Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reports on a spirited rally advocates held at the U.S. Capitol this week in opposition to the House GOP's effort to massively cut critical human needs programs. And we unveil CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, a by-the-numbers look at how the pandemic harms the most vulnerable people and communities. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
War on the poor: Advocates express fury over Congressional debt ceiling, spending cuts proposal
April 26
Human needs advocates, including people of faith, rallied this week against a House measure that would severely cut spending for critical domestic programs in exchange for raising the nation’s debt ceiling. The bill passed narrowly (217-215), but it is strongly opposed in the Senate and by President Biden. The advocates at Wednesday’s event were well aware that their fight must continue. READ MORE »
CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
April 28
The debt ceiling hostage edition. America is being held hostage. House Republicans this week passed a measure that would cause permanent, lasting damage to a wide array of critical human needs programs – everything from health care to child care to housing to nutrition assistance to climate change. In passing this legislation, which will not advance in the Senate in its current form, House Republicans are teetering on the precipice of default on the national debt, which would cost millions of jobs and almost immediately plunge the nation – and perhaps the world – into a recession. READ MORE »
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