President Trump, honor our promise
Lecia Imbery,
February 1, 2017
Last weekend, President Trump signed an Executive Order effectively banning Muslims from seven countries from entering the U.S. and suspending the refugee resettlement program. Advocates across the country rightly responded with outrage and concern, holding protests at airports and other public places, and flooding the Twitter feeds, phone lines, and...
CHN Applauds Boycott of Price Confirmation Vote
Lecia Imbery,
January 31, 2017
Earlier today, Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee boycotted the votes to approve the confirmations of Rep. Tom Price for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and of Steve Mnuchin for Treasury Secretary. CHN opposes Rep. Price’s nomination and applauds the Senators for taking this action, which...
Mean-spirited and a waste of tax dollars: Trump administration pulls plug on ACA advertising
David Elliot,
January 27, 2017
Late Thursday, the startling news began breaking: In the final, critical week of the 2017 enrollment season for the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration ordered that outreach and advertising efforts touting the enrollment deadline be halted. The news, first reported in Politico, will tamp down final 2017 enrollment numbers,...
Opposing Rep. Mulvaney for OMB Director
Lecia Imbery,
January 26, 2017
During Rep. Mick Mulvaney’s Jan. 24 confirmation hearings to be the head of the Office of Management and Budget, Democratic senators reminded those present and watching online about some of his past actions, including when he called Social Security a Ponzi scheme, voted for a measure in the South Carolina state...
Opposing Rep. Price for HHS Secretary
Lecia Imbery,
January 26, 2017
On Jan. 24, Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) sat before the Senate Finance Committee and made his case for why he should be confirmed as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. A recording of the hearing can be viewed here. Many Democratic senators were unhappy with Rep. Price’s...
