House Budget Proposal Hurts Millions of People to Pay for Still More Breaks for the Rich
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House Budget Proposal Hurts Millions of People to Pay for Still More Breaks for the Rich
February 17, 2025
Thousands Tell Congress to Pass a Budget That Invests in Shared Prosperity
Lecia Imbery,
March 24, 2015
This week, the House and Senate will be voting on budget proposals introduced last week by their respective Budget Committees (for much more information on what’s in these proposals, as well as the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ alternative proposal, see our latest Human Needs Report). Today, as Members of Congress prepare to...
Human Needs Report: FY2016 Congressional Budget Resolutions Edition
Lecia Imbery,
March 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 special edition looks at the several different budget proposals released this week for Fiscal Year 2016 and beyond. See below for the full analysis and links to each section...
The 8 Head Smacker Budget
Lecia Imbery,
March 18, 2015
Yesterday, the House Budget Committee released its FY 2016 budget proposal. There were just too many Head Smackers in it to narrow it down to one, so CHN’s Deborah Weinstein came up with eight. Below are slides that she put together highlighting the most Head Smacking parts of it. We’ll have...
5 Things to Look For in the Budgets Next Week, and What You Can Do About Them
Lecia Imbery,
March 13, 2015
Next week, the House and Senate Budget Committees will release and start to debate their proposed FY 2016 budgets. Lots of people are talking about what will be in them. Here are five things we think all human needs advocates need to look out for and be wary of in...
Fact of the Week: More than 100 Big U.S. Corporations Used Offshore Tax Havens to Avoid $280 Billion in Taxes
Lecia Imbery,
March 11, 2015
A report out in February from Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, shows that many U.S. corporations are effectively dodging billions in U.S. taxes. Looking at companies that are part of the Business Roundtable, a coalition of CEOs from 201 of the biggest companies...
