From Clean Water for All (http://protectcleanwater.org/): “Remember the Trump administration’s infrastructure plan? The one that promised America job-boosting projects for gleaming highways and bridges? Well, so far the Trump-branded New Deal has fallen by the wayside; the job-creation program of … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump had little to say about infrastructure. It wasn’t until the end of the campaign―prodded by his opponent’s $250 billion plan―that Trump offered a no-details boast that he … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Get any group of parents of young children together and the issue that comes up almost immediately (besides bedtime woes!) is the cost, concerns, and crisis of trying to find high-quality affordable childcare. And there is … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Today – Friday, January 19 – is the deadline for Congress to act on continuing government funding. But other urgent measures are also long overdue. Every day, another 122 Dreamers lose legal status … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Since its inception, Wall Street has wanted to get its hands on Social Security. The financial industry has tried to cut and privatize our earned benefits and sow a seed of doubt about Social … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/01/11/human-needs-report-congress-didnt-end-2017-whats-tap-early-2018/#.WlfSY66nEdU By Lecia Imbery January 11, 2018 A lot happened on Capitol Hill right before the holiday break, while many other issues were kicked down the road and remain on the Congressional agenda for early 2018. Where do things … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Right now, representatives from more than 200 countries are meeting at the international climate change conference in Bonn, Germany to effectively implement the Paris climate agreement. Today we learned that war-torn Syria plans to … Continued
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): Federal action opportunities Our lawmakers are engaged with tax reform, making now an excellent time to contact them to remind them that budgets are moral documents that declare our priorities, and, similarly, that tax … Continued
From River Network (https://www.rivernetwork.org/): Recently the federal law that protects water quality across the country, the Clean Water Act, hit a milestone – 45 years in place. Yet the protections guaranteed by the Clean Water Act are in jeopardy. The … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/10/30/these-cuts-hurt/#.Wfd_5ltSwdU By Lecia Imbery October 30, 2017 Congress just passed a budget that calls for massive cuts in human needs programs. The devastating effect these cuts would have on millions of Americans is why CHN is cosponsoring the #TheseCutsHurt … Continued