Publications and Analyses
Original reports, analyses, and publications from CHN and our partners raise awareness of human needs issues and inform the public and key decision-makers.
Feature: Letters to Congress
National Group Sign-On Letter Urges Congress to Quickly Enact No Less Than American Rescue Plan
February 5, 2021
On February 4th, over 100 national organizations including the Coalition on Human Needs called on the United States Congress to enact swiftly no less than what is called for in President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. Without speedy and comprehensive action, "...families that could have managed will be pushed into poverty and deaths that could have been avoided due to the pandemic will occur."
CHN letter to all U.S. Senators demands COVID-19 relief
September 25, 2020
CHN on Friday, Sept. 25 sent a letter to all 100 U.S. Senators demanding COVID-19 relief. It reads in part, "The pandemic has imperiled your constituents’ economic well-being and their health. COVID-19 cases are again rising, and as we enter the colder months, the threat will increase. The moratorium on evictions expires at the end of the year. If you leave now without acting, millions of people, unable to come up with one or more months of unpaid rent, will face eviction."
CHN’s letter to all members of the U.S. Senate urging Senators to extend U.S. Census reporting deadlines
August 10, 2020
CHN's letter to all members of the U.S. Senate urging Senators to extend statutory reporting deadlines for apportionment and redistricting data for the 2020 Census to April 30, 2021, extend the deadline to transmit state population totals to that date, prohibit the Bureau and the President from sending the relevant data to the Congress in advance of those deadlines, and to allocate $400 million to address Census Bureau operational challenges.
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS
CBPP: 2017 Tax Law Heightens Need for New Revenues
March 19, 2019
The tax law enacted in December 2017 weakens federal revenues at a time when the nation needs to raise more revenue. Federal spending will necessarily increase as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in coming years due to several factors, particularly the retirement of more baby boomers, health care cost growth, and rising interest rates. These factors will drive up spending for Medicare, Social Security, interest on the federal debt, and some other programs. The budgetary savings that can be achieved through slowing the growth of health care costs, eliminating duplicative, outdated, or ineffective programs, and reducing errors and overpayments will not come close to offsetting the upward pressures on spending.
ATF: No Evidence Trump-GOP Tax Cuts Are Improving the Economy
March 19, 2019
Eight months since the tax cuts were passed in December 2017, here’s what the data show.
ATF: Costly Corporate Tax Cuts Benefit Few Workers
March 19, 2019
The gloomiest predictions about the impact of the Trump-GOP corporate tax cuts are coming true. Corporate tax receipts are collapsing, deepening deficits that Republicans want to pay for through cuts to vital public services like Medicare, Medicaid and education. Lower taxes have helped corporate profits soar, but corporations are overwhelmingly using those higher earnings to reward their already wealthy shareholders rather than share the wealth with their workers.
