From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): For months, Congress has been negotiating the Build Back Better Act: a once-in-a-generation budget reconciliation package that may determine whether our country transitions to a clean energy economy and cares for the communities most … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-09-29/budget-policy-and-priorities/businesses-to-congress-pass-the-build-back-better-plan/a75901-1 September 29, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. — Congress is expected to vote on the Biden administration’s Build Back Better agenda, which includes creating clean energy jobs to tackle … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): YOUR voice, your petitions, and your calls are working! Last week, Congress took action to ensure historic investments to save moms’ lives, end racial & ethnic maternal health disparities, and advance birth equity. As negotiations continue, … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The next few days in Congress may be the most consequential of Joe Biden’s presidency. It is not an overstatement to say that our entire human needs investment agenda is on the line. There … Continued
This op-ed appeared in Harrisburg, Reading, Lebanon, and Erie. By The Rev. Sandra L. Strauss Did you know that an emergency room nurse tending COVID patients or a truck driver who delivers the food and essential goods that sustain us … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The next few days are incredibly consequential to the fate of our Build Back Better investment agenda. The House of Representatives is planning a vote on President Biden’s Build Back Better plan—and we need to … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Summer break is over, and not only are kids back in school, Congress is now back in session! We don’t know what summer and the last year and a half looked like for members of Congress, … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): We are on the verge of passing a truly historic agenda that will lift up tens of millions of Americans, reduce childhood poverty, provide good jobs while transforming our economy towards investments in … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): Washington, DC, September 15, 2021—A U.S. Census Bureau report released Tuesday demonstrates very clearly the powerful role of federal programs in helping avert what could have been a significant spike in poverty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic … Continued
From Keystone Research Center/Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (https://krc-pbpc.org/): The economic loss and hardship of COVID-19 and its new variants are far from over for Pennsylvania communities – particularly Pennsylvanians of color and those with low incomes. The need for … Continued