CHN Urges Members of the House of Representatives to Vote NO on the Reconciliation Proposal
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Celebrate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Fourth Birthday by Becoming a Citizen-Enforcer of Fairer Lending Practices!
Scott Klinger,
July 24, 2015
This post was originally published on the Center for Effective Government’s blog, The Fine Print, on July 21. Using Citizen Stories, the CFPB Identified Abuses and Won $10.3 Billion in Relief and Refunds for 17 Million Consumers from Illegal Charges by Financial Institutions Five years ago today, the Dodd-Frank financial...
Feel Good and Do Good
Deborah Weinstein,
July 23, 2015
The CHN office is always a flurry of activity. With only 5 staff and so much to do to protect and expand programs that help our low-income neighbors, there’s no time to sit still. This upcoming week will be even busier as we take care of final preparations for our...
Congress’s Guide to Hunger and Your Nutrition Assistance Story
Lecia Imbery,
July 22, 2015
Nearly 16 percent of Americans – 49 million of us – struggle with hunger. That’s one out of every seven households. Hunger impacts children (16 million, in fact) and adults in every part of our country – every state and every city. This is not a partisan issue; it’s a...
Human Needs Report: Appropriations, No Child Left Behind, Child Nutrition, Family-Friendly Workplace Legislation, and More
Joanna Sandager,
July 20, 2015
CHN just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report, our regular newsletter on national policy issues affecting low-income and vulnerable populations. This edition includes articles on the ongoing appropriations process, family-friendly workplace legislation, No Child Left Behind, child nutrition, and more. See below for the full analysis and links to each...
Tell Congress it’s time to Raise the Wage
Joanna Sandager,
July 16, 2015
The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour for six years now. That’s barely $15,000 a year for a full-time worker—literally a poverty wage. No one should have to have to decide between clean clothes, paying their rent, or paying their cellphone bill. Tens of millions of...
