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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 19, 2023 at 7:44 PM

Re: The cost of default: Social Security payments could grind to a halt

The political brinkmanship being initiated by right-wing extremists in Congress is putting the financial stability of the entire country in jeopardy. John, Nearly eight million jobs lost. Sixty-six million Social Security checks delayed. Veterans’ benefits del…
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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 19, 2023 at 7:30 PM

CHN's Human Needs Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – May 19, 2023 A note to our readers: Three years ago this week, the Coalition on Human Needs launched Covid-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship. Now we're back with a new look and a new name. Alth…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 18, 2023 at 10:21 PM

What is the cost of a federal default?

The political brinkmanship being initiated by right-wing extremists in Congress is putting the financial stability of the entire country in jeopardy. John, What is the cost of a federal default? We know from 2011 that even the threat of a default can send finan…
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 16, 2023 at 4:33 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION]: Tell the Senate to follow Biden’s lead and remove restrictions for SNAP, TANF and Medicaid

Earlier today, President Biden announced that any GOP added work requirements for Medicaid would be off the table. Now we need him to go a step further and do the same for SNAP and TANF. John, I wanted to make sure you saw Deborah’s email from yesterday. Some big…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 15, 2023 at 8:32 PM

[TAKE ACTION]: Tell the Senate to follow Biden’s lead and remove restrictions for SNAP, TANF and Medicaid

Earlier today, President Biden announced that any GOP added work requirements for Medicaid would be off the table. Now we need him to go a step further and do the same for SNAP and TANF. John, President Biden just announced that he won’t agree to the extremist GO…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 14, 2023 at 2:55 PM

Women will be significantly impacted by Kevin McCarthy’s cruel cuts

Instead of cuts to critical programs and services, we’re demanding investments in women, families, and vulnerable communities. John, Across the country, millions of women, LGBTQI+ people, and their families rely on federal services to access health care, put food…
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  Dominique Espinoza, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 13, 2023 at 6:21 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION]: Tell your Senators to vote against regressive, inhumane asylum policies

Title 42 ended and extremist Republicans and their allies in the Senate are committed to shutting down asylum and worsening the humanitarian crisis at the border. John, In both the House and Senate there are efforts to codify dangerous immigration policies that p…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 12, 2023 at 11:02 PM

[TAKE ACTION]: Tell your Senators to vote against regressive, inhumane asylum policies

Title 42 ended and extremist Republicans and their allies in the Senate are committed to shutting down asylum and worsening the humanitarian crisis at the border. John, Last night the House of Representatives passed H.R.2, the Secure the Border Act—an extreme pie…
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 10, 2023 at 8:54 PM

Re: Federal Default: 1 million jobs lost in the first week

Together, we’re fighting back against right-wing hostage-taking that threatens our economy as well as critical services for working people. John, Yesterday’s meeting at the White House shows that some right-wing extremists in Congress are willing to bring our eco…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 9, 2023 at 4:02 PM

Moderate Republicans might be getting cold feet

Together, we’re fighting back against right-wing hostage-taking that threatens our economy as well as critical services for working people. John, Since last Friday, CHN and our allies have sent more than 45,000 letters to senators demanding they pass a clean debt…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 8, 2023 at 8:15 PM

Some House GOP members are panicking over debt ceiling negotiations

New reporting reveals that House Republicans may not be as unified as they seem when it comes to debt ceiling negotiations. John, Before tomorrow’s meeting at the White House, some House GOP members are getting cold feet about the possibility of a federal defaul…
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 6, 2023 at 3:03 PM

Re: Right-wing extremists in Congress are holding the debt ceiling hostage so they can gut critical programs

Right-wing extremists in Congress -- led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy -- are exploiting the urgency of raising the debt limit to force draconian cuts to critical human needs programs. John, It’s extremely urgent that you see the email Deborah sent yesterday. N…
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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 5, 2023 at 9:02 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog details how the U.S. economy could dive into recession if a House GOP measure that slashes domestic spending becomes law. And w…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 5, 2023 at 6:51 PM

We have until June 1st to avoid an economic catastrophe

Right-wing extremists in Congress -- led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy -- are exploiting the urgency of raising the debt limit to force draconian cuts to critical human needs programs. John, If Congress doesn’t act fast and raise the debt ceiling by June 1st, t…
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 4, 2023 at 4:37 PM

Re: President Biden’s simple principle that Congress must abide by:

Before President Biden’s meeting with members of Congress, we’re rallying our allies across the country. John, We’re at a critical moment. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has indicated that by June 1, the U.S. could run out of money to fully pay the bills our cou…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 3, 2023 at 9:37 PM

President Biden’s simple principle that Congress must abide by:

Before President Biden’s meeting with members of Congress, we’re rallying our allies across the country. John, President Biden has suggested that Congress must abide by this simple principle: No budget cuts or policy changes that increase poverty or take away hea…
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 2, 2023 at 8:36 PM

Re: House passes McCarthy’s cruel cuts. The Senate must block it.

The Senate has the power to stop this and they need to use it to prevent additional pain and suffering. Send a direct message to your senators, urging them to block Rep. McCarthy’s cruel cuts. John, The House passed Speaker McCarthy’s cruel budgetary wishlist by …
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 1, 2023 at 8:28 PM

[TAKE ACTION]: Demand your Senators vote “no” on McCarthy’s budget policies

The Senate has the power to stop this and they need to use it to prevent additional pain and suffering. Send a direct message to your senators, urging them to block Rep. McCarthy’s cruel cuts. John, The House passed Speaker McCarthy’s cut and default proposals la…
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 29, 2023 at 3:10 PM

Re: Kevin McCarthy’s cruel cuts

The staggering cuts to health care, food, housing, and other human needs programs in Speaker McCarthy’s wishlist will devastate communities. John, I wanted to make sure you saw Deborah’s email from yesterday. We’ve spent so much time fighting back against right-w…
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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 28, 2023 at 9:32 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog 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 c…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 28, 2023 at 8:24 PM

Kevin McCarthy’s cruel cuts

The staggering cuts to health care, food, housing, and other human needs programs in Speaker McCarthy’s wishlist will devastate communities. John, Everyone deserves the right to a safe home, nutritious food, and quality health care. In the wealthiest country in t…
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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 28, 2023 at 7:29 PM

CHN's COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – April 28, 2023 COVID-19 watch Tracking Hardship - April 28, 2023 The debt ceiling hostage edition. America is being held hostage. House Republicans this week passed a measure that would cause permanent, lasti…
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 26, 2023 at 3:04 PM

Join us at noon ET today: CARE, NOT CUTS rally in Washington, DC (livestreamed)

The House is expected to vote today on Kevin McCarthy’s plan to slash services and take us to the brink of default. John, Today at noon ET, join the Coalition on Human Needs, coalition allies, and members of Congress for the “CARE, NOT CUTS” rally at the U.S. Cap…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 25, 2023 at 8:58 PM

There are 3.6 million children without options for child care in America

President Biden issues more than 50 directives to cabinet-level agencies to expand access to qualify, affordable care and support for children, families, and caregivers. John, When families can access stable, quality, and affordable child care, parents and other …
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 24, 2023 at 9:17 PM

Kevin McCarthy can only afford to lose 4 Republican votes

McCarthy and his caucus are holding the U.S. economy hostage in exchange for these devastating cuts. John, We just learned that Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy will hold a vote this Wednesday on a devastating bill that’s a bad deal for the American people and…
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 23, 2023 at 2:55 PM

Re: Fight back against Kevin McCarthy’s plan, which is a bad deal for ordinary people and a good deal for millionaire tax cheats

McCarthy’s plan: less than one year of a debt limit increase and a decade of cuts that reverse progress on climate, equity, and jobs. John, For months, Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been hinting at the cuts he’d demand in exchange for raising the country’s debt limi…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 22, 2023 at 2:28 PM

Kevin McCarthy’s plan: Take away food, education, and health care; handouts to fossil fuel corporations and wealthy tax cheats

McCarthy’s plan: less than one year of a debt limit increase and a decade of cuts that reverse progress on climate, equity, and jobs. John, This past week, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy released a right-wing wish list that’s supposed to be the price of cont…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 21, 2023 at 9:14 PM

[TAKE ACTION]: Stop deadly corporate price gouging

Corporate price gouging of insulin is leading to deadly consequences for millions of Americans. John, Nearly 7 million people in the United States rely on insulin to stay alive. The inventors of the drug believed it to be a common good, and sold the patent to a u…
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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 21, 2023 at 7:58 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog details new findings that the number of Americans who can't pay their home heating and cooling bills has spiked. And we share A…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 19, 2023 at 11:02 PM

Speaker McCarthy’s plan is a bad deal for ordinary people and a good deal for millionaire tax cheats

McCarthy targets the poor, hands tax breaks to the rich, and reverses climate progress as the unholy price of averting catastrophic default. John, After making his case to an audience of Wall Street CEOs earlier this week, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy fina…
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 18, 2023 at 3:41 PM

Re: BREAKING: Speaker McCarthy just released his plan to gut SNAP and Medicaid

Gutting essential programs for vulnerable communities while continuing to transfer millions of dollars to the wealthiest 1% via tax breaks is unconscionable. John, Today is Tax Day and a new poll from Data for Progress shows that 68% of likely voters support a Bi…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 17, 2023 at 9:01 PM

BREAKING: Speaker McCarthy just released his plan to gut SNAP and Medicaid

Gutting essential programs for vulnerable communities while continuing to transfer millions of dollars to the wealthiest 1% via tax breaks is unconscionable. John, In a speech today on Wall Street, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy released his debt ceiling proposal, …
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 16, 2023 at 3:35 PM

Re: Our tax code purposefully puts single women and people of color at a disadvantage

The U.S. tax code breeds inequity. John, Did you see Deborah’s email from yesterday? As millions of taxpayers are preparing to file their taxes by Tax Day this coming Tuesday, extremists in Congress are doing everything in their power to ensure that the wealthy …
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 15, 2023 at 12:50 PM

Our tax code purposefully puts single women and people of color at a disadvantage

The U.S. tax code breeds inequity. John, Tuesday is Tax Day! And guess who's not paying their fair share in taxes? Millionaires, billionaires and wealthy corporations. As right-wing extremist politicians in Washington and on Wall Street tell us that we must make …
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 14, 2023 at 7:52 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION]: Demand Congress invest in our care economy

Congress must act quickly and make substantial investments into the care economy for patients and workers. John, Proposed cuts to Medicaid would impact the health care coverage of millions of people with low incomes. But they would also impact aging adults and pe…
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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 14, 2023 at 7:48 PM

CHN's COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – April 14, 2023 COVID-19 watch Tracking Hardship - April 14, 2023 The Tax Day edition. Tuesday is Tax Day, and the human needs community has activities planned. The message behind the activities is that we nee…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 13, 2023 at 7:42 PM

The average home care worker makes just $12 an hour

Congress must act quickly and make substantial investments into the care economy for patients and workers. John, In addition to the struggles of millions of families who seek quality, affordable child care, a lack of investment in our care economy has left aging …
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 12, 2023 at 8:55 PM

[TAKE ACTION]: Tell Speaker McCarthy to back off our benefits

Extremists in the House, led by Speaker Kevin McCarthy, are holding our economy hostage in order to implement drastic cuts to essential programs. John, Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House leadership are threatening to force a catastrophic economic default unless the…
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 11, 2023 at 7:04 PM

Re: Tell Congress: Invest in our communities, not wasteful Pentagon contracts

The U.S. military budget is $858 billion and rising towards $1 trillion. At the same time, millions of families, people with disabilities, and aging adults are losing access to medical coverage and nutritional assistance thanks to the end of pandemic-era John, A…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 10, 2023 at 5:05 PM

[take action] Congress must cut Pentagon spending and reinvest in vulnerable communities.

The U.S. military budget is $858 billion and rising towards $1 trillion. At the same time, millions of families, people with disabilities, and aging adults are losing access to medical coverage and nutritional assistance thanks to the end of pandemic-era John, T…
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 8, 2023 at 3:18 PM

Re: Poverty is a national security threat

Right-wing idealogues in Congress are threatening billion dollar cuts to critical human needs programs, but have no problem increasing an already bloated Pentagon budget. John, Did you see Deborah’s email below? House Appropriations Chair Kay Granger (R-Texas) ha…
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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 7, 2023 at 8:32 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reports on the Affordable Care Act's return to court. A conservative federal judge in Texas has issued a ruling that -- if allo…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 7, 2023 at 5:39 PM

Congress needs to invest in human needs, not war

Right-wing idealogues in Congress are threatening billion dollar cuts to critical human needs programs, but have no problem increasing an already bloated Pentagon budget. John, Federal dollars that go to wasteful Department of Defense contracts is money that does…
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 5, 2023 at 6:38 PM

Re: Tell Congress: Block draconian budget cuts to education

Proposed cuts by House leadership threaten to devastate public education in the United States. John, If right-wing extremists in Congress get their way, we will see an across the board 22% cut to human needs programs, including to education. This would include c…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 4, 2023 at 5:22 PM

No Cuts for our kids: Defend education spending

Proposed cuts by House leadership threaten to devastate public education in the United States. John, Public education is the bedrock of our society and -- if right wing extremists in Congress have their way -- it risks crumbling to pieces while cementing racial i…
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 2, 2023 at 3:35 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION]: Demand Congress protect, not cut, essential nutrition programs

House Republicans are threatening to force through their drastic cuts to SNAP. John, Right-wing extremists in the House are using the farm bill and other budget-cutting proposals as vehicles to inflict more pain and suffering on the most vulnerable by proposing d…
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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 1, 2023 at 6:22 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reports on challenges SNAP users often face when grocery shopping. And we unveil CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
April 1, 2023 at 3:11 PM

Our most effective, anti-hunger tool for children and veterans is under attack

House Republicans are threatening to force through their drastic cuts to SNAP. John, Since the beginning of this year we’ve rung the alarm about funding threats to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that provides food to millions of children, ve…
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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
March 31, 2023 at 7:22 PM

CHN's COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – March 31, 2023 COVID-19 watch Tracking Hardship - March 31, 2023 The Medicaid unwinding edition. Early in the pandemic, Congress gave states more Medicaid money to address COVID-19. In return, states were not…
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  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
March 30, 2023 at 7:18 PM

Re: BREAKING: Extremist legislation introduced to kick 10 million people off SNAP

Right-wing members of Congress threaten to take SNAP benefits away from households with 4 million children. John, Right-wing Republicans recently introduced legislation that would cut Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for millions of peopl…
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