Please take 3 minutes to protect access to clean water by calling your Senators. The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the link between public health and access to clean water. Due to underinvestment in American and tribal water and wastewater systems, … Continued
From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): After months of harmful and unnecessary delays, Senate Republicans released today a coronavirus relief package that would leave millions of America’s lowest-income renters at risk of evictions and homelessness due to the pandemic. It … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): States are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. For more than two decades, EPI has been home to EARN—a national network of 55 organizations in 43 states and the District of Columbia working … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The House of Representatives did their job. They passed the HEROES Act back in mid-May. This crucial legislation includes aid to our states with funds to prevent cuts to essential services like education, health care … Continued
From Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (http://www.papartnerships.org): As legislative leaders in Washington, D.C. continue to debate the merits of another round of stimulus funding due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the HEROES Act passed by the U.S. House several weeks ago includes … Continued
From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): The House of Representatives will vote next week – as soon as Monday, June 29 – on a package of critically needed emergency housing resources and protections to help keep renters in … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): As the 2019-2020 school year comes to a close, school district administrators, teachers, staff, and board members are turning their attention to planning how they will safely educate students when the new school year … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): Go to https://actionnetwork.org/letters/0f127aec5b2fc2406bf7d133f1ff5d49c16da9ef/ to tell Senators Pat Toomey and Bob Casey to support and advance the Heroes Act, a bold and comprehensive coronavirus response bill that provides economic support for our state … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): When our economic security is crumbling, the last thing we need is a $135 billion tax break for millionaires. But hidden deep in the $2.2 trillion CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): We were glad to see a lot of what was included in the Heroes Act that passed the House last Friday. Funding for safe elections, a moratorium on water and energy shut-offs, and grants … Continued