House Budget Proposal Hurts Millions of People to Pay for Still More Breaks for the Rich
February 17, 2025
House Budget Proposal Hurts Millions of People to Pay for Still More Breaks for the Rich
February 17, 2025
Americans Low Savings Rate A Bad Sign for Good Economy
Andrew Yarrow,
May 4, 2015
This post was originally published on The Fiscal Times on April 26. We’re supposed to be enjoying an economic recovery since the Great Recession of 2008-2009 – yet many economists have questioned whether the last five years have been much of a “recovery.” Judging from the mood of the American...
Raise the Wage Act Would Help Millions of Working Families
Lecia Imbery,
April 30, 2015
Below is the Coalition on Human Needs’ statement supporting the Murray-Scott legislation to increase the minimum wage to $12 an hour. For sample tweets (with key facts) and graphics you can share with your networks to show support for this legislation, see this related blog post. Coalition on Human Needs Celebrates Introduction of Raise...
TANF’s Not Alright
Indi Dutta-Gupta,
April 30, 2015
[Editor’s Note: Today, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources is holding a hearing about Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Below you’ll find a very timely post by Indi Dutta-Gupta and Kali Grant, both of Georgetown University’s Project on Deep Poverty. The hearing is titled “Ideas for Improve Welfare...
Raise the Wage Act would increase minimum wage to $12 by 2020
Joanna Sandager,
April 29, 2015
Please join us for a #RaiseTheWage Twitterstorm on Thursday, April 30th, 1-2 pm ET, in support of the introduction of the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $12 by 2020. Tomorrow the Raise the Wage Act will be introduced by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and...
Human Needs Report: Closing in on a joint budget resolution, CHIP extension, Estate Tax Repeal and more
Joanna Sandager,
April 28, 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 latest steps in the FY2016 congressional budget resolutions process, the beginning of appropriations season, CHIP extension, and the House repeal of the Estate Tax. See below...
