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The REAL State of the Union: Soaring Gains at the Top; Struggles to Meet Basic Needs for Millions
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‘A lot more people, I can tell you, will die for lack of medical care’
Kenan Heise,
February 16, 2017
Editor’s note: Congress is considering repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and is debating major structural changes, and perhaps significant cuts, to Medicaid, which serves almost 70 million Americans. Voices for Human Needs is reaching out and telling the stories of those who could be harmed if the ACA is...
Resources from around the Coalition: Presidents’ Day recess edition
Leo Nguyen,
February 15, 2017
The first recess period for the new Congress begins this Saturday, Feb. 18, and runs through Sunday, Feb. 26. Several of CHN’s members and friends have put together resources for advocates to use during this recess when members of Congress will be home in their states and districts. Use these...
Trump’s 2-1 executive order: It’s (not) as easy as 1, 2, 3….
David Elliot,
February 14, 2017
Joan Claybrook, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration during the Carter administration, had an immediate reaction when informed of President Trump’s executive order requiring that federal agencies scrap two existing regulations for every new one adopted. She burst out laughing. “That’s a completely illogical way of doing things,”...
Head Smacker: Pentagon buried study showing $125 billion in waste, but Congress and the Trump Administration want to give it more money
Leo Nguyen,
February 10, 2017
According to the Washington Post, the Pentagon buried an internal study that found $125 billion in administrative waste because it was afraid Congress would use the findings to cut the defense budget. Despite this, the Trump Administration and some members of Congress are preparing to give even more money to...
The protests are working
David Elliot,
February 7, 2017
There’s a developing narrative across the country: The protests are working. On many issues of concern to the human needs community, ranging from health care to immigration to efforts to fighting discrimination, a hostile executive branch finds itself backtracking and on the defensive. Perhaps the first journalist to take note...
