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May 5, 2023 at 9:02 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog details how the U.S. economy could dive into recession if a House GOP measure that slashes domestic spending becomes law. And w…

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May 5, 2023 at 6:51 PM

We have until June 1st to avoid an economic catastrophe

Right-wing extremists in Congress -- led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy -- are exploiting the urgency of raising the debt limit to force draconian cuts to critical human needs programs. John, If Congress doesn’t act fast and raise the debt ceiling by June 1st, t…

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May 4, 2023 at 4:37 PM

Re: President Biden’s simple principle that Congress must abide by:

Before President Biden’s meeting with members of Congress, we’re rallying our allies across the country. John, We’re at a critical moment. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has indicated that by June 1, the U.S. could run out of money to fully pay the bills our cou…

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

May 3, 2023 at 9:37 PM

President Biden’s simple principle that Congress must abide by:

Before President Biden’s meeting with members of Congress, we’re rallying our allies across the country. John, President Biden has suggested that Congress must abide by this simple principle: No budget cuts or policy changes that increase poverty or take away hea…

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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

May 2, 2023 at 8:36 PM

Re: House passes McCarthy’s cruel cuts. The Senate must block it.

The Senate has the power to stop this and they need to use it to prevent additional pain and suffering. Send a direct message to your senators, urging them to block Rep. McCarthy’s cruel cuts. John, The House passed Speaker McCarthy’s cruel budgetary wishlist by …

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

May 1, 2023 at 8:28 PM

[TAKE ACTION]: Demand your Senators vote “no” on McCarthy’s budget policies

The Senate has the power to stop this and they need to use it to prevent additional pain and suffering. Send a direct message to your senators, urging them to block Rep. McCarthy’s cruel cuts. John, The House passed Speaker McCarthy’s cut and default proposals la…

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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 29, 2023 at 3:10 PM

Re: Kevin McCarthy’s cruel cuts

The staggering cuts to health care, food, housing, and other human needs programs in Speaker McCarthy’s wishlist will devastate communities. John, I wanted to make sure you saw Deborah’s email from yesterday. We’ve spent so much time fighting back against right-w…

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April 28, 2023 at 9:32 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reports on a spirited rally advocates held at the U.S. Capitol this week in opposition to the House GOP's effort to massively c…

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

April 28, 2023 at 8:24 PM

Kevin McCarthy’s cruel cuts

The staggering cuts to health care, food, housing, and other human needs programs in Speaker McCarthy’s wishlist will devastate communities. John, Everyone deserves the right to a safe home, nutritious food, and quality health care. In the wealthiest country in t…

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April 28, 2023 at 7:29 PM

CHN's COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – April 28, 2023 COVID-19 watch Tracking Hardship - April 28, 2023 The debt ceiling hostage edition. America is being held hostage. House Republicans this week passed a measure that would cause permanent, lasti…

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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 26, 2023 at 3:04 PM

Join us at noon ET today: CARE, NOT CUTS rally in Washington, DC (livestreamed)

The House is expected to vote today on Kevin McCarthy’s plan to slash services and take us to the brink of default. John, Today at noon ET, join the Coalition on Human Needs, coalition allies, and members of Congress for the “CARE, NOT CUTS” rally at the U.S. Cap…

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

April 25, 2023 at 8:58 PM

There are 3.6 million children without options for child care in America

President Biden issues more than 50 directives to cabinet-level agencies to expand access to qualify, affordable care and support for children, families, and caregivers. John, When families can access stable, quality, and affordable child care, parents and other …

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

April 24, 2023 at 9:17 PM

Kevin McCarthy can only afford to lose 4 Republican votes

McCarthy and his caucus are holding the U.S. economy hostage in exchange for these devastating cuts. John, We just learned that Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy will hold a vote this Wednesday on a devastating bill that’s a bad deal for the American people and…

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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 23, 2023 at 2:55 PM

Re: Fight back against Kevin McCarthy’s plan, which is a bad deal for ordinary people and a good deal for millionaire tax cheats

McCarthy’s plan: less than one year of a debt limit increase and a decade of cuts that reverse progress on climate, equity, and jobs. John, For months, Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been hinting at the cuts he’d demand in exchange for raising the country’s debt limi…

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

April 22, 2023 at 2:28 PM

Kevin McCarthy’s plan: Take away food, education, and health care; handouts to fossil fuel corporations and wealthy tax cheats

McCarthy’s plan: less than one year of a debt limit increase and a decade of cuts that reverse progress on climate, equity, and jobs. John, This past week, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy released a right-wing wish list that’s supposed to be the price of cont…

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

April 21, 2023 at 9:14 PM

[TAKE ACTION]: Stop deadly corporate price gouging

Corporate price gouging of insulin is leading to deadly consequences for millions of Americans. John, Nearly 7 million people in the United States rely on insulin to stay alive. The inventors of the drug believed it to be a common good, and sold the patent to a u…

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April 21, 2023 at 7:58 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog details new findings that the number of Americans who can't pay their home heating and cooling bills has spiked. And we share A…

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

April 19, 2023 at 11:02 PM

Speaker McCarthy’s plan is a bad deal for ordinary people and a good deal for millionaire tax cheats

McCarthy targets the poor, hands tax breaks to the rich, and reverses climate progress as the unholy price of averting catastrophic default. John, After making his case to an audience of Wall Street CEOs earlier this week, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy fina…

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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 18, 2023 at 3:41 PM

Re: BREAKING: Speaker McCarthy just released his plan to gut SNAP and Medicaid

Gutting essential programs for vulnerable communities while continuing to transfer millions of dollars to the wealthiest 1% via tax breaks is unconscionable. John, Today is Tax Day and a new poll from Data for Progress shows that 68% of likely voters support a Bi…

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

April 17, 2023 at 9:01 PM

BREAKING: Speaker McCarthy just released his plan to gut SNAP and Medicaid

Gutting essential programs for vulnerable communities while continuing to transfer millions of dollars to the wealthiest 1% via tax breaks is unconscionable. John, In a speech today on Wall Street, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy released his debt ceiling proposal, …

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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 16, 2023 at 3:35 PM

Re: Our tax code purposefully puts single women and people of color at a disadvantage

The U.S. tax code breeds inequity. John, Did you see Deborah’s email from yesterday? As millions of taxpayers are preparing to file their taxes by Tax Day this coming Tuesday, extremists in Congress are doing everything in their power to ensure that the wealthy …

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

April 15, 2023 at 12:50 PM

Our tax code purposefully puts single women and people of color at a disadvantage

The U.S. tax code breeds inequity. John, Tuesday is Tax Day! And guess who's not paying their fair share in taxes? Millionaires, billionaires and wealthy corporations. As right-wing extremist politicians in Washington and on Wall Street tell us that we must make …

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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 14, 2023 at 7:52 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION]: Demand Congress invest in our care economy

Congress must act quickly and make substantial investments into the care economy for patients and workers. John, Proposed cuts to Medicaid would impact the health care coverage of millions of people with low incomes. But they would also impact aging adults and pe…

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April 14, 2023 at 7:48 PM

CHN's COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – April 14, 2023 COVID-19 watch Tracking Hardship - April 14, 2023 The Tax Day edition. Tuesday is Tax Day, and the human needs community has activities planned. The message behind the activities is that we nee…

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

April 13, 2023 at 7:42 PM

The average home care worker makes just $12 an hour

Congress must act quickly and make substantial investments into the care economy for patients and workers. John, In addition to the struggles of millions of families who seek quality, affordable child care, a lack of investment in our care economy has left aging …

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

April 12, 2023 at 8:55 PM

[TAKE ACTION]: Tell Speaker McCarthy to back off our benefits

Extremists in the House, led by Speaker Kevin McCarthy, are holding our economy hostage in order to implement drastic cuts to essential programs. John, Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House leadership are threatening to force a catastrophic economic default unless the…

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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 11, 2023 at 7:04 PM

Re: Tell Congress: Invest in our communities, not wasteful Pentagon contracts

The U.S. military budget is $858 billion and rising towards $1 trillion. At the same time, millions of families, people with disabilities, and aging adults are losing access to medical coverage and nutritional assistance thanks to the end of pandemic-era John, A…

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

April 10, 2023 at 5:05 PM

[take action] Congress must cut Pentagon spending and reinvest in vulnerable communities.

The U.S. military budget is $858 billion and rising towards $1 trillion. At the same time, millions of families, people with disabilities, and aging adults are losing access to medical coverage and nutritional assistance thanks to the end of pandemic-era John, T…

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April 8, 2023 at 3:18 PM

Re: Poverty is a national security threat

Right-wing idealogues in Congress are threatening billion dollar cuts to critical human needs programs, but have no problem increasing an already bloated Pentagon budget. John, Did you see Deborah’s email below? House Appropriations Chair Kay Granger (R-Texas) ha…

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April 7, 2023 at 8:32 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reports on the Affordable Care Act's return to court. A conservative federal judge in Texas has issued a ruling that -- if allo…

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

April 7, 2023 at 5:39 PM

Congress needs to invest in human needs, not war

Right-wing idealogues in Congress are threatening billion dollar cuts to critical human needs programs, but have no problem increasing an already bloated Pentagon budget. John, Federal dollars that go to wasteful Department of Defense contracts is money that does…

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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

April 5, 2023 at 6:38 PM

Re: Tell Congress: Block draconian budget cuts to education

Proposed cuts by House leadership threaten to devastate public education in the United States. John, If right-wing extremists in Congress get their way, we will see an across the board 22% cut to human needs programs, including to education. This would include c…

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

April 4, 2023 at 5:22 PM

No Cuts for our kids: Defend education spending

Proposed cuts by House leadership threaten to devastate public education in the United States. John, Public education is the bedrock of our society and -- if right wing extremists in Congress have their way -- it risks crumbling to pieces while cementing racial i…

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April 2, 2023 at 3:35 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION]: Demand Congress protect, not cut, essential nutrition programs

House Republicans are threatening to force through their drastic cuts to SNAP. John, Right-wing extremists in the House are using the farm bill and other budget-cutting proposals as vehicles to inflict more pain and suffering on the most vulnerable by proposing d…

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April 1, 2023 at 6:22 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reports on challenges SNAP users often face when grocery shopping. And we unveil CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship…

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

April 1, 2023 at 3:11 PM

Our most effective, anti-hunger tool for children and veterans is under attack

House Republicans are threatening to force through their drastic cuts to SNAP. John, Since the beginning of this year we’ve rung the alarm about funding threats to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that provides food to millions of children, ve…

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March 31, 2023 at 7:22 PM

CHN's COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – March 31, 2023 COVID-19 watch Tracking Hardship - March 31, 2023 The Medicaid unwinding edition. Early in the pandemic, Congress gave states more Medicaid money to address COVID-19. In return, states were not…

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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

March 30, 2023 at 7:18 PM

Re: BREAKING: Extremist legislation introduced to kick 10 million people off SNAP

Right-wing members of Congress threaten to take SNAP benefits away from households with 4 million children. John, Right-wing Republicans recently introduced legislation that would cut Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for millions of peopl…

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

March 29, 2023 at 8:34 PM

BREAKING: Extremist legislation introduced to kick 10 million people off SNAP

Legislation has been introduced in the House that would cut SNAP aid for 10 million people -- including 4 million children. John, Negotiations around the 2023 Farm Bill are heating up as extremists in the House of Representatives push to expand harsh time limits …

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

March 28, 2023 at 9:45 PM

Congress hasn’t raised the federal minimum wage in 14 years

Congress has the ability to raise 3.7 million people out of poverty -- including 1.3 million children -- by raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. John, In 2009, Congress increased the federal minimum wage to $7.25 per hour for non-tipped workers and $2…

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March 26, 2023 at 2:52 PM

The U.S. is a “nation of immigrants,” so why are we banning them?

The public comment period for President Biden’s inhumane asylum ban closes on Monday, March 27th at 11:59 pm. John, From 2016-2020 Stephen Miller and then- President Trump issued asylum bans that were repeatedly found to be unlawful by a federal court, and as a c…

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

March 25, 2023 at 2:50 PM

Re: The Biden Administration Must Not Bring Back Trump’s Asylum Ban

Hold the Biden administration accountable for inhumane immigration policies. John, The Biden administration is proposing a policy that would unlawfully deny asylum to people at the southern border by forcing them to seek asylum in Mexico, or another country they …

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

March 24, 2023 at 9:03 PM

Biden campaigned against Trump-era immigration policies. We’re holding him to those promises.

Hold the Biden administration accountable for inhumane immigration policies. John, From public rallies to official comment submissions, we’re rallying with our immigrant rights allies, opposing the proposed asylum ban and family detention policies being considere…

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March 24, 2023 at 8:04 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog delves into the White House strategy for defending the Affordable Care Act as the law turns 13. And we detail the reintroductio…

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

March 22, 2023 at 7:36 PM

[TAKE ACTION]: Congress needs to hear from you! Tell them to vote “No” on extreme right-wing budget cuts

House Republicans are back from their three day retreat where they aligned around extreme right-wing budget cuts. John, House Republicans are back from their retreat where they ironed out details of their legislative agenda, including severe funding cuts to criti…

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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

March 21, 2023 at 7:45 PM

Re: BREAKING: Federal agencies respond to proposed right-wing cuts to human needs programs

Federal agencies have submitted outlines on how their programs would suffer under proposed right-wing budget cuts. John, As we speak, House Republicans are wrapping up a three-day retreat where they’re solidifying their plans for a budget that cuts critical progr…

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

March 20, 2023 at 9:46 PM

House Republican Retreat: crafting a plan that cuts at least 22% from human needs programs

Federal agencies have submitted outlines on how their programs would suffer under proposed right-wing budget cuts. John, House Republicans are in Orlando, Florida for a three day summit where they plan to flesh out the details of their fiscal year 2024 budget -- …

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March 20, 2023 at 5:36 PM

From CHN: The Human Needs Report, March 20, 2023

The Human Needs Report: March 20, 2023 View the complete report here (HTML) or here (PDF). Dear John, CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for a comprehensive look at President Biden's FY24 budget proposal. ? ? In This Edition P…

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

March 18, 2023 at 2:58 PM

Everyone deserves a safe place to live and build a future

The public comment period is open for U.S. residents -- regardless of immigration status -- to speak out against a proposed asylum ban from the Biden administration. John, Yesterday, we joined our immigrant justice partners for a protest against the Biden adminis…

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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

March 17, 2023 at 9:40 PM

Re: Right-wing extremists would rather cut food stamps than make their wealthy donors pay taxes

A budget outline being used by right-wing members of Congress proposes drastic cuts to housing, health care, nutrition, and refugee assistance programs. John, We’ve gotten a first glance of the cuts that could end up in the House fiscal year 2024 budget proposal …

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