Tag Archives: debt ceiling

Urge Super Committee Member Senator Toomey and the PA Congressional Delegation to Protect Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From Families USA (http://www.familiesusa.org):   The debt ceiling agreement reached in early August established a 12-member “super committee” charged with finding $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction by November 23. The first organizational meeting of the super committee was held on … Continue reading →

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Urge Congress to Protect Low-Income Families and Focus on Creating Jobs

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From Half in Ten (http://halfinten.org/):   Earlier this month, Congress passed a deal to raise the debt ceiling that included $1 trillion cuts over the next 10 years, and the creation of a bipartisan congressional “supercommittee” charged with finding another … Continue reading →

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Faith Community to Launch Grassroots Campaign to Protect Funding for Anti-Poverty Programs

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From Ecumenical Advocacy Days (http://www.advocacydays.org):   Interfaith Campaign to call on the Congressional Budget Super Committee to make compassionate investments in America’s future   WASHINGTON, August 3, 2011 – One day after President Obama signed legislation raising the debt ceiling … Continue reading →

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Paying for What We Value

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

Shared by Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org):   By Paul Schrag – Mennonite Weekly Review, Editorial August 8, 2011   The deal that ended Washington’s debt-ceiling battle on Aug. 2 failed to address the root causes of a dec­ade of … Continue reading →

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Urge the President and Vice President to Protect the Most Vulnerable in Deficit Discussions as Deadline Nears

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org):   The Senate cancelled this week’s July 4th recess to concentrate efforts on negotiating a deal with the White House and House leadership on the debt-ceiling/deficit reduction package. Anti-hunger advocates must elevate … Continue reading →

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Urge the White House to Protect SNAP/Food Stamp and Other Safety Net Programs During Debt-Ceiling Negotiations

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From the Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center (http://www.pahunger.org/):   Vice President Biden and a bi-partisan group of Congressional leaders had been negotiating a debt-ceiling/deficit reduction plan and hoped to reach an agreement by July 1, when these negotiations broke down last … Continue reading →

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Fighting Poverty in the 112th Congress

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, Common Good Forum (http://catholicsinalliance.org/thecommongoodforum.php):   By Melissa Boteach and Katie Wright, Half in Ten Program, Center for American Progress February 9, 2011   During the last two years, advocates fighting poverty have … Continue reading →

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