CHN Urges Members of the House of Representatives to Vote NO on the Reconciliation Proposal
May 21, 2025
Congress Passes FY 2025 Spending Package While Administration Attacks Human Needs
Meredith Dodson,
March 18, 2025
Instead of bipartisan legislation prioritizing investments in human needs, the Republican-led Congress rubber stamped the Trump's cuts. These large scale cuts are their own form of a government shutdown and will take decades to recover from.
Human Needs Watch: Why SNAP Cuts Hurt People and Must Not Pay for Tax Breaks for the Wealthy- Words and Pictures
CHN Staff,
March 17, 2025
The House-passed budget instructs the Agriculture Committee to cut spending by $230 billion over 10 years. SNAP, known as food stamps, would face harsh cuts. This would hurt families and children across the nation in a time of increasing needs.
Turning IRS Agents to Deportation Will Reduce Public Revenues
Jon Whiten and Carl Davis,
March 17, 2025
The Trump Administration’s plan to turn IRS agents into deportation agents will result in lower tax collections in addition to the harm done to the families and communities directly affected by deportations.
We Need Medicaid More Than Billionaires Need Tax Cuts
Raven MacFarlane-Bradbrook,
March 14, 2025
Republicans in Congress want to gut Medicaid, denying life-saving health care for regular families to cut taxes for billionaires.
CHN Joins Civil Rights and Health Equity Groups to Release Report Showing that Extreme Medicaid Cuts in the House-passed Budget Will Harm Millions of People
CHN Staff,
March 13, 2025
When people go without health care and go without nutritious food because they do not receive Medicaid or SNAP, their health and life chances suffer.
