Tell Congress we need a budget that works for everyone on social media with our Thunderclap. One click today releases the message on March 16. In less than 2 weeks, Congress will sit down to debate the FY2016 budget. This is a critical time and we need you to take…
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People Making a Difference: Senator Mikulski
[Lecia Imbery also contributed to this post.] “Because it’s always been about you, never about me. That’s what it takes to be a good senator by my expectations and by my standards.” –Sen. Barbara Mikulski Earlier this week, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) announced that she will not run for reelection in…
Human Needs Report: DHS funding, immigration, tax cuts, and FY16 budgets
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 latest edition looks at the battle in Congress over funding for the Department of Homeland Security and immigration, the ongoing FY 2016 budget hearings in the House…
Sign to tell Congress to invest in America and stop the budget cuts
A few weeks ago we took to Twitter to rally and tell Congress to #StopTheCuts. With your help we raised our voices and even got #StopTheCuts trending in DC. We’re still working hard to show Congress that people across the country want economic security for all of us, not just…
Help Protect Social Security and Disability Insurance
Yesterday we joined with the Center for American Progress, Social Security Works, and organizations and individuals from around the country for a Twitterstorm telling Congress to save Social Security and the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Trust Fund. Below is what some of you had to say. Thank you for raising…
Fact of the Week: Half of New Jobs Pay Less than a Living Wage
A few weeks ago, our Fact of the Week highlighted the historically low percentage of jobless workers who are receiving unemployment insurance benefits. We noted that unemployment and underemployment remain high, despite the growth in the number of jobs in recent years. But there’s another part of this story –…
Fact of the Week: Half of Low-Wage Workers Don’t Have a Single Paid Day Off
Almost half of workers in the lowest 25 percent of wage earners have no paid time off at all – not a single paid sick day, personal day, or vacation day, and no paid family or medical leave. For the lowest 10 percent of wage earners, the situation gets worse:…
Head Smacker: House Spends Billions on Business Tax Breaks, Leaves out Low-Income People
Last week was a big week for corporate tax breaks in the House of Representatives. Between Thursday and Friday, the full House passed a series of tax breaks for businesses at a cost of more than $93 billion over 10 years. The bills would make these breaks permanent parts of…
Do you realize how much your restaurant server needs your tip?
The shame of the $2.13 tipped minimum wage in the U.S. “There’s nothing worse than working a full-time job serving people food and going hungry yourself. Servers should be able to afford to put a roof over our heads, feed ourselves and our families and live our lives without fear…
Fact of the Week: Share of Jobless Workers Receiving Unemployment Insurance at Record Low
“There are a lot of people truly hurting… This isn’t just affecting individuals, but families, too…. You go from providing for yourself and your family and then, through no fault of your own, you can’t anymore. You send in application after application after application and sometimes you hear back but sometimes…
Human Needs Report: President’s FY16 Budget Request Paves Road for Needed Investments
This week the Coalition on Human Needs released a special edition of the Human Needs Report analyzing the President’s FY2016 budget request. The report provides an overview of the White House budget with sections on taxes, revenues, and select departmental funding that most directly impact low-income and other disadvantaged populations. The…
Keep Raising Your Voice with #StopTheCuts
Yesterday we partnered with MomsRising.org, MoveOn.org and more than 20 other organizations for a Twitterstorm telling Congress to #StopTheCuts to critical human needs programs in the 2016 budget. With your help and action we got #StopTheCuts trending in DC on Twitter! From the benefits of SNAP to the need for…