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In case you missed it... this week the Voices for Human Needs blog announced a National Call-In Day Monday, July 22 to urge the Senate not to enact damaging cuts to human needs programs and to keep the federal government running. Plus we applauded House passage of a minimum wage increase, examined the Trump Administration's plan to redefine poverty downward, and discussed whether the "American Dream" is dead. Please share with your networks!

This week on the blog...

Save the date! National Call-In Day Monday, July 22. Tell your senators: No cuts. No government shutdown.
July 16
Once again, the Trump Administration and Congress are headed towards the brink. In September, services we need may come to a screeching halt unless new funding levels and the federal government’s authority to borrow are renewed. Since Congress will be leaving for August recess in a few weeks, these vital funding conversations are happening this week! Congress must act soon to agree on spending levels and to raise the limits on federal borrowing (the “debt ceiling”). And the time to speak out is NOW! On Monday, July 22nd, please join in a National Call-in Day. READ MORE »

CHN applauds passage of minimum wage increase: 'Today is not the end of this fight. But perhaps it is the beginning of the end'
July 18
CHN this week applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for its vote to increase the minimum wage. We know that $15 an hour is the absolute minimum workers need nationwide in order to survive. Lifting low-income workers is the right and moral thing to do, pure and simple, and the Senate should take up the Raise the Wage Act of 2019, H.R. 582, for its consideration. READ MORE »

Trump Administration plan to change how inflation is measured concerns advocates for the poor
July 18
The Trump administration is weighing a plan that uses a different definition of inflation to determine who lives in poverty and who does not. If implemented, the measure would affect people’s eligibility for food stamps, Head Start, school lunch programs, parts of Medicaid and Medicare, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and other federal programs. READ MORE »

Economic Mobility: Is the American Dream in crisis?
July 19
“The American Dream." Americans hold this phrase close to heart. People come from other areas of the world hoping to experience it firsthand. Yet at the same time, an increasing number of people seem to share in the belief that it is an unattainable myth. READ MORE »

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