Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog warns of "poison pill riders" some House members are trying to force on to appropriations bills. And we unveil our latest Human Needs Report: Tracking Hardship, which this week also focuses on dangerous amendments to spending bills and discusses important, upcoming deadlines on the spending front. Meanwhile, if you know of colleagues, friends, family members or others who you think should subscribe to the weekly Voices blog summary, please encourage them to do so here.
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This week on the blog...
CHN to Congressional appropriators: Say no to an extremist minority using poison pill riders to cut, block, and shut down
February 20
CHN’s Executive Director Deborah Weinstein joined with other organizations in the Clean Budget Campaign this week to call on Congress to do its job and pass bills to fund the full range of government services, and to reject inserting extremist policies in the funding bills that could not get majority support on their own. Her comments are included in a Facebook video presentation shown on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 3:00 p.m. READ MORE »
CHN's Human Needs Watch: Tracking Hardship
February 23
The Poison Pills Edition. Congress has set deadlines for completing 12 bills that provide funding for all the federal programs requiring annual appropriations – including nutrition for babies, toddlers, and the aging, rental subsidies, environmental protection, child care, education from pre-k to college, transportation, and a whole lot more. Some of these programs will see their funding run out on March 1; the rest on March 8, if Congress does not finally approve funding or pass another extension. If funding runs out, the programs covered will shut down until Congress finally acts. READ MORE »
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