This op-ed was originally published in The Hill on March 27. This week, every senator and representative will receive a letter signed by more than 1,300 organizations from every state. Under the heading Strengthening America’s Values and Economy (SAVE) for All, the groups urge Congress to pass a budget that protects…
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Do These Budgets Reflect Our Priorities?
“The federal budget is about our national priorities and our values. It is about who we are as a nation and what we stand for. It is about how we analyze and assess the problems that we face and how we go forward in resolving those problems. That is the task the Senate…
Thousands Tell Congress to Pass a Budget That Invests in Shared Prosperity
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
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
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
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
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…
The Law and Health Care for Millions: Rallying Outside the Supreme Court
Dr. Alice Chen is executive director of Doctors for America. She and Ron Pollack, who directs Families USA, were among the key leaders organizing a rally in front of the Supreme Court while oral arguments were going on that might determine the fate of the Affordable Care Act. Alice’s smile…
A budget with more waste or more investments? Tell Congress the choice is clear.
Tell Congress we need a budget that works for everyone on social media with our Thunderclap. One click today releases the message on March 16. In less than 2 weeks, Congress will sit down to debate the FY2016 budget. This is a critical time and we need you to take…
People Making a Difference: Senator Mikulski
[Lecia Imbery also contributed to this post.] “Because it’s always been about you, never about me. That’s what it takes to be a good senator by my expectations and by my standards.” –Sen. Barbara Mikulski Earlier this week, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) announced that she will not run for reelection in…
Human Needs Report: DHS funding, immigration, tax cuts, and FY16 budgets
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 latest edition looks at the battle in Congress over funding for the Department of Homeland Security and immigration, the ongoing FY 2016 budget hearings in the House…
Sign to tell Congress to invest in America and stop the budget cuts
A few weeks ago we took to Twitter to rally and tell Congress to #StopTheCuts. With your help we raised our voices and even got #StopTheCuts trending in DC. We’re still working hard to show Congress that people across the country want economic security for all of us, not just…