From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): What’s at stake for low-income people in federal budget, health care bills? A U.S. House subcommittee is voting today on a bill that would slash federal funding for programs that support the economic security of children, families, … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/07/12/16562/#.WWZfYoTysdU By Lecia Imbery July 12, 2017 At the Coalition, we know the importance of working together and fighting for what’s right with one voice. The past few months have proven this to be true now more than ever. … Continued
From the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (http://www.itep.org/): The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office today is out with its forecast of economic growth over the next decade. As expected by economists across the political spectrum, CBO predicts the economy will … Continued
This week the U.S. Conference of Mayors passed three resolutions urging Congress to move money out of the military and into human and environmental needs — exactly the reverse of Trump’s budget. Those historic actions came after more than 20,000 … Continued
NOTE: The Pennsylvania Council of Churches signed this letter. Posted at http://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/june/pennsylvanians-ask-pa-congressional-delegation-reject-inhumane-cuts-vital-federal-budget-p Jun 19, 2017 04:24 pm | John Neurohr Nearly 70 Pennsylvania organizations signed on to the letter below asking members of the Pennsylvania congressional delegation to reject inhumane … Continued
From the Coalition Against Hunger (https://www.hungercoalition.org/): The President’s proposed budget plan for SNAP would abandon the American commitment to ensure no child goes hungry in this country and would leave the unemployed, the elderly, and low-income working families more likely … Continued
Posted at https://itep.org/besides-eviscerating-the-safety-net-trump-budget-would-put-states-in-fiscal-bind/ There has been considerable discussion about the human impact of the Trump budget’s draconian cuts to what remains of the social safety net. A long-standing conservative talking point in response to such criticism is that states can … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/06/07/fact-week-three-fifths-cuts-trump-budget-come-programs-low-moderate-income-people/#.WTgb6uvysdU By Lecia Imbery June 7, 2017 A new analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that roughly three-fifths of the $4.3 trillion of non-defense cuts in President Trump’s proposed FY18 budget come from programs assisting low- and … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/06/02/its-called-having-a-country/#.WTa5I-vysdU By Lecia Imbery June 2, 2017 Last week, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testified before the Senate Budget Committee about President Trump’s FY18 budget proposal. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) asked Director Mulvaney why the budget … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): The budget request released last week by President Trump for fiscal year 2018 proposes to make cruel and devastating cuts to programs that support children, families, and individuals of modest means, slash investments in America’s future, and … Continued