Full House could vote for commission to force cuts in Social Security, Medicare, other critical human needs programs
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Fact of the Week: Nearly Half of Americans Would Struggle with Unexpected Expense of $400
Lecia Imbery,
June 12, 2015
Forty-seven percent of Americans either could not cover an emergency expense costing $400 or would have to borrow money or sell something to cover it, according to a recent report from the Federal Reserve System. The picture is bleaker for households with incomes under $40,000: over two-thirds of these households...
Resources from around the Coalition: Affordable Housing, Summer Meals, the Safety Net and More
Lecia Imbery,
June 10, 2015
Affordable housing. Summer meals. The effectiveness of the safety net. CHN’s coalition members are producing amazing work on really important topics. I wish I had time to cover each of them in-depth in their own blog post, but unfortunately, I don’t. Nevertheless, I wanted to make sure these important resources...
How You Can Help Stop Federal Budget Cuts
Lecia Imbery,
June 5, 2015
Last month, Congress passed a budget outline that calls for deep cuts to everything from housing to health care to Head Start. Now they are starting to fill in the specifics – specifics that would further increase poverty and inequality. As we hit the next stage of the budget battle, we...
33 Senators Join Chorus of Voices Condemning Obama’s Family Detention Policies
Joanne Lin,
June 4, 2015
[Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on the American Civil Liberties Union’s blog, Washington Markup, on June 3. If you represent a national organization, please sign this letter being circulated by CHN urging President Obama to end the practice of family detentions.] One third of the Senate has had enough of the...
Strengthen Minimum Wage – and EITC
Robert Greenstein,
June 1, 2015
[Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ blog, Off the Charts, on May 27. On the same day, the National Women’s Law Center released an updated version of their related fact sheet, The Minimum Wage and EITC: Complementary Strategies Helping Women Life Their...
