Little did Melissa Armas know that getting a bonus at work would mean losing access to affordable child care for her daughter Leila. But that is exactly what happened to the single mother from Chula Vista, California after it was determined that she made $100 a month too much in…
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Report Shows Progress Against Poverty in PA, But Threats Ahead
Editor’s note: This week the Coalition on Human Needs continues to roll out a series of state reports on poverty. Today’s report examines the status of poverty in Pennsylvania, and the threats facing the state due to budget proposals in Congress. Here is a summary of the report filed by…
51 Senators Vote to Slash Medicaid in order to Pay for Tax Cuts for the Rich
They also voted to cut Medicare, education, housing assistance, job training, home heating/cooling assistance, SNAP, Meals on Wheels, Head Start, environmental and public health protections, child care, help for people with disabilities… This isn’t as much a budget as it is a gaping self-inflicted wound. Or, instead of following the…
The Clock is Ticking, Congress. It’s Time to Pass a Clean Dream Act Now.
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published on the National Immigration Law Center’s blog, The Torch, on October 5. The normal day-to-day existence that most of us tend to take for granted now has an expiration date for almost 800,000 young immigrants. For these hundreds of thousands of young people,…
CHN Report: Poverty rate flat in West Virginia, threats on the horizon
Editor’s note: Today the Coalition on Human Needs began releasing a series of state reports on poverty. Today’s report examines the status of poverty in West Virginia, and the threats facing the state due to budget proposals in Congress. Here is a summary of the report filed by Dan Heyman…
ScamCare: Trump the Destroyer Swings His Truncheon at People’s Health Care
First we heard that the Trump Administration would allow for new forms of insurance that would evade the minimum standards that protect people with pre-existing conditions and provide decent coverage. Now they announce they will no longer pay insurance companies the funds to support coverage of more expensive care. These…
‘They’re going to be sailing off into the horizon, laughing all the way’
Kelly Conklin and his spouse, Kit, are the co-owners of a custom woodworking business in Bloomfield, New Jersey. They’ve owned the business since 1978, and employ 16 well-paid workers. Now they view their livelihood as threatened – by President Trump’s proposal to slash taxes for the wealthiest Americans and corporations….
For President Trump and his allies in Congress, there is nothing more important than giving tax cuts to rich people and corporations
Tax cuts for the rich are more important than helping people in a disaster: President Trump’s top budgeteer, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, made a name for himself as an extremist when, as a member of Congress, he tried to insist that no aid for Hurricane Sandy…
‘This budget is heartless and tragic’
With a vote imminent, opponents of the House GOP budget proposal rallied Wednesday outside the U.S. Capitol with members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which has put forward its own budget. It’s not too late to contact Congress to oppose the House budget proposal, and to support the Congressional Progressive Caucus alternative: call 1-888-516-5820…
House budget proposal would undermine national security
Advocates for human needs programs joined two members of Congress Tuesday for a U.S. Capitol news conference aimed at rallying opposition to GOP proposals to slash domestic spending by trillions of dollars and pass tax cuts that would primarily aid the very wealthiest Americans. Participating in the news conference were…
CHN statement on Trump’s proposed tax cuts for the very, very rich
Editor’s note: CHN Executive Director had this response Wednesday to President Trump’s proposal to slash tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans: “President Trump’s budget slashes Medicaid, food and housing assistance, and education funding. Now he is proposing to hand trillions of dollars in tax breaks to the wealthy and to…
CHN meets with Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity
Editor’s note: On Tuesday, the Democratic Whip Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity met with CHN Executive Director Deborah Weinstein. The conversation focused on new Census data on poverty, the Republican budget, appropriations, and the effectiveness of anti-poverty programs. This is the Task Force’s statement following that meeting:…