From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): For months, Congress has been negotiating the Build Back Better Act: a once-in-a-generation budget reconciliation package that may determine whether our country transitions to a clean energy economy and cares for the communities most … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-09-29/budget-policy-and-priorities/businesses-to-congress-pass-the-build-back-better-plan/a75901-1 September 29, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. — Congress is expected to vote on the Biden administration’s Build Back Better agenda, which includes creating clean energy jobs to tackle … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): YOUR voice, your petitions, and your calls are working! Last week, Congress took action to ensure historic investments to save moms’ lives, end racial & ethnic maternal health disparities, and advance birth equity. As negotiations continue, … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The next few days in Congress may be the most consequential of Joe Biden’s presidency. It is not an overstatement to say that our entire human needs investment agenda is on the line. There … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Right now, the U.S. Congress has a once-in-a-decade chance to take huge strides toward making our health care system more equitable, accessible, and affordable. The health care policies proposed in the Build Back Better budget plan … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The next few days are incredibly consequential to the fate of our Build Back Better investment agenda. The House of Representatives is planning a vote on President Biden’s Build Back Better plan—and we need to … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Summer break is over, and not only are kids back in school, Congress is now back in session! We don’t know what summer and the last year and a half looked like for members of Congress, … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): This message is from Tori and Carrie, two Pennsylvania moms. We promise this is important. We are both working moms with sons with exceptionalities, so we know what being overbooked, overworked, and overtired looks like! We … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-09-16/budget-policy-and-priorities/200-plus-wealthy-leaders-from-pa-beyond-urge-congress-to-pass-tax-hike/a75742-1 September 16, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. — More than 200 high earners have written a letter urging Congress to raise taxes to help support social safety-net programs that … Continued
From Keystone Research Center/Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (https://krc-pbpc.org/): The economic loss and hardship of COVID-19 and its new variants are far from over for Pennsylvania communities – particularly Pennsylvanians of color and those with low incomes. The need for … Continued