From the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (http://www.thecaap.org): As of January 25th, 2019, the longest government shutdown in American history ended as President Trump signed a bill that temporarily opened the government until February 15th. When the shutdown began on … Continued
(HARRISBURG) Through PA 2-1-1, the United Way of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, and the American Federation of Government Employees District 3, have launched a text code initiative which will provide information and updates aimed to help impacted workers cope with the shutdown. This service … Continued
Posted at https://www.clasp.org/blog/what-shutdown-means-tanf By Elizabeth Lower-Basch UPDATE: On January 14, the House unanimously passed H.R. 430, the TANF Extension Act of 2019, which would extend funding for TANF through June 30. It is not yet known if the Senate will take this … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Call our Senators today: Tell them no other Senate votes until they vote on funding the government We are now in this government shutdown with no end in sight. Roughly 800,000 federal workers still … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): For too long, ordinary Americans have missed out on the gains of a growing economy, while the already-rich have captured much more than their fair share of that growth. In a new policy agenda, … Continued
From the National Alliance to End Homelessness (http://www.endhomelessness.org): Congress has a choice to make for their last month in session this year: Do their jobs or continue kicking the can down the road. As you know, federal funding is key … Continued
From the Coalition for Peace Action (http://www.peacecoalition.org/): On November 28, the Senate voted 63-37 to bring to the floor a resolution to stop US support of the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which so far has caused over 85,000 children to … Continued
From the Project on Government Oversight (http://www.pogo.org/): This is alarming: A recent State Department report revealed that some U.S. defense contractors are under investigation for allegedly engaging in human trafficking and abusive practices toward their workers. The American people deserve … Continued
Together with #DefundHate coalition partners, you helped defeat ICE’s special funding request for immigrant detention! The Washington Post reported that ICE’s request was for 1 billion dollars, specifically to expand immigrant detention. The spending bill passed through the Senate and … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): With Hurricane Florence on our doorstep, we’ve learned that the administration has diverted $10 million from FEMA ‘response and recovery’ to spend on ICE incarceration. [1] This diversion of precious funding from disaster relief in order … Continued