From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Bad news. HB 2138 – the bill that would impose harmful work requirements on people who rely on Medicaid – was passed yesterday by the PA Senate. Governor Wolf has already pledged to … Continued
All the calls, emails and visits paid off. Last week, the PA Senate voted 43-5 for HB 2060! The bill to disarm domestic abusers was signed by Governor Wolf’s on October 12. Finally, PA joins the states that have stepped … Continued
Downloadable version The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Council of Churches adopted the following resolution on October 16, 2018: WHEREAS: As Christians, we are called to be peacemakers. God has commanded, “You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13). The Apostle … Continued
PennFuture is continuing its fight against legislation that would turn the clock back on environmental protection, and we need your help and your action NOW. We need you to use your voices to fight a destructive bill that is moving … Continued
House Bills 2138 and 1659 – bills that would impose harmful work requirements on people who rely on Medicaid and food assistance – passed out of the Rules Committees in the PA Senate yesterday. It will move quickly to a … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): When the next Congress is sworn in, we know that there will be at least 56 new members. It is imperative that we show them and returning members that the human needs community … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/10/01/citizenship-question-will-hurt-us/#.W7UFBntKgdU By Lecia Imbery October 1, 2018 On September 30, The New York Times published an opinion piece written by William Frey, a demographer, professor, and fellow at the Brookings Institution, about the Trump Administration’s efforts to include a citizenship question … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): On September 28 House Republicans voted in favor of a second round of tax cuts. They have marketed this extension of the individual tax cuts in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) as … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): This year, a company called SAExploration could be surveying for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Massive trucks would crawl across the tundra, sending shockwaves into the ground right in prime polar bear denning … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): With just a few days left in Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania House intends to vote on a bill designed to suppress our First Amendment rights to peaceful protest. Senate Bill 652, cunningly known as the Critical Infrastructure Protection … Continued