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Every two years, CHN enlists expert staff from its member organizations to update its Public Policy Priorities, assembling a comprehensive set of policies aimed at ensuring that people can meet their basic needs and move forward as they choose.
These goals have deep roots; they are at least as old as the call for “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The farther away we are from achieving these goals, the farther we are from achieving the ideals of democracy. MORE »
The Trump Administration has made children a political target, which is not only immoral, it’s costly. Kids can’t vote, and they don’t have political action committees or lobbying power. But investing in children leads to better health outcomes, higher educational attainment, and increased earnings as adults. MORE »
"I’m a proud member of America’s working class. We’re frontline workers who operate essential services, raise families and volunteer to improve lives for those less fortunate. We have America’s back. We’re White, Black, Brown, old, young, urban and rural. But who has ours?" MORE »
Eliminating Direct File, the new and free digital tax-filing tool from the IRS, is a slap in the face to millions of hardworking people. Taxpayers who used Direct File were overwhelmingly satisfied with it, despite repeated efforts by administration insiders to suffocate it from behind the scenes and fears stoked by IRS data sharing. MORE »
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