Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

November 9, 2023 at 5:22 PM

Congress has the power to help 19 million children and their families meet their basic needs

Congress is negotiating over a tax package to add to a stopgap funding bill next week — let’s use this chance to lift millions of children out of poverty by expanding the Child Tax Credit. John, We’ve got an urgent opportunity to expand the Child Tax Credit (CTC)…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

November 8, 2023 at 7:08 PM

With 9 days until government funding runs out, Speaker Johnson only just "presented a menu of spending strategies to his conference"

Extremists in Congress want to slash funding for education, housing, public health, nutrition, and much more. John, After wasting three weeks over their Speakership debacle, House Republicans now find themselves scrambling to keep the government running beyond th…

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  Dominique Espinoza, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

November 7, 2023 at 10:10 PM

We’re one year out from the election

More voter suppression laws were passed in 2023 than any year in the past decade—except 2021. John, We are one year out from the 2024 election. One year from today, the Presidency, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and 33 Senate seats will be up for …

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

November 6, 2023 at 11:15 PM

Stop right-wingers from adding extremist policies to must-pass spending bills

We’re 11 days away from a government shutdown and the House still hasn’t voted on a bill to keep the government running. John, We’re 11 days away from a government shutdown and the House still hasn’t voted on a bill to keep the government running. Instead of pa…

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

November 5, 2023 at 3:18 PM

Re: Tell Congress: No extremist policies in must-pass government funding bills

Hardliners want to use must-pass funding bills to implement a right-wing ideological agenda that attacks vulnerable communities. John, Gun violence prevention. Environmental justice. Asylum for immigrants. Civil rights. Fair Housing. Each is under attack in …

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

November 4, 2023 at 2:46 PM

Extremist “poison pills”

Hardliners want to use must-pass funding bills to implement a right-wing ideological agenda that attacks vulnerable communities. John, We’re less than two weeks from a potential government shutdown, and House Republicans are attaching extremist policies to must-p…

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November 3, 2023 at 7:07 PM

CHN's Human Needs Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – November 3 2023 The earliest years edition. During the pandemic, policymakers worked, often in historic ways, to protect and elevate the well-being of children. A temporary expansion of t…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

November 2, 2023 at 7:26 PM

[TAKE ACTION]: Demand Congress fund WIC in the next funding bill

Congress has until November 17th to pass a funding mechanism to keep the government open. Make sure families with young children aren't left out. John, The stopgap funding bill to keep the government funded, which was passed by Congress in September, expires on N…

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  Dominique Espinoza, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

November 1, 2023 at 9:00 PM

Take Action: support automatic voter registration

Automatic voter registration is convenient, efficient, and is proven to increase voter participation. John, It’s officially November and we are one year out from the critical 2024 elections. In 2024 like in every election, much is at stake including decisions on…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 31, 2023 at 8:21 PM

We will all need care one day

Instead of investing in the care economy, Congress has spent the past year attempting to give handouts to the wealthy donor class. John, Do you know what’s scarier than ghosts and goblins this Halloween? Nearly 7 in 10 women experience adverse economic impact fr…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 30, 2023 at 10:30 PM

10,000 Americans turn 65 every day while care workers are burnt out and underpaid

Congress must come together to make critical investments in our care economy. John, As we don our costumes and prepare to be spooked by all the ghosts and goblins who will show up to our doorsteps for candy and Halloween mischief, the scariest things won’t be the…

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 29, 2023 at 3:15 PM

Re: Add your name! Save the USPS

Since there are post offices in virtually every zip code in the country, expanding the USPS’s mandate could help underserved communities in a myriad of ways. John, Did you know that the U.S. had a Postal Savings System from 1911 to 1967―which in 1947 had $3.4 bil…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 28, 2023 at 2:10 PM

Add your name! Save the USPS

Since there are post offices in virtually every zip code in the country, expanding the USPS’s mandate could help underserved communities in a myriad of ways. John, For decades, we’ve seen repeated attacks on the U.S. Postal Service including from Donald Trump’s h…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 27, 2023 at 9:18 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 Senate Finance Committee hearing that focused on the importance of paid family and medical leave. And we examined …

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 27, 2023 at 7:54 PM

Re: BREAKING: New House Speaker wants to cut funding for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid

In his first speech as Speaker of the House, Rep. Mike Johnson advocated for a Debt Commission to make drastic funding cuts in critically needed programs. John, Speaker Mike Johnson is both the most inexperienced and most extreme Speaker of the House we’ve had in…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 26, 2023 at 9:05 PM

BREAKING: New House Speaker wants to cut funding for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid

In his first speech as Speaker of the House, Rep. Mike Johnson advocated for a Debt Commission to make drastic funding cuts in critically needed programs. John, After three weeks of chaos we finally have a new Speaker of the House of Representatives—and he’s the …

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 25, 2023 at 9:14 PM

Re: TELL CONGRESS: No “Fiscal Commission”

We cannot cut our way to prosperity by slashing help for the poor. John, Congress has a new Speaker of the House and in his very first remarks as Speaker, Mike Johnson called for a Debt Commission that would put the funding of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid,…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 24, 2023 at 6:13 PM

TELL CONGRESS: No “Fiscal Commission”

We cannot cut our way to prosperity by slashing help for the poor. John, If Congress doesn’t pass funding bills by November 17th, the federal government will shut down. Unfortunately, what right-wing Republicans have passed so far is morally outrageous and will d…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 23, 2023 at 9:25 PM

$2,000 savings is not enough for a major emergency

The Senate has introduced the bipartisan SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act that would increase the asset limit amount for SSI beneficiaries. John, No one should be condemned to poverty—but for the 7.5 million low-income earning seniors and people with disabilit…

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 22, 2023 at 3:29 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION]: Congress has less than one month to prevent a government shutdown

Congress has until November 17th to pass spending bills and avert a government shutdown. John, Each day that goes by without a FY2024 budget is a day that the United States gets closer and closer to a government shutdown. Congress must come together and pass bipa…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 21, 2023 at 2:23 PM

The dysfunction in Congress has got to end

Congress has until November 17th to pass spending bills and avert a government shutdown. John, Thanks to extremists in Congress, we are once again facing the threat of a government shutdown. The stopgap spending bill passed in September to keep the government fun…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 20, 2023 at 7:42 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 Count All Kids campaign, which seeks to make sure everyone is included in the U.S. Census, in part so that human…

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  Dominique Espinoza, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 20, 2023 at 6:48 PM

[TAKE ACTION]: Demand Congress restore voting rights and protections of marginalized people and prioritize our freedom to vote

Congress must pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act in order to save our democracy. John, The most crucial part of a functioning democracy is the right to vote. That right has been under relentless attack with more than …

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 19, 2023 at 4:47 PM

Re: We cannot allow our government to be held hostage by extremists

We’re holding Congress accountable, demanding it do its job. John, Every day of congressional dysfunction is a day closer to an unnecessary, harmful government shutdown. While Republicans scramble to find a solution to their party’s self-inflicted chaos, we’re d…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 18, 2023 at 2:19 PM

Right-wingers have plunged the House into chaos.

We’re holding Congress accountable, demanding it do its job. John, Right-wing Republicans have plunged the House into chaos. But it’s not just the battle for the next Speaker of the House. When Congress passed a stopgap spending bill on September 30th to avert a…

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 15, 2023 at 3:22 PM

Re: Tell Congress: No government shutdown, again!

Forcing a government shutdown over extreme ideologies will only cause needless suffering for millions of people. John, I want to make something very clear: If Congress allows the government to shut down, it will be disastrous for millions of families across the c…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 14, 2023 at 1:44 PM

We cannot allow our government to be held hostage by extremists

Forcing a government shutdown over extreme ideologies will only cause needless suffering for millions of people. John, After months of Congressional inaction―highlighted by dysfunction in the House Republican caucus―we are now just weeks away from another potenti…

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 13, 2023 at 7:32 PM

Re: Tell Congress: Fully fund housing and homelessness programs

Congress has until November 17th to pass a budget and avoid a government shutdown. John, I wanted to make sure you saw the previous email from Deborah. Specifically, I wanted to make sure you saw this part: “According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 12, 2023 at 9:16 PM

[TAKE ACTION]: Housing is a human right. Congress should act like it

Congress has until November 17th to pass a budget and avoid a government shutdown. John, Everyone deserves affordable, accessible, stable housing and in order to reach this goal, our federal government must invest in—not cut—critical housing programs. Congress ha…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 10, 2023 at 10:02 PM

House speaker negotiations could further harm vulnerable communities

We cannot allow the new Speaker of the House to continue attacks against vulnerable families and immigrant communities. John, The House is back in session this week, but confusion and chaos remain as the Republican Caucus attempts to coalesce around a candidate f…

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 8, 2023 at 4:50 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION]: Congress must make critical investments in child care

Congress must make critical investments in child care. John, I wanted to make sure you saw Deborah’s earlier email. The House will return this Tuesday in hopes of getting back to work. But our work advocating for low-income people and families never stops. Our …

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 7, 2023 at 2:40 PM

Congress cannot continue to leave children and families behind

Congress must make critical investments in child care. John, When the House returns on Tuesday, the country will once again be subjected to the dysfunction of a party in disarray because of their own extremists. But even in the face of government obstruction, our…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 6, 2023 at 9:05 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 re-examines the new and suddenly much higher poverty rates in the U.S. And we release the newest Human Needs Watch: Tracking Ha…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 6, 2023 at 8:24 PM

[take action]: Demand Congress defend the IRS and increase its funding

Low-income families were audited at a higher rate than families with $1 million in income. John, Thanks to investments made by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the IRS recently announced that it plans to aggressively pursue 1,600 millionaires and 75 large busin…

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October 6, 2023 at 7:56 PM

CHN's Human Needs Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – October 6, 2023 The care is infrastructure edition. When Americans think of infrastructure, we tend to think of roads, bridges, tunnels, and railways. And it is true that much physical re…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 4, 2023 at 9:04 PM

Poverty is a policy choice

Congress must do its job and strengthen SNAP. John, Last week, before the House was thrown into chaos, it attempted (and failed) to pass an Agriculture spending bill that would have cut SNAP and WIC benefits, which are critical to adults and children who don’t al…

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 3, 2023 at 5:23 PM

Re: On the Chopping Block: Head Start, nutrition, child care, housing, and much more

John, While MAGA Republicans’ games may make for good political theater, the stakes are quite high for everyday people. Meanwhile, the House is scheduled to vote on a spending bill that could threaten our efforts to combat the climate crisis. And, as early as …

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

October 2, 2023 at 9:47 PM

On the Chopping Block: Head Start, nutrition, child care, housing, and much more

John, This past weekend, we narrowly averted a government shutdown, and this is in no small part thanks to your activism. Together, we directed thousands of letters and calls to members of Congress to fight back against hostage-taking by a small group of right-w…

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

September 30, 2023 at 4:52 PM

Re: URGENT: House extremists hurtle us toward a government shutdown

Right now, the House is preparing to vote on a stopgap spending bill that cuts human needs services by at least 30%. John, Right-wing Republicans continue to add damaging far-right policies to their list of demands simply to keep the government running. And they …

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

September 29, 2023 at 8:21 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 looks back on how the last government shutdown -- the longest in U.S. history -- affected small-town America. And we bring you …

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

September 29, 2023 at 4:05 PM

URGENT: House extremists hurtle us toward a government shutdown

Right now, the House is preparing to vote on a stopgap spending bill that cuts human needs services by at least 30%. John, In order to appease the most far-right members of his caucus, Speaker Kevin McCarthy keeps adding poison pills to the stopgap spending bill …

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

September 28, 2023 at 3:39 PM

[URGENT]: Extremists are pushing for deep cuts and putting the federal government on the brink of shutdown

We cannot allow our government to be held hostage by a small group of extremist lawmakers who are out of step with the American people. John, Congress has until this Saturday to avoid a government shutdown—but extremists in the House are standing in the way. A rig…

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

September 27, 2023 at 6:46 PM

Re: BREAKING: The House Committee on the Budget passed a FY2024 budget and it’s devastating for human needs programs

We cannot keep a two-tiered system where the wealthy get handouts via tax breaks, while low- and middle-income Americans see services cut. John, As each day passes, right-wing extremists propose deeper and deeper budget cuts that would gut funding to human needs …

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

September 26, 2023 at 9:57 PM

House Republicans want to extend the Trump tax cuts at the expense of low-income people and families.

We cannot keep a two-tiered system where the wealthy get handouts via tax breaks, while low- and middle-income Americans see services cut. While House extremists are holding up efforts to pass spending bills and avert a government shutdown, House Budget Chairman J…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

September 26, 2023 at 8:42 PM

CHN's Human Needs Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – September 26, 2023 The shutdown and deep cuts twin-threat edition. A small group of House Republicans want extreme cuts and items from the right-wing wish list in federal spending bills, …

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

September 24, 2023 at 3:30 PM

Re: 65,000 children could lose access to child care if Congress doesn’t act

Congress must include adequate funding for WIC and child care in their stopgap spending bill. John, Critical funding for future generations is running out. If WIC funding is not expanded, some families with young children could be placed on waiting lists. And, w…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

September 23, 2023 at 12:30 PM

65,000 children could lose access to child care if Congress doesn’t act

Congress must include adequate funding for WIC and child care in their stopgap spending bill. John, Congress is heading home this weekend with no mechanism in place to keep the government funded past September 30th. The House of Representatives has become so dysf…

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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

September 22, 2023 at 8:42 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION]: Congress needs to do its job and avert a government shutdown

The United States is less than two weeks away from shutting down, due to the actions of a handful of extremists. I wanted to make sure you saw Deborah’s email from yesterday, as every day we’re getting closer to a federal government shutdown. It doesn’t have to h…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

September 21, 2023 at 9:31 PM

Can you afford to work without pay?

The United States is less than two weeks away from shutting down, due to the actions of a handful of extremists. John, The role of a government is to institute laws and policies that benefit its citizens, always putting the common good above all else. Well that’s…

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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

September 20, 2023 at 11:00 PM

A bunch of toddlers throwing a tantrum

The right-wing faction in the House of Representatives is willing to force a government shutdown if their demands aren’t met. John, A handful of right-wing extremists in the House of Representatives are willing to risk a government shutdown if their demands for e…

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