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The Human Needs Report: Spending and budget work, immigration proposals, gun control measures, and more
Leo Nguyen,
March 5, 2018
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on Congress’s spending and budget work, immigration proposals, gun control measures, and much more. Click here for a PDF version. Appropriations Work Continues as Congress Approaches March 23 Deadline Appropriators continued negotiations through the weekend...
A bit of good news for some Dreamers, but a real solution is needed
Leo Nguyen,
February 28, 2018
Dreamers, whose lives have been turned upside down in the past few months, received a small amount of good news on Monday. That’s when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to speed up the legal fight over ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The notice came just one...
Condescension in a box: The Trump administration’s SNAP proposal
David Elliot,
February 27, 2018
Earlier this month, as part of its overall budget plan, the Trump administration proposed a radical restructuring of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. The changes would involve $213 billion in cuts over a decade, and one fundamental change would mean that just over 80...
Janus vs. AFSCME: An attack not just on labor unions, but on lower- and middle-income America
CHN,
February 26, 2018
Editor’s note: Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, issued the following statement Monday, Feb. 26 in response to oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in Janus vs. AFSCME. “Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could adversely affect millions of working...
Resources from around the Coalition: Trump FY19 budget edition
Leo Nguyen,
February 22, 2018
On Feb. 12, the Trump administration released its Fiscal Year 2019 budget request. Since then, CHN’s members have been busy analyzing the proposal and pointing out the many ways it would slash basic human needs programs and harm low-income people. Listed below are just a few of these analyses and...
