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In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reports on efforts of more than 1,400 groups urging Congress to protect and strengthen SNAP as part of the Farm Bill legislation. And we detail the latest actions by the Biden Administration to protect workers -- this time, by expanding rules governing when overtime must be paid. Finally, we unveil CHN's latest Human Needs Watch: Tracking Hardship, which this week reports on harmful cuts coming out of the House Appropriations Committee. 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.

This week on the blog...

SNAP: 'Our first line of defense against hunger'
July 10
More than 1,400 groups are asking Congress to protect and strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as part of the Farm Bill. The groups are particularly concerned with a House GOP proposal that would adjust the Thrifty Food Plan that helps determine the size of monthly SNAP benefits. The adjustment, part of a Farm Bill that has passed the House Agriculture Committee, would result in cuts of nearly $30 billion over 10 years, and every SNAP recipient would be affected. READ MORE ?

Biden Administration finalizes new worker protections
July 11
In April, Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard, and Domestic Policy Council Director Neera Tanden hosted a White House event to announce new rules aimed at bolstering workers and providing growth to the American economy "from the bottom up and the middle out." One rule, which expands overtime protections for workers, took effect this month. READ MORE ?

CHN's Human Needs Watch: Tracking Hardship
July 12
The (mis)appropriations Edition. The House Appropriations Committee has now passed all 12 of its appropriations bills. The picture is not pretty, but most of them face an unclear future. READ MORE ?

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