CHN to Congress: oppose any funding, including another CR, for ICE — and support real reforms
February 6, 2026
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President Trump’s $1.5 trillion Pentagon Budget Ask: Breathtaking Irresponsibility and Harm
February 13, 2026
Statement by CHN
There are clear winners and losers in a wildly inflated ask like this: military contractors win and the American public loses
Trump’s Assault on Immigrants Hurts U.S.-Born Workers, Too
February 13, 2026
The research is clear: when immigrant workers are targeted, it threatens all workers’ ability to fight for better pay and conditions.
Low-wage workers faced worsening affordability in 2025 as wage growth stalled
February 11, 2026
Blog post by EPI, a member of CHN
Low- and middle-wage workers have suffered from decades of slow and suppressed wage growth. To improve affordability, policymakers can and must raise wages.
CHN to Congress: oppose any funding, including another CR, for ICE — and support real reforms
February 6, 2026
Letter to Congress
CHN sent this letter to every Congressional office on February 6 opposing any additional funding – including another Continuing Resolution (CR) – for ICE and federal immigration enforcement actions until policymakers negotiate substantial reforms to end the harms hitting communities nationwide.
How many deaths are acceptable to pay for rich people’s tax breaks?
June 23, 2025
The House has passed a budget reconciliation bill, and now the Senate is taking up its version, which it hopes to pass before leaving for the July 4th recess. Health economists at the University of Pennsylvania have estimated that a bill like the House bill would lead to 51,000 preventable…
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 announcement came from Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who will lay off 10,000 workers, doubling the total terminated, one-quarter of…
Why SNAP Cuts Hurt People and Must Not Pay for Tax Breaks for the Wealthy- Words and Pictures
March 17, 2025
The budget resolution passed by the House of Representatives included instructions to the Agriculture Committee to come up with a plan to cut spending by $230 billion over 10 years. There is no way to do that without taking most or all of this huge figure from the Supplemental Nutrition…
How Much Will We Have to Pay the Ultra-Wealthy?
February 28, 2025
The House of Representatives passed a budget resolution on February 26 that would pay out $4.5 trillion in tax breaks over a decade, with the largest share going to the wealthiest. Who would pay for that? We do – in lost or more expensive health coverage, lost nutrition assistance, higher…
