From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): In the first few weeks of the 2017-18 legislative session, Pennsylvania legislators introduced five bills that target immigrant and refugee communities in the state. Many state legislators believe that because both President … Continued
HARRISBURG – Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, released the following analysis of how recently-released House GOP proposal, the “American Health Care Act,” would affect Pennsylvanians: The health care legislation introduced by the House Republicans late … Continued
BuzzFeed, posted on Feb. 25, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. Salvador Hernandez, Adolfo Flores BuzzFeed News Reporters Churches across the US are fighting back against the Trump administration’s mandate to ramp up deportations with new sanctuary practices of their own, using … Continued
New York Times By Laurie Goodstein March 2, 2017 The fight against President Trump’s executive orders to turn away refugees, deport undocumented immigrants and build a wall along the Mexican border is about to escalate in many American churches. A broad … Continued
From the Project on Government Oversight (http://www.pogo.org/): Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed the Justice Department’s decision last year to phase out its use of private prisons, despite new reports raising concerns about their use. Read more at http://www.pogo.org/blog/2017/02/private-prisons-contractor-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-program.html.
From the Project on Government Oversight (http://www.pogo.org/): President Donald Trump called the FDA drug approval process slow and burdensome, but the evidence he cited could point to the opposite conclusion. Slashing regulatory restraints as he proposed could pose medical and … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/03/06/15195/#.WL3SVW8rIdU By David Elliot March 6, 2017 Editor’s note: Congress is considering repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and is debating major structural changes, and perhaps significant cuts, to Medicaid, which serves 74 million Americans. Voices for Human Needs is reaching … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-03-06/senior-issues/aarp-medicare-vouchers-would-raise-costs-for-pa-seniors/a56702-1 March 6, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Reining in the cost of prescription drugs is one way to reduce Medicare costs, according to AARP. (USMC/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – … Continued
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): Federal action opportunities: Ask Senator Toomey and Senator Casey to read EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s email communications with polluting and fossil fuel interests, released after his confirmation hearing. Given his previous collusion and … Continued
From Interfaith Worker Justice (http://www.iwj.org): When Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail to be a “champion for working people” against special interests, it was easy to be skeptical of his claim. Since the inauguration, we have seen time and … Continued