Statements and Analysis from CHN Members and Other Partners

Support for and Analysis of President Biden’s FY 2025 Budget Proposal

The Biden Budget: A Responsible Roadmap to Meet the Demands of Our Time, Coalition on Human Needs, March 12, 2024
Feeding America, Analysis of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, March 2024
VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and Related Programs Appropriations through the Years, National Network to End Domestic Violence, March 2024
Child Welfare League of America: FY 2025 Budget statement, March 27, 2024
More for Them, Less for Us: Corporations that Pay Their Executives More than Uncle Sam, Institute for Policy Studies and Americans for Tax Fairness, March 13, 2024
Revenue-Raising Policies in President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Plan, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, March 12, 2024
Feeding America Applauds Continued Commitment to Increasing Food Security in Biden Administration’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget, March 12, 2024
FY 2025 Budget President Biden Proposed Would Help America Thrive, MomsRising, March 12, 2024
Analyzing President Biden’s 2025 Budget, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 11, 2024
Biden Administration Releases FY25 Budget Request, National Low Income Housing Coalition, March 11, 2024
Biden’s Proposed FY25 Budget Demonstrates Continued Commitment to WIC, Congress Must Follow Suit, National WIC Association, March 11, 2024

Support for Bipartisan Child Tax Credit Expansion:

To see statements from CHN Members and Allies in support of the proposed Child Tax Credit expansion, click here or scroll down.

Visit here for CHN’s digital toolkit on Child Tax Credit.

• The Senate Should Join the House to Improve the Child Tax Credit, Coalition on Human Needs, Feb. 1, 2024
• House-Passed Bipartisan Tax Bill’s Child Tax Credit Expansion Would Help 16 Million Children in Low-Income Families, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Feb. 1, 2024
• Moms Cheer House Passage of Bill to Expand the Child Tax Credit, Urge Senate to Pass it Right Away, MomsRising, Jan. 31, 2024
• Caring Across Generations Responds to New Child Tax Credit, Jan. 17, 2024
• About 16 Million Children in Low-Income Families Would Gain in First Year of Bipartisan Child Tax Credit Expansion, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Jan. 16, 2024
• The Proposal to Expand the Child Tax Credit Would Help Millions of Children in Poverty, Center for American Progress, Jan. 12, 2024
• CLASP Urges Bipartisan Tax Proposal to Address Child Poverty and Racial Inequality, Center for Law and Social Policy, Jan. 16, 2024
• Children’s Health Watch Statement on Child Tax Credit Agreement, Jan. 17, 2024
• Statement from Code for America on the New Bipartisan Proposal to Enhance the Child Tax Credit, Jan. 17, 2024
• CHN Supports the CTC Improvements in the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, Coalition on Human Needs, Jan. 24, 2024
• Community Change Action Statement on Child Tax Credit Proposal, Jan. 17, 2024
• Proposed Tax Deal is a Critical Step for Prioritizing Working Families and Congress Should Pass Now, Economic Security Project, Jan. 16, 2024
• Child Tax Credit “Important Step Forward,” First Focus Campaign for Children, Jan. 16,2024
• Food Research & Action Center Applauds New Proposal for Child Tax Credit that Would Lift 400,000 Children Out of Poverty, Jan. 16, 2024
• 16 Million Children Will Benefit from the Child Tax Credit Expansion, Lifting 500,000 Children out of Poverty, Golden State Opportunity, Jan. 17, 2024
• Proposed Tax Deal Would Help Millions of Kids with Child Tax Credit Expansion While Extending Damaging Corporate Tax Breaks, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Jan. 16, 2024
• Civil Rights Organizations Urge Child Tax Credit Expansion for Low-Income Children, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Nov. 9, 2023
• NWLC Reacts to Proposed Bipartisan Tax Deal Framework, National Women’s Law Center, Jan. 16, 2024
• NETWORK Applauds Bipartisan Expansion of the Child Tax Credit, Urges Immediate Passage, NETWORK Lobby, Jan. 16, 2024
• LIFT National Policy Director Statement on Child Tax Credit Expansion, LIFT, Inc. Jan. 18, 2024
• Share Our Strength’s Lisa Davis Responds to Proposed Child Tax Credit Expansion, No Kid Hungry, Jan. 16, 2024
• Prosperity Now Calls on Congress to Pass Child Tax Credit Legislation, Jan. 16, 2024
• UnidosUS Lauds Enhanced Child Tax Credit as a Win for Families and Kids: One in Every Three Latino Children Would Benefit, Jan. 16, 2024
• Expanding the Child Tax Credit Provides a Path to Financial Opportunity, Young Invincibles, Jan. 23, 2024
• Federal Child Tax Credit Expansion Will Lift Babies and Families Out of Poverty, Zero to Three, Jan. 16, 2024
  

  Commentary on FY24 Appropriations:

• Pass a clean budget video: Leaders from the advocacy community discuss the danger of poison pill riders and the need to pass a clean federal budget, Coalition for Sensible Safeguards, Feb. 21, 2024

• More than 1,100 Groups Oppose Cuts to Non-Defense Discretionary Funding in Letter to Congress, Jan. 11, 2024
  Evidence Suggests Expanding the Child Tax Credit Could Ease Hardship Among Families with Kids, Urban Institute & Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center, Jan. 10, 2024

• https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/2024-01/In-Absence-of-Expanded-Child-Tax-Credit-Many-Families-with-Children-Faced-Material-Hardship-in-2022.pdfFact Sheet: In the Absence of the Expanded Child Tax Credit, Many Families with Children Faced Material Hardship in 2022, Urban Institute, Jan. 10, 2024
• WIC: Building Heathier, Brighter Futures for Our Families, MomsRising, Nov. 10, 2023
  Final Appropriations Package Will Need Additional Funding to Avoid Rental Assistance Cuts, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Oct. 24, 2023
• Five Reasons Why a Debt Commission is the Wrong Prescription, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Oct. 18, 2023
• Take Action to Stop Harmful Amendments to the FY24 Spending Bill and Protect Housing Investments! National Low Income Housing Coalition, Oct. 16, 2023
• Trade-Offs: Your Money, Your Choices, National Priorities Project, September 2023
• Over 600 Organizations Across 50 States Call on Congress to Fully Fund WIC, National WIC Association, Sept. 25, 2023
• Children’s Budget 2023, First Focus on Children, Sept. 22, 2023
• The True Emergencies: Children’s Healthy Development 2023, First Focus on Children, Sept. 22, 2023
• House 2024 Appropriations Bills Reveal an Extreme Agenda that Would Set Women Back Decades, National Partnership for Women and Children, September 2023
• House Republican Budget Reflects Disturbing Vision for the Country, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Sept. 19, 2023
• Federal Spending on Immigration: Examining Key Programs and Impacts, Congressional Progressive Caucus Center, Sept. 6, 2023
• Lessons Learned from Two of the Longest Shutdowns in History, Congressional Progressive Caucus Center, Aus. 30, 2023
• The People’s Unfunded Priorities List for FY 2024, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Aug. 22, 2023
  From Programs to People: The FY2024 Appropriations Process, Congressional Progressive Caucus Center, July 27, 2023
• FAQs About Government Shutdowns, Congressional Progressive Caucus Center, July 21, 2023
• Young Children and New Parents in Every State Could Be Turned Away from WIC or Have Their Benefits Cut Under Pending Appropriations Bills, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Sept. 12, 2023
• Protect Medicaid Funding Landing Page, National Health Law Program, March 22, 2023
• Protect Medicaid Funding Series (12 fact sheets explaining everything you ever needed to know about Medicaid), National Health Law Program, March 22, 2023
• Strong Bipartisan Support Among Voters for Joint Action on Federal Policies to Support Americans, Lake Research Partners/Tarrance Group, March 22, 2023
• Expanding Work Requirements Would Make It Harder for People to Meet Basic Needs, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 15, 2023
• UnidosUS Statement on President Biden’s Budget, March 10, 2023
• Biden Budget Offers Practical Solutions to Protect Medicare and Medicaid, Lower Costs, and Make the Rich Pay Their Fair Share, Health Care for America Now, March 9, 202
• President Biden’s 2024 Budget Moves Us Toward Nation Where Everyone Can Thrive, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 9, 2023.
• President Biden Releases Plan to Protect Medicare for Another Generation and Lower Prescription Drug Prices for Seniors Even Further, Protect Our Care, March 9, 2023.
• President Biden’s Priorities Are Working Families’ Priorities, AFSCME, March 9, 2023
• Analysis of President Biden’s FY 2024 Budget Request, National Low Income Housing Coalition, March 9, 2023.
• Biden Working Budget and Tax Plan Favors Working Families and Draws Stark Contrast with GOP Priorities, Americans for Tax Fairness, March 9, 2023.
• Catholic Lobby Welcomes President Biden’s FY 2024 Spending Proposal, NETWORK, March 9, 2023
• President Biden’s FY 2024 Budget Calls for Bold Investments in Families While Missing the Mark on Immigration and Criminal Justice Reforms, Center for Law and Social Policy, March 9, 2023
• President Biden Lays Out a Bold Vision for Tax Justice in Proposed Budget, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, March 9, 2023
• White House Prioritizes Title X Family Planning in Budget Proposal, National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, March 9, 2023

Breaking News: CHN Members, Allies React to Debt Ceiling Agreement

Statements and Analysis:

We, the Hostages: Disappointments in The Fiscal Responsibility Act, Coalition on Human Needs, May 30, 2023
Passage of the Debt Ceiling Legislation Merits Recognition — However, the SPLC Action Fund is Concerned the Deal Will Harm Many Lower Income Americans, Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund, June 2, 2023
The Debt Ceiling Deal Means There is Significant Work Ahead to Fight Poverty, RESULTS, June 2, 2023
Bread Grateful for Debt Ceiling Deal, Disappointed by Expanded Work Requirements, Bread for the World, June 2, 2023
Debt Limit Bill Averts Major Disaster, Doesn’t Solve Long-Term Issues, Center for Law and Social Policy, June 1, 2023
SEIU’s Henry: Working People Will Remember that House Republicans Used Default Threat to Undo Progress and Push Extremist Agenda, SEIU, June 1, 2023
Feeding America Analysis of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, June 1, 2023
Budget Deal “Short-sided, Unfair, and Fiscally Irresponsible,” Children’s Advocate Says, First Focus on Children, May 31, 2023
Quaker Lobby Bemoans Debt Ceiling Fiasco in Washington, Friends Committee on National Legislation, May 31, 2023
MAZON Concerned that Debt Ceiling Deal Sets a Dangerous Precedent, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, May 31, 2023
Default Bill: We Never Should Have Been in This Position, Public Citizen, May 31, 2023
Debt Ceiling Agreement’s SNAP Changes Would Increase Hunger and Poverty for Many Older, Low-Income People; New Exemptions Would Help Some Others, Center for Budget and Poverty Priorities, May 31, 2023
TANF Provisions in Debt Ceiling Agreement, analysis by Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, May 31, 2023
This Fight Should Not Be Happening, But America’s Moms Want Compassionate Policies, a Care Infrastructure, and a Tax System that Requires the Wealthy to Pay Their Fair Share, MomsRising, May 31, 2023
Debt Ceiling Deal Makes Major Improvements from Dangerous GOP Proposal But Fails to Protect Low-Income Communities of Color, Prosperity Now, May 31, 2023
ProsperUS Coalition Speaks Out After House Vote on Debt Ceiling Bill, ProsperUS, May 31, 2023
GRACE and End Child Poverty California Oppose Debt Ceiling Agreement that Cuts Critical Cash and Food Aid, End Child Poverty California, May 31, 2023
Feeding America Statement on Debt Limit Deal, May 30, 2023
National Alliance to End Homelessness Statement on Proposed Debt Ceiling Deal, May 30, 2023
NWLC Reacts to Debt Ceiling Deal, National Women’s Law Center, May 30, 2023
Debt Limit Agreement Could Cause WIC Funding Shortfall, National WIC Association, May 30, 2023
Sojourners Statement on Debt Ceiling Agreement, May 30, 2023
Proposed $21.4 Billion in Cuts to IRS Funding Hamstrings the Agency from Cutting Down on Tax Cheats, Economic Security Project, May 30, 2023
Debt Ceiling Bill Harms Hungry Older Americans While Maintaining Subsidies for the Idle Rich, Hunger Free America, May 30, 2023
Caring Across Generations Responds to Debt Limit Deal, May 30, 2023
Share Our Strength’s Lisa Davis Responds to Debt Limit Deal and its Impact on SNAP, May 30, 2023
Debt Ceiling Agreement Will Increase Hunger and Poverty, California Association of Food Banks, May 30, 2023
Expansion of Harsh Time Limits on SNAP in Debt Ceiling Agreement Will Fuel Rises in Hunger and Poverty, Food Research & Action Center, May 29, 2023
Default Agreement Protects Key Clean Energy Investments; Makes Mockery of Process with Mountain Valley Pipeline, Natural Resources Defense Council, May 29, 2023
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson on the Fiscal Responsibility Act, May 29, 2023
IBEW Statement on Debt Limit Agreement, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, May 29, 2023
LCV Statement on Debt Limit Deal, League of Conservation Voters, May 29, 2023
Punishing Debt Limit Deal Hurts Families, Bad for Economy, Gives Free Pass to Wealthiest Americans and Biggest Corporations, Groundwork Collaborative, May 28, 2023
Debt Deal Avoids the Elephant in the Room, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, May 28, 2023
Final Debt Ceiling Agreement Could Harm Renters and People Experiencing Homelessness, National Low Income Housing Coalition, May 28, 2023
Debt Ceiling Agreement Reflects Improvements Over House Bill, Harmful Provisions Remain, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, May 28, 2023
NETWORK Statement on Debt Ceiling Framework, May 28, 2023
Patrick Gaspard on Reported Deal to Avoid an Unprecedented and Devastating Default, Center on American Progress, May 27, 2023
Beware: Vicious Spending Caps Are Designed to Hurt — Not Help — the U.S. Economy, Coalition on Human Needs, May 24, 2023
713 groups tell Congress: Avoid cuts to human needs programs, raise revenues responsibly to cut deficit, pay for shared investments, Coalition on Human Needs, May 22, 2023 (group letter here.)
The Cost of Cutting Cash Assistance to Children and Families: Changing TANF Work Requirements Could Cost Society Up to $30 Billion a Year, Columbia University Center on Poverty and Social Policy, May 16, 2023

State and Local Advocates Push for Spending Bills that Help Children, Working Families

Advocates: WIC funding must be increased to avoid rationing, New Jersey News Service, Dec. 18, 2023
WIC cuts could worsen Ohio maternal, infant health, Ohio News Connection, Dec. 14, 2023
CA Advocates Criticize Proposed Cuts to Head Start Preschool Programs, California News Service, Nov. 13, 2023
Proposed WIC Cuts Could Prove Detrimental to NY Families, New York News Connection, Nov. 9, 2023
Congress Proposes Slashing Funding for Head Start Programs, Ohio News Connection, Nov. 6, 2023
Mainers Will Suffer Because of Far-Right Intransigence in Washington, Portland Press-Herald, Sept. 30, 2023
Justice Group: Congressional Budget Cuts Will Hurt Vulnerable New Jerseyans, New Jersey News Service, Sept. 28, 2023
Wisconsin Families Could See Double Whammy from Budget Policies, Wisconsin News Connection, Sept. 14, 2023
CA Anti-Poverty Groups Fight for Higher Food Benefits for Women, Children, California News Service, Sept. 5, 2023
Lack of Affordable Housing Could Impede Ohio’s Economic Growth, Ohio News Connection, Aug. 25, 2023
NY Children Face Severe Impacts of Proposed Head Start Cuts, New York News Connection, Aug. 23, 2023

Breaking News: 681 Groups Tell Congress: Responsibly Fund Needed Services and Reject the Chaos of a Government Shutdown

Click here to read the letter. Click here to read our blog post.

Take Action!

CHN Member and Ally Budget/Shutdown Toolkit, CHN
Government Shutdown Social Media Toolkit, CHN
Tell Congress: Stand Up to Extremists; Avert a Government Shutdown, CHNTell Congress: Fully Fund WIC and Child Care in the Continuing Resolution and Keep the Government Running, CHN
Letter to the Editor Action Tool, RESULTS
Meals on Wheels #Save Lunch Action Toolkit

Commentary and Analysis

• HUD Tenants’ Rights During a Government Shutdown, National Housing Law Project and National Low Income Housing Coalition, Sept. 29, 2023
• Government Shutdown Talking Points 2023, Defund Hate, Sept. 29, 2023
• A Government Shutdown Would Increase Food Insecurity, Feeding America, Sept. 28, 2023
• NCUIH Joins National Native Organizations in Urgent Opposition to Federal Shutdown, National Council of Urban Indian Health, Sept. 27, 2023
• Potential Government Shutdown Could Impact Millions of Kids and Families, Parents.com, Sept. 27, 2023
• Meals on Wheels America Rallies the Nation to Call on Congress to #SaveLunch for Seniors as Federal Funding Is Being Threatened, Sept. 26, 2023
• Potential Government Shutdown: What You Need to Know, National Association to End Homelessness, Sept. 26, 2023
• How Progressives Should Communicate About a Potential Government Shutdown, Navigator Research, Sept. 26, 2023
• Impacts of Government Shutdowns Fact Sheet, AFSMCE, Sept. 26, 2023
• Breaking Down the Government Shutdown, Public Citizen video, Sept. 26, 2023
• Over 600 Organizations Across 50 States Call on Congress to Fully Fund WIC, Meals on Wheels America, Sept. 25, 2023
• Farmers Could Feel Effects of Government Shutdown, Southeast AgNet, Sept. 25, 2023
• The Trump Shutdown is Now the Longest Failure to Provide for Federal Services in American History, (CHN analysis of the impact of the last government shutdown), Jan. 15, 2019
• What Happens if the Government Shuts Down in 2023? Bipartisan Policy Center, Sept. 23, 2023
• Four Reasons Why a Government Shutdown is Harmful, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Aug. 25, 2023
• How Much Does a US Government Shutdown Cost the Economy? Goldman Sachs analysis, Sept. 1, 2023
• Government Shutdowns Q&A: Everything You Should Know, Committee for a Responsible Budget, Sept. 5, 2023

White House and Congress

• Current Federal Civilian Employment by State and Federal District, Congressional Research Service, Sept. 22, 2023
• Extreme House Republicans’ Chaos Is Marching Us Toward a Government Shutdown, White House, Sep. 20, 2023
• Extreme Republican Shutdown Would Delay Nearly 2,000 Long-Term Disaster Recovery Projects and Undermine Community Preparedness, White House, Sept. 28, 2023
• Lessons Learned from Two of the Longest Shutdowns in History, Congressional Progressive Caucus Center, Aug. 30, 2023
• Government Shutdown: Agency Contingency Plans (OMB & White House)
• Past Government Shutdowns: Key Resources, Congressional Research Services, Sept. 13, 2023
• The Economic Costs of a Republican Shutdown, Joint Economic Committee Democrats, Sept. 5, 2023
• FAQs About Government Shutdowns, Congressional Progressive Caucus Center, July 2023

Take Action!

• CHN Member and Ally Budget/Shutdown Toolkit, CHN
• Government Shutdown Social Media Toolkit, CHN
• Tell Congress: Stand Up to Extremists; Avert a Government Shutdown, CHN
• Tell Congress: Fully Fund WIC and Child Care in the Continuing Resolution and Keep the Government Running, CHN
• Letter to the Editor Action Tool, RESULTS
• Meals on Wheels #Save Lunch Action Toolkit

Official Documents

• Appropriations Status Table: FY 2024, Congressional Research Service (updated September 2023)
• State Fact Sheets: House Republican Funding Proposals Would Have Devastating Impacts for Hardworking Families Across America, White House, Sept. 12, 2023
  FY 2024 – Full Biden Budget
• FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Delivers for Tribal Nations and Tribal Communities

• FACT SHEET: The President’s Budget Cuts the Deficit by Nearly $3 Trillion Over 10 Years

• FACT SHEET: The President’s Budget Cuts Wasteful Spending on Big Pharma, Big Oil, and Other Special Interests, Cracks Down on Systemic Fraud, and Makes Programs More Cost Effective
• FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Lowers Costs for Families and Gives the American People More Breathing Room

• FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Lowers Housing Costs and Expands Access to Affordable Rent and Home Ownership

• FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Lowers Energy Costs, Combats the Climate Crisis, and Advances Environmental Justice

• FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Strengthens Border Security, Enhances Legal Pathways, and Provides Resources to Enforce Our Immigration Laws

• FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Advances Equity

• FACT SHEET: White House Lays Out Devastating Consequences of MAGA House Republican Plans to Gut Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act in State-by-State Fact Sheets 
• House Committee on Appropriations: DeLauro Receives Biden Administration Responses Highlighting Impacts of Proposed House Republican Cuts
• Problem Solvers Caucus: Debt and Deficit Working Group Proposed Debt Ceiling Framework

Action Alerts

• Take Action to Stop Harmful Amendments to the FY24 Spending Bill and Protect Housing Investments! National Low Income Housing Coalition, Oct. 16, 2023
• Government Shutdown Social Media Toolkit, CHN
• Tell Congress: Stand Up to Extremists; Avert a Government Shutdown, CHN
• Tell Congress: Fully Fund WIC and Child Care in the Continuing Resolution and Keep the Government Running, CHN
• Letter to the Editor Action Tool, RESULTS
• Meals on Wheels #Save Lunch Action Toolkit

CHN Materials

• The Biden Budget Translates Moral Clarity About Shared Prosperity into Dollars and Cents, CHN, March 9, 2023
• Witnesses: Both Default on Debt and Deep Spending Cuts Would Cause Lasting Economic Damage, CHN, March 9, 2023
• Audio recording: Representative Rosa DeLauro, Congresswoman from Connecticut’s Third Congressional District and Senior Democrat on the House Committee on Appropriations, gives remarks on budget negotiations, CHN, March 23, 2023 Please note: we request this audio not be used for press or outside distribution.
• CHN budget toolkit for local groups
• The Urgent Need to Invest, Not Cut: Cuts in Two-Thirds of Human Needs Programs Must Be Reversed, Not Worsened, CHN, May 10, 2023