Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]

April 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM

BREAKING: House considering budget bill attacking access to higher ed

The House Education and Workforce Committee is making it harder for low-income students to access a college education. John, As I email you now, the House Education and Workforce Committee is debating a budget bill that will make college less affordable for mil…

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM

Re: The largest Medicaid cut in history

The House budget proposes the largest Medicaid funding cut in American history to pay for making the Trump tax scam permanent. John, Congress is about to inflict the largest Medicaid cut in history to give trillions of dollars in tax handouts to the wealthies…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM

The largest Medicaid cut in history

The House budget proposes the largest Medicaid funding cut in American history to pay for making the Trump tax scam permanent. John, House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to pass his budget package by Memorial Day, May 26th, exactly one month from today. The budget…

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  Dominique Espinoza, CHN Action · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM

BREAKING: Judge blocks Trump deportation order

A federal judge has blocked Trump’s order for 500,000 migrants to self-deport within 30 days. John, On March 25th, the Trump administration issued a notice that they would revoke legal status from over 500,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans - en…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM

ICYMI: Voices for Human Needs blog weekly round-up

Last week on the Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, Here are the pieces that we published on the Voices for Human Needs blog in the previous week. We thank you for your continued support and readership. If you know of colleagues, friends, family members or others who you t…

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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]

April 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM

Re: Tell Congress to pass Bernie Sanders’ bill to increase Social Security benefits

A record 4+ million baby boomers are reaching 65 years old each year. John, In the midst of outrageous attacks on the Social Security Administration1, we have a chance to push policymakers to build on this successful program. Social Security lifts more people a…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

April 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM

Instead of cutting Social Security, Congress must make the wealthy pay their fair share

A record 4+ million baby boomers are reaching 65 years old each year. John, Each year, Social Security lifts tens of millions of people out of poverty, including older adults, children, and surviving spouses. According to the Census Bureau, Social Security lifts…

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  Meredith Dodson Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM

Re: The attacks on unions must end

Donald Trump’s attack on the collective bargaining rights of federal unions is part of his larger attacks on federal workers. John, Federal workers help ensure that our communities get the essential health, education, housing, public safety, and other resources…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM

Some in Congress are fighting back to support federal workers

Donald Trump’s attack on the collective bargaining rights of federal unions is part of his larger attacks on federal workers. John, Donald Trump issued a shameful Executive Order attacking the collective bargaining rights of unions for federal employees. This w…

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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]

April 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM

RE: [TAKE ACTION] Congress must protect federal workers from Donald Trump

Congress can protect the collective bargaining rights of up to one million federal employees. John, Donald Trump is attacking federal workers again—and this is a direct threat to human needs. This week, we told you about a lawsuit the American Federation of Gov…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

April 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM

[TAKE ACTION] Congress must protect federal workers from Donald Trump

Congress can protect the collective bargaining rights of up to one million federal employees. John, Yesterday, you took action in support of a lawsuit protecting federal workers; now bipartisan legislation has been introduced that can also help them. The Protec…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM

ICYMI: Voices for Human Needs blog weekly round-up

Last week on the Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, Here are the pieces that we published on the Voices for Human Needs blog in the previous week. We thank you for your continued support and readership. If you know of colleagues, friends, family members or others who you t…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

April 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM

Trump took away protections for millions of federal employees

Donald Trump’s attempts to take away the collective bargaining agreements of millions of union employees is his latest attack in his war on the federal workforce. John, In the dead of night, Donald Trump’s administration issued a disgraceful and retaliatory Exe…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

April 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Tell Congress: Get billionaire money out of politics

Billionaires are spending record amounts of money in our elections and political system. John, According to a recently released report from Americans for Tax Fairness, just 100 billionaire families spent a staggering $2.6 billion to influence the 2024 president…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

April 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM

[TAKE ACTION] Tell the Senate to reject Trump's IRS pick

Donald Trump has nominated Billy Long to lead the IRS—a man who advocated for abolishing the agency when he was in Congress. John, Donald Trump is determined to sabotage the IRS so that his billionaire friends can continue to make out like bandits and avoid pay…

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM

Re: Two disastrous votes before Congress skipped town:

We reject the billionaire budget that rips health care and food away from children and the elderly just to pad the pockets of billionaire donors. John, Before Congress left town on a two-week recess, Republican leaders twisted enough arms to get their budget res…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Two disastrous votes before Congress skipped town:

We reject the billionaire budget that rips health care and food away from children and the elderly just to pad the pockets of billionaire donors. John, Before Congress left town on a two-week recess, they took two disastrous votes. First, the House passed the a…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM

Haven’t filed your taxes yet? Here’s a new, free online tool:

If your taxes are relatively straightforward and you live in one of the following states, you may be eligible to use Direct File this tax filing season. John, Tax Day is fast approaching. And now there’s a new, free, and easy way to file your taxes. If your tax…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

April 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM

[take action] The House is voting this morning to disenfranchise millions of voters

The right to vote is a fundamental pillar of our democracy. John, After canceling a vote last night on their budget resolution due to GOP holdouts, stalling their push for massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP to pay for more tax breaks for the wealthy, House Republ…

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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]

April 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM

Re: Stop the House from giving the rich a nearly $6 billion tax handout

Drastic cuts to SNAP and Medicaid will exacerbate an already perilous economic situation. John, Republican leaders are pushing hard for the U.S. House to pass a budget resolution that paves the way for massive cuts to critical programs in order to pay for even m…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

April 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM

Stop the House from giving the rich a nearly $6 billion tax handout

Drastic cuts to SNAP and Medicaid will exacerbate an already perilous economic situation. John, The Senate passed a budget resolution last week, and just as we thought—it lays the groundwork for cuts to human needs programs in order to fund tax handouts to the r…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM

ICYMI: Voices for Human Needs blog weekly round-up

Last week on the Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, The Voices for Human Needs blog published several timely pieces in the last week, including a few cross-posts from our members at the National Immigration Law Center, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Center on Budg…

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM

Re: “a bloodbath” at Health and Human Services

Carrying out the directives from Project 2025, RFK Jr. fired more than 10,000 employees across agencies at the Department of Health and Human Services before backtracking on some of those firings. John, I’m sure others also had conversations over this weekend a…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Critical human needs programs were gutted this week

Carrying out the directives from Project 2025, RFK Jr. fired more than 10,000 employees across agencies at the Department of Health and Human Services before backtracking on some of those firings. John, Earlier this week Health and Human Services Secretary Robe…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM

At a time of rising prices, congressional Republicans are siding with billionaires

Your support and activism are critical as Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and congressional Republicans seek to dismantle protections for vulnerable communities and build a government of, by, and for the billionaires. John, Early Saturday morning, Senate Republicans vo…

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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]

April 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION] Tell the Senate to vote “no” on a budget resolution that cuts SNAP and Medicaid to pay for more tax cuts for billionaires

The Senate is expected to vote on a budget resolution this week. John, In Deborah’s email yesterday, she shared how the Senate could pave the way for devastating increases in hunger by passing the budget resolution they’ll vote on this week. The Senate’s budg…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

April 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM

BREAKING: Senate vote this week could pave the way for SNAP and Medicaid cuts

The Senate is expected to vote on a budget resolution this week. John, The Senate and then the House are voting in the coming days to fast track budget cuts that will harm our communities for years to come. By this weekend, the Senate is expected to vote on a b…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM

ICYMI: Voices for Human Needs blog weekly round-up

Last week on the Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, The Voices for Human Needs blog published several timely pieces in the last week, including a few cross-posts from our members at the Southern Poverty Law Center and RESULTS. Human Needs Watch: Slashing Staff Means Less H…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM

CHN's Human Needs Watch: Slashing Staff Means Less Help for People

Slashing Staff Means Less Help for People April 1, 2025. The Trump Administration wants you to believe that massive cuts in staffing will have no effect on the services people need. The latest blockbuster an…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM

April 5: Hands Off! Mass Mobilization near you

We won’t stand by silently as the Trump administration attacks our communities and silences dissent. John, The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are dismantling everything from Social Security to Medicaid to public education and more, and denyin…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

March 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM

[TAKE ACTION] Demand Congress use its authority to restore approved health funds

Donald Trump canceled billions of dollars in HHS funding as we’re fighting a measles outbreak. John, Last week, the Trump administration abruptly ended almost $12 billion in Health and Human Services funding to the states. This funding was critical to funding p…

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  Dominique Espinoza, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

March 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM

Re: Elon Musk should not have access to the voter rolls

Donald Trump just struck a massive blow to voter registration efforts. John, I wanted to make sure you saw Deborah’s email from yesterday. Earlier this year, right-wing extremists introduced the misnamed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) Act—a pie…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

March 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM

Elon Musk should not have access to the voter rolls

Donald Trump just struck a massive blow to voter registration efforts. John, On Tuesday, Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) that would radically change voter registration in this country and lead to the disenfranchisement of millions of voters. Trump’…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

March 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM

Tell Congress: Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

Congress must reject voter suppression and pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. John, In an unprecedented move, Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) on Tuesday that was a direct attack on the voting rights of every single American. The EO…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

March 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM

Take to the streets on Saturday, April 5

John, The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are dismantling everything from Social Security to Medicaid to public education and more, and denying basic rights to immigrants. They are illegally cutting funds and closing agencies, and trying to si…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

March 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM

Their strategy is to undermine faith in our Social Security system―and government itself

All of this is effectively cutting off older Americans from their earned benefits. John, Elon Musk is undermining faith in our Social Security system, incorrectly claiming “extreme levels of fraud” at the Social Security Administration.1 But these lies aren’t ju…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

March 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM

Elon Musk is cutting off seniors from their Social Security benefits

The Trump administration is demonstrating how it is capable of cutting off recipients from their earned Social Security benefits without a single act of Congress. John, In his address before a joint session of Congress, President Donald Trump repeated lies about…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

March 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM

In case you missed it: Voices for Human Needs blogs

Dear John, In case you miss it, the Voices for Human Needs blog shared several timely pieces in the last week, including a few re-shares from our members and partners: CHN members warns about President Trump’s harmful attacks on education and its impact on civil rights On Mar…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

March 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM

Fight back against Trump’s war on education

Congress must invoke its power to stop Donald Trump from abolishing the Department of Education. John, On March 20, Donald Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, to begin dismantling the Department of Education.1 Thi…

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

March 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM

Re: We can’t afford permanent tax cuts for billionaires

Right-wing extremists in Congress want to cut trillions from human needs programs to pay for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, mostly for the wealthy. John, Cutting $2 trillion in human needs funding to pay for making Trump’s tax scam permanent will devastate tens of …

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

March 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM

We can’t afford permanent tax cuts for billionaires

Right-wing extremists in Congress want to cut trillions from human needs programs to pay for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, mostly for the wealthy. John, Budget reconciliation is a process that allows Congress to pass bills making changes in tax policy and in basic…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

March 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM

Day of Action for SNAP and school meals

Republicans in Congress want to cut critical nutrition programs in order to fund Trump’s tax cuts. John, Republicans in the House and Senate are proposing to slash more than $230 billion from SNAP and school nutrition programs in order to fund more tax handouts…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

March 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM

Congress wants to cut human needs programs to fund Trump's mass deportation machine

Congress wants to gut funding for SNAP and Medicaid to pay for handouts for Pentagon contractors and private prisons. John, Thousands of you sent letters this week, urging Congress to stop plans to redirect billions of dollars to Pentagon contractors by cutting…

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  Dominique Espinoza, CHN Action · [email protected]

March 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION]: Tell Congress to reject billions of dollars of funding to ICE and Pentagon contractors

Congress is trying to push through a funding bill that would necessitate cuts to human needs programs in order to fund hundreds of billions more to ICE and the Pentagon. John, I wanted to make sure you saw Deborah’s email yesterday about wasteful spending at the…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

March 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM

In case you missed it: Voices for Human Needs blogs

Dear John, In case you miss it, the Voices for Human Needs blog shared several timely pieces in the last week, including a few re-shares from our members and partners: Congress Passes FY 2025 Spending Package While Administration Attacks Human Needs By Meredith Dodson Instead …

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

March 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM

[TAKE ACTION]: Tell Congress to reject billions of dollars of funding to ICE and Pentagon contractors

Congress is trying to push through a funding bill that would necessitate cuts to human needs programs in order to fund hundreds of billions more to ICE and the Pentagon. John, “Co-president” Elon Musk has been slashing his way through the federal government in a…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

March 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM

CHN's Human Needs Watch: Why SNAP Cuts Hurt People and Must Not Pay for Tax Breaks for the Wealthy - Words and Pictures

Why SNAP Cuts Hurt People and Must Not Pay for Tax Breaks for the Wealthy March 17, 2025. The budget resolution passed by the House of Representatives included instructions to the Agriculture Committee to co…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

March 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM

We’re fighting back against Donald Trump’s authoritarianism

While we lost this round, we also showed the strength of our movement that is fighting back. John, Late yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted to empower Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s continued attacks on our federal government and our communities in a funding bill tha…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

March 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM

BREAKING: Senate moving GOP spending bill into law

We must hold policymakers accountable. John, In a stunning reversal, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and enough of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate voted with Republicans to move forward on a government funding bill that empowers Donald Trump’s autoc…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

March 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM

Call Your Senators NOW: Urge them to vote NO on the Trump-empowering government funding bill

The Senate is voting today on the CR and they need to hear from us now. John, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are already shutting down the government. A vote to pass this partisan continuing resolution (CR) is a vote to continue this autocratic takeover and cut fundi…

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