From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Halloween was just a couple of weeks ago, but the only truly spooky thing is how unaffordable child care is in the United States. Story—two college classmates were recently catching up—work, the weather, and of course, … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Right now, Congress is looking to add bipartisan tax legislation to the end-of-year budget package. It is imperative that if there is any tax legislation helping businesses and the rich that we also … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) help working families and individuals better provide for basic needs. These two tax credits together lift 8.9 Million people out of … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): Increased income from raising minimum wage is greater, and in most cases, far greater than the loss in benefits and new taxes paid HARRISBURG—As Pennsylvania seriously considers raising the minimum wage for … Continued
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (http://www.cbpp.org): Ask your representative to cosponsor the Working Families Tax Relief Act (H.R. 3157), which would expand the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit for 1 in 3 Americans. … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): HARRISBURG – Senator Robert Casey today joined Senators Sherrod Brown, Michael Bennet, Dick Durbin, and Ron Wyden to introduce the Working Families Tax Relief Act, legislation that would begin to fix our … Continued
From the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org): With more than 4 in 10 American households—43%—struggling to afford basics like food, housing, health care, child care, and the cost of raising a child growing every year, it’s evident that Congress must … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Tax season is upon us! You may be scrambling to get your tax return paperwork together and have high hopes to submit everything well before the April 15th deadline (but more likely than not will end … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/05/29/canadian-style-child-benefit-would-cut-u-s-child-poverty-by-more-than-half/#.WxVqGe4vwdU By Center on Budget and Policy Priorities May 29, 2018 Editor’s note: This piece was written by Arloc Sherman, Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). It was originally published on CBPP’s blog, Off the Charts, on … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/human_needs_report/chn-negotiations-final-tax-bill-hit-snags/#.Wi7t4VWnEdU December 11, 2017 House and Senate leaders were expected to release this week a merged tax bill that works out the differences in the versions previously passed by the House and Senate, but the latest reports are … Continued