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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...
The Human Needs Report: President Trump’s FY19 budget request special edition
Leo Nguyen,
February 20, 2018
CHN just released a special edition of the Human Needs Report focusing on President Trump’s FY19 budget request, including sections on select departmental budgets. Click here for a PDF version of the Human Needs Report. The Trump FY19 Federal Budget Slashes Critical Human Needs Programs The Trump administration released its Fiscal...
CHN to Senate: Vote for a Narrow Solution for the Dreamers; Oppose Harsh Restrictions
CHN,
February 15, 2018
Editor’s note: CHN Executive Director Deborah Weinstein sent the following letter today to all Senators in advance of their votes on various immigration proposals: “The national organizations making up the Coalition on Human Needs urge you to enact legislation narrowly drawn to protect the Dreamers, those people brought to this...
Will Congress grant free rein to predatory payday lenders?
David Elliot,
February 13, 2018
UPDATE: H.R. 3299, the bill referenced below, passed the House by a vote of 245-171 on Feb. 14. See how your representative voted here. Last month, Voices for Human Needs reported on efforts by the Trump administration to repeal an Obama-era rule aimed at curtailing the predatory practice of payday lending. Not...
Human Needs Report: Spending and budget deal, immigration, work requirements and more
Leo Nguyen,
February 9, 2018
CHN just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on Congress’s spending and budget work, immigration, work requirements, and a rule affecting tipped workers. Click here for a PDF version of the Human Needs Report. Overnight Shutdown Ends after Budget and Spending Deal is Reached...
