Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

July 2, 2024 at 7:28 PM

[TAKE ACTION] Demand Congress defend Census Bureau funding

Right-wing extremists in the House want to decrease census funding ahead of the 2030 census. John, Congress is currently in negotiations on funding bills for FY 2025, which must pass by September 30th. One key issue is adequate funding for the U.S. Census. The c…

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  Dominique Espinoza, CHN Action · [email protected]

July 1, 2024 at 8:42 PM

Big News: We’re expanding our “Vote for Human Needs” team

There’s too much at stake in this election to sit on the sidelines. John, We’re not going to sugarcoat it: we’re worried about the 2024 election. Between last week’s presidential debate and low turnout in Presidential primaries earlier this year, our work to Get…

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

June 30, 2024 at 2:03 PM

Join us this Tuesday for our next big “Vote for Human Needs” letter-writing party

We cannot sit on the sidelines with the future of our democracy at stake. John, Feeling nervous about Election Day? Me too. The good news is that it’s still more than four months away and there’s time to remind voters what’s on the line. So, instead of worrying,…

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

June 29, 2024 at 3:05 PM

Re: BREAKING: The House Appropriations Committee reveals new attacks on our communities

The proposed FY 2025 budget from the House Appropriations Committee includes billions of dollars in cuts to essential programs for vulnerable populations. John, I wanted to make sure you saw Deborah’s email from yesterday. This week, Congress introduced funding b…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

June 28, 2024 at 10:18 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 just-released U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows local jurisdictions to criminalize homelessness -- a misguided …

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

June 28, 2024 at 6:51 PM

BREAKING: The House Appropriations Committee reveals new attacks on our communities

The proposed FY 2025 budget from the House Appropriations Committee includes billions of dollars in cuts to essential programs for vulnerable populations. John, The House of Representatives is moving funding bills that could take food, housing, and other key inve…

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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 27, 2024 at 5:25 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION] Tell Congress: Reject funding cuts to critical education programs

House Republicans have unveiled their new proposal to drastically cut education spending by at least 13% from FY2024 levels. John, This morning, I watched as House Republican appropriators continued their attacks on education by proposing at least a 13% cut below…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 26, 2024 at 9:33 PM

[TAKE ACTION] Tell Congress: Reject funding cuts to critical education programs

House Republicans have unveiled their new proposal to drastically cut education spending by at least 13% from FY2024 levels. John, When school enrollment crashed during the coronavirus pandemic to its lowest level since 1943,1 it directly impacted funding for pub…

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

June 25, 2024 at 9:02 PM

Child labor violations are on the rise

At least 10 states have already introduced or passed laws rolling back child labor protections. John, With child labor violations on the rise, the Department of Labor is cracking down. During the Biden administration, the DOL has implemented new enforcement stra…

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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 23, 2024 at 2:56 PM

Re: Tell Congress: Don’t cut funding that protects children from labor exploitation

At least 10 states have introduced or passed laws rolling back child labor protections. John, One hundred years ago, children used to work in dangerous jobs from mining to meat packing. But in 1938 that changed with the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act―one…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 22, 2024 at 2:05 PM

Tell Congress: Don’t cut funding that protects children from labor exploitation

At least 10 states have introduced or passed laws rolling back child labor protections. John, Illegal child labor is on the rise and the Biden administration is responding. Last month, after weeks of surveilling two meatpacking and slaughterhouse facilities in V…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

June 21, 2024 at 8:00 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 House proposal to cut the IRS budget by hundreds of billions of dollars and end the popular Direct File pilot prog…

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

June 21, 2024 at 7:24 PM

Re: BREAKING: House Appropriations Committee approved a plan to block Direct File expansion

The House Appropriations Committee passed a policy rider that would prevent the expansion of the IRS’s free Direct File Program. John, I wanted to make sure you saw yesterday’s email from Deborah. The tax preparation lobby is trying to do everything it can to ho…

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

June 20, 2024 at 7:38 PM

You should not have to pay to file your taxes

The House Appropriations Committee passed a policy rider that would prevent the expansion of the IRS’s free Direct File Program. John, The House Appropriations Committee has approved a FY2025 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) proposal that would cu…

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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION] Tell your governor that you want to file your taxes for free

The expansion of Direct File will save U.S. taxpayers tens of millions of dollars in tax prep fees. John, American taxpayers spend around 2 billion hours and more than $30 billion on tax preparation and fees each year.1 The burden on this falls disproportionately…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 17, 2024 at 8:46 PM

Taxpayers in 12 states saved $5.6 million in tax prep fees. We need every state to participate.

The expansion of Direct File will save U.S. taxpayers tens of millions of dollars in tax prep fees. John, Earlier this year, over 140,000 taxpayers across 12 pilot states used the IRS’s new, free, online tax filing system―Direct File―receiving more than $90 milli…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 16, 2024 at 3:10 PM

Fight back against financial exploitation of seniors

The Biden administration implemented a rule that protects seniors from unscrupulous financial advisors―now members of Congress want to overturn it. John, For decades, unscrupulous financial advisors gave retirement advice to clients that went against the client’s…

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  Dominique Espinoza, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 15, 2024 at 3:54 PM

These are concrete steps Biden can take to protect DACA recipients

12 years after DACA was implemented, recipients and their families wait on a permanent path to citizenship. John, It’s been 12 years since immigrant youth organized and won Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)―the program that has allowed hundreds of tho…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

June 14, 2024 at 10:26 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 examines statistics showing a drop in fatalities from opioid overdoses -- what do they mean and is it good news or bad? And we …

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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 14, 2024 at 7:24 PM

Re: TODAY: U.S. House Appropriations Committee is voting to attack the IRS

When the wealthy and corporations pay the taxes that they owe, we can invest in critical programs that uplift families and communities. John, They actually did it. The Republican-led House Appropriations Committee voted to block the nationwide implementation of D…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

June 14, 2024 at 7:21 PM

CHN's Human Needs Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – June 14, 2024 June 14, 2024 The Children's Week edition. This week is Children’s Week, with two important sets of events focused on children. First Focus on Children sponsored or co-hoste…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 13, 2024 at 9:51 PM

Congressional Republicans are seeking to unwind enforcement of wealthy and corporate tax cheats

When the wealthy and corporations pay the taxes that they owe, we can invest in critical programs that uplift families and communities. John, Today, the House Appropriations Committee will vote on a funding package that cuts more than $2 billion from the IRS and …

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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 12, 2024 at 9:13 PM

Re: Tell Congress: Reject attacks on the IRS

This is part of the larger right-wing effort to cut $75 billion in critical funding. John, When President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in 2022, it included an historic $80 billion investment in the IRS. This investment allowed the IRS to laun…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 11, 2024 at 9:33 PM

Fight back against attacks on the IRS

This is part of the larger right-wing effort to cut $75 billion in critical funding. John, Included in House Republicans’ proposed $75 billion in cuts to human needs programs for 2025 is a $2 billion cut to IRS tax enforcement. And, when the House Appropriations …

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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 8, 2024 at 2:55 PM

RE: [TAKE ACTION] Demand Congress restore funding to the Victims of Crime Act, invest in Violence Against Women Act programs

Last year, the Victims of Crime Act received a 40% funding cut. We cannot let that happen again. John, Without critical federal funding for domestic and sexual violence programs, thousands of victim service providers and organizations will have no other option th…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 7, 2024 at 8:25 PM

Congress must restore funding to critical domestic and sexual violence programs

Last year, the Victims of Crime Act received a 40% funding cut. We cannot let that happen again. John, If Congress doesn’t act soon, support services for domestic violence and sexual assault victims will be slashed and some service providers would be forced to cl…

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

June 6, 2024 at 7:13 PM

Re: Our voter engagement work is kicking into high gear

We have too much at stake in this election to sit this one out. John, Last week, former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. While many felons aren’t able to exercise their right to vote, Trump will be able to v…

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

June 5, 2024 at 8:33 PM

Our voter engagement work is kicking into high gear

We have too much at stake in this election to sit this one out. John, There is so much at stake in November. The Presidency, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and 33 Senate seats will be up for grabs. This election may very well determine whether the…

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

June 4, 2024 at 9:20 PM

A felon will be on the presidential ballot, but more than 4 million Americans could be denied the right to vote

In America today, 1 in 13 Black people of voting age are disenfranchised. John, After last week’s conviction on 34 felony counts, Donald Trump will become the first felon to appear on the presidential ballot as a major party nominee. But, while felons are allowed…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

June 3, 2024 at 6:49 PM

CHN's Human Needs Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – June 3, 2024 June 3, 2024 The tax scam edition. In 2025, a massive debate over taxes will be upon us. The outcome of the debate will determine whether the wealthiest Americans and largest…

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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 2, 2024 at 3:08 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION] Tell your representative to reject a $75 billion cut to human needs programs

The House Appropriation Committee has proposed a $75 billion cut in nondefense, human needs programming. John. The House Appropriations Committee is proposing a FY2025 budget that’s $75 billion less than the minimum agreed to in Congressional leaders’ previous ag…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

June 1, 2024 at 2:10 PM

House Republicans are attempting to go back on their word.

The House Appropriation Committee has proposed a $75 billion cut in nondefense, human needs programming. John, House Republicans are attempting to go back on their word. It’s up to us to hold them accountable. When President Biden cut a deal with congressional R…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

May 31, 2024 at 10:03 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 applauds the IRS for expanding Direct File and making it permanent -- a move that will help millions of Americans with low inco…

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

May 31, 2024 at 7:28 PM

Demanding the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes is both good policy and good politics

When the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes, we can invest in programs and services that uplift vulnerable communities. John, While many of us are understandably distracted by the onslaught of breaking news, the House Agriculture Committee voted last week to c…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

May 30, 2024 at 4:55 PM

Our elections aren’t for sale

Billionaires use their untaxed wealth to elect extremist politicians who cut funding for critical human needs programs. John, Our elections are not for sale. A new report details how 50 billionaire families have already spent more than $600 million combined in t…

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

May 28, 2024 at 9:17 PM

Democracy is at stake

We’re gearing up for a critical election this November. John, Democracy is at stake. Elections at every level this November will decide what kind of society we build for current and future generations: Do we want to live in a country that makes health care more a…

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

May 26, 2024 at 2:08 PM

Our first “Vote for Human Needs” letter-writing party is this week!

We’re joining forces with our partners at Vote Forward to turn out the vote in swing states. John, With relentless attacks on human needs programs from nutrition to health care to education, make no mistake: human needs are on the ballot this election year. That…

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

May 25, 2024 at 3:24 PM

Re: 41.4 million people rely on SNAP to purchase food

If the proposed House Farm Bill becomes law, SNAP will face a cut of nearly $30 billion over the next decade. John, The House Committee on Agriculture voted late Thursday to approve a Farm Bill that cuts nearly $30 billion in future SNAP benefits―harming millions…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

May 24, 2024 at 8:04 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 speaks out against a House proposal that would cut SNAP benefits by nearly $30 billion over a decade. And we report on efforts …

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

May 24, 2024 at 4:14 PM

We’re fighting back against right-wing attacks on vulnerable communities

If the proposed House Farm Bill becomes law, SNAP will face a cut of nearly $30 billion over the next decade. John, Last night the House Committee on Agriculture voted to approve a new Farm Bill that would threaten the health of nearly 41.4 million people who rel…

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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]

May 23, 2024 at 12:03 PM

Re: BREAKING NEWS: House Agriculture Committee will take up the Farm Bill tomorrow with big cuts to food assistance

SNAP reduces hunger by 30% and one-quarter of the nation’s children depend on it for food. John, Today, the House Agriculture Committee is expected to vote on its proposed Farm Bill. The bill before the House Agriculture Committee makes a nearly $30 billion cut …

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

May 22, 2024 at 4:36 PM

BREAKING NEWS: House Agriculture Committee will take up the Farm Bill tomorrow with big cuts to food assistance

SNAP reduces hunger by 30% and one-quarter of the nation’s children depend on it for food. John, This Thursday, the House Agriculture Committee will debate, take up amendments, and vote on their proposed new Farm Bill. If the Farm Bill being considered in the Ho…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

May 20, 2024 at 10:41 PM

CHN's Human Needs Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – May 20, 2024 May 20, 2024 The tale of two farm bills edition. One of the most important jobs Congress must accomplish during its remaining time before final adjournment is passage of the …

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

May 20, 2024 at 8:52 PM

$25 billion would radically change our communities for the better

The House Armed Services Committee could vote this Wednesday to get rid of the Pentagon’s Unfunded Priorities List. John, A major vote could happen this Wednesday that would dramatically change Pentagon and military contractors spending. The House Armed Services…

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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]

May 19, 2024 at 3:44 PM

Re: Tell Congress: no more money for price-gouging military contractors

Congress must reject billions in extra “wish list” funding to the Department of Defense. John, Every federal dollar that goes to wasteful Department of Defense contracts is money that does not go to human needs. Back in March, the Department of Defense sent Cong…

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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]

May 18, 2024 at 2:55 PM

Congress must invest in people, not wasteful Pentagon spending

Congress must reject billions in extra “wish list” funding to the Department of Defense. John, “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold an…

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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]

May 17, 2024 at 8:27 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 celebrates a Supreme Court ruling in defense of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And we report on the Department of La…

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

May 17, 2024 at 7:09 PM

Re: As the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Give us the ballot”

As we commemorate the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, we must fight back against anti-democratic forces who want to take us back to a world pre-Brown. John, Today marks the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education—a monumental Supreme Court dec…

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

May 16, 2024 at 11:40 PM

As the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Give us the ballot”

As we commemorate the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, we must fight back against anti-democratic forces who want to take us back to a world pre-Brown. John, Tomorrow marks the 70th anniversary of the monumental Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board…

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

May 15, 2024 at 8:39 PM

Want to help save democracy? Join us on May 30th

We’re once again joining our partners at Vote Forward to turn out the vote in critical battleground states. John, We have so much at stake this November and the elections will make a huge impact in deciding the future of our social programs, economy, and communit…

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