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Budget Deal a Positive First Step
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October 28, 2015

After months of partisan bickering, standoffs and crises, and thousands of actions by advocates who told Congress to #StopTheCuts, a bipartisan budget deal emerged this week. And it’s a deal that’s a responsible and positive step in the right direction. The legislation raises the debt ceiling until early 2017, avoiding...

Voters Aren’t Only Ones who Would Benefit from a Minimum Wage Increase – GOP Candidates Would Too
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October 27, 2015

This post was originally published on Oxfam America’s blog, The Politics of Poverty, on October 27, 2015.  Raising the minimum wage is an issue supported by voters across political ideologies – and Republican candidates have the opportunity to support workers and their families by taking a stand. As the Republicans...

Human Needs Report: Appropriations, Immigration, Sentencing Reform, and more
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October 26, 2015

CHN just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report, our regular newsletter on national policy issues affecting low-income and vulnerable populations. This edition includes articles on appropriations, immigration, sentencing reform, and more. See below for the full analysis and links to each section of the report. Click here for the...

The State of Poverty in Your State – Part 2
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October 22, 2015

The Coalition on Human Needs released a national report, Economic Growth Leaves the Poorest Americans Behind, on September 21 based on newly released poverty data from the US Census Bureau. Following the national report, CHN has been collaborating with organizations in nearly 20 states across the country to write and...

Watch CHN’s Executive Director Testify on the Budget
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October 20, 2015

UPDATE: While the hearing has passed, you can watch the archived webcast of the hearing and read Deborah’s written testimony submitted to the committee. We know action needs to be taken on the federal budget, and we have several ideas on just what that action should look like. On Wednesday,...

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