdown, the snowy community of Ogden, Utah probably isn’t the first place that comes to mind. Neither is Clarksville, West Virginia. Or Huntsville, Alabama. But as the shutdown enters its 27th day, these communities are among the places where the shutdown’s spiraling...
CHN Analysis: The Trump Shutdown is now the longest failure to provide for federal services in American history
David Elliot,
January 16, 2019
Editor’s note: The following analysis on the effects of the Trump Shutdown was prepared by CHN Executive Director Deborah Weinstein. To download a PDF of this analysis, please click here. The Trump Shutdown is now the longest failure to provide for federal services in American history. That is a shameful...
Trump Shutdown: ‘More of a Shakedown than a Shutdown’
David Elliot,
January 11, 2019
Today is Day 21. At the stroke of midnight, the Trump Government Shutdown will be the longest continuous closing of government in U.S. history, surpassing the 21-day record that was set during the December 1995 shutdown that extended into January 1996. Meanwhile, beginning today and continuing through Thursday, Jan. 17,...
Day 20: The Trump Shutdown’s forgotten workers
David Elliot,
January 10, 2019
Donna Kelly has bills to not pay. $386 for her car note. $198.26 for her car insurance. $52.50 for her cellphone service. $119.75 for Pepco. But Kelly, a security guard at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art, won’t...
Human needs concerns mount as the Trump Shutdown continues
David Elliot,
January 9, 2019
Today is Day 19. Concern is mounting among human needs advocates about the effect a prolonged shutdown would have on key programs such as nutrition assistance and public housing. Already the Trump Government Shutdown is the second-longest in modern history. If it continues until Saturday, Jan. 12, it will be...
