CHN Urges the Senate to Separate DHS Appropriations Bill from Larger Package, Reject DHS Funding
January 26, 2026
‘This budget is heartless and tragic’
David Elliot,
October 4, 2017
With a vote imminent, opponents of the House GOP budget proposal rallied Wednesday outside the U.S. Capitol with members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which has put forward its own budget. It’s not too late to contact Congress to oppose the House budget proposal, and to support the Congressional Progressive Caucus alternative: call 1-888-516-5820...
House budget proposal would undermine national security
David Elliot,
October 3, 2017
Advocates for human needs programs joined two members of Congress Tuesday for a U.S. Capitol news conference aimed at rallying opposition to GOP proposals to slash domestic spending by trillions of dollars and pass tax cuts that would primarily aid the very wealthiest Americans. Participating in the news conference were...
CHN statement on Trump’s proposed tax cuts for the very, very rich
CHN,
September 27, 2017
Editor’s note: CHN Executive Director had this response Wednesday to President Trump’s proposal to slash tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans: “President Trump’s budget slashes Medicaid, food and housing assistance, and education funding. Now he is proposing to hand trillions of dollars in tax breaks to the wealthy and to...
CHN meets with Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity
CHN,
September 27, 2017
Editor’s note: On Tuesday, the Democratic Whip Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity met with CHN Executive Director Deborah Weinstein. The conversation focused on new Census data on poverty, the Republican budget, appropriations, and the effectiveness of anti-poverty programs. This is the Task Force’s statement following that meeting:...
CHN URGES DEFEAT OF GRAHAM-CASSIDY: ‘THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL VOTES SENATORS WILL CAST’
CHN,
September 25, 2017
Editor’s note: Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, sent the following letter Monday to the Senate Finance Committee, which is scheduled to hear testimony on the Graham-Cassidy ACA repeal proposal: “I am writing to convey the very deep concerns of the Coalition on Human Needs...
