From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org): This week, Oxfam brought something exciting to the district: we’re calling it the Famine Food Truck. The Famine Food Truck (https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23faminefoodtruck&src=typd) is taking to the streets of Washington, D.C. to raise awareness of the urgent humanitarian … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): The budget request released today 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 destabilize … Continued
From the Center for the Victims of Torture (http://www.cvt.org/): President Trump has released his Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request, which if passed by Congress would significantly reduce U.S. assistance to refugees and torture survivors around the world. In the face … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/05/22/15992/#.WSRwUOsrIdU By Deborah Weinstein May 22, 2017 Editor’s note: This piece was originally published by The Hill on May 19. Stay tuned to CHN’s blog and emails for more information on President Trump’s FY18 budget, anticipated Tuesday, May 23, which is expected … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): Statement by James D. Weill, president, Food Research & Action Center Widespread news reports based on administration sources indicate that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will suffer drastic cuts in the … Continued
The Huffington Post, May 17, 2017 U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue recently told the House agriculture committee during a hearing that SNAP has “been a very important, effective program,” and “[a]s far as I’m concerned we have no … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/05/23/trump-budget-harsh-attack-people/#.WSRt2esrIdV By Deborah Weinstein May 23, 2017 Editor’s note: Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of CHN, issued the following statement Tuesday in response to President Trump’s budget proposal. A PDF version of this statement can be found here. “Members of Congress should … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/05/16/fact-week-80-percent-critical-human-needs-programs-lost-ground-since-fy10/#.WRso4_krIdV By Lecia Imbery May 16, 2017 Minority health programs cut by 10 percent. Juvenile justice programs cut nearly in half. Housing for the elderly cut by 46 percent; housing for people with disabilities cut nearly 57 percent. Job training … Continued
Posted at http://www.clasp.org/news-room/news-releases/omnibus-bill-largely-averts-short-term-crisis-yet-threatening-clouds-on-the-horizon May 04, 2017 This statement from the Center on Law and Social Policy (CLASP) can be attributed to Olivia Golden, CLASP’s executive director Washington, DC, May 4, 2017—The federal omnibus spending bill, which passed both the U.S. … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/04/28/head-smacker-trump-plan-slashes-taxes-companies-already-dodging-taxes/#.WQiGBvkrIdU By Melissa Roark April 28, 2017 On April 26, the Trump Administration released a barebones outline of a tax agenda that would slash taxes on corporations and wealthy individuals. The plan would cut the tax rate by almost 60 percent … Continued