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  Deborah Weintein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM

1 in 8 people know firsthand that SNAP is key this holiday season

Congress must work to restore the SNAP benefits that were cut in the Big Brutal Budget. John, Thanksgiving is this week, and as people gather around the table to eat and celebrate the holidays with their friends and loved ones, we cannot forget the people who w…
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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION] Demand Congress reverse SNAP cuts

The cuts made to SNAP in the Big Brutal Budget were draconian and must be reversed. John, The holiday season is approaching, and as many people are sitting around family tables sharing a special meal, millions of Americans are struggling to afford enough food. …
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM

Fight Back: They’re trying to gut the most effective anti-hunger program

The cuts made to SNAP in the Big Brutal Budget were draconian and must be reversed. John, When Republicans passed their Big Brutal Budget, they passed the largest cut to SNAP in the program’s history―$187 billion over 10 years.1 Now, Democrats in the House and …
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  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM

ICYMI: The latest articles on the Voices for Human Needs blog

Last week on the Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, Thank you for your continued support and readership of the Voices for Human Needs blog. Please check out new and timely pieces from us, including features from our members - First Focus on Children and the Center on Budge…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM

Your stories and activism are powering our movement for change.

Thanks to you, we collected hundreds of detailed stories that we have since shared with lawmakers, with civil rights advocates, and with the media. John, Your activism isn’t just pressuring lawmakers to tackle the most pressing issues impacting our communities―i…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM

Tell Your Representative: Sign the discharge petition. Force a vote on ACA subsidies now.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has introduced a discharge petition to extend the ACA subsidies for three years. John, This week, Democrats in Congress demonstrated how they can force a vote in the House, even when Speaker Johnson is standing in the way―…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Stand in solidarity with striking Starbucks workers

Together, we’re standing with workers demanding fair wages and benefits from billion-dollar corporations. John, Nearly four years ago in December 2021, workers at a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York became the first to unionize.1 Since then, roughly 10,000 workers …
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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]
November 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION] Demand Congress defend access to health care

Congress still has time to extend the enhanced ACA premium tax credits and reverse cuts to Medicaid that were included in the Big Ugly Bill. John, Congress needs to hear from us now. When a handful of Senate Democrats agreed to re-open the federal government w…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM

[TAKE ACTION] Demand Congress defend access to health care

Congress still has time to extend the enhanced ACA premium tax credits and reverse cuts to Medicaid that were included in the Big Ugly Bill. John, The government has reopened, but Congress still hasn’t extended the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax cre…
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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM

Re: Demand the House reject this government funding bill that does nothing to address health care affordability

Can you imagine needing to come up with an extra $1,000 or more each month just to keep your health insurance? John, They did it. Both bodies of Congress voted to ignore the will of the people and re-open the federal government without addressing the health care…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM

Demand the House reject this government funding bill that does nothing to address health care affordability

Can you imagine needing to come up with an extra $1,000 or more each month just to keep your health insurance? John, For more than 40 days, the federal government has been shut down over demands that Congress act to protect health care affordability for tens of …
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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM

Re: [TAKE ACTION] Demand Congress stand up for health care affordability, reject bill that does not rein in Trump’s attacks

Congress must reject a funding bill that doesn’t include extending the ACA premium tax credits and check Trump’s authoritarian power grabs. John, Last night, the Senate passed a government funding bill that does nothing to rein in health costs.1 Twenty-four mil…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM

Congress must reject a government funding bill that doesn’t extend health insurance subsidies

Congress must reject a funding bill that doesn’t include extending the ACA premium tax credits and check Trump’s authoritarian power grabs. John, Open enrollment on the ACA Marketplace is here, and many Americans are experiencing sticker shock over skyrocketing…
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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM

Re: The affordability crisis is all around us

Rising food and health care costs are making basic necessities unaffordable. John, The United States spends more on health care than any other country in the industrialized world, and we have some of the worst health care outcomes. We need health justice by maki…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM

The affordability crisis is all around us

Rising food and health care costs are making basic necessities unaffordable. John, The affordability crisis in America is reaching its breaking point. The price of food has skyrocketed 29% since 2020, and rising health care costs are pushing many people to go wi…
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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Re: Tell us how rising ACA premium costs will affect you >>

We’ll share your story with members of Congress about how the lack of ACA tax credits will impact you and your family. John, At a recent press conference at the White House, CMS Administrator Dr. Oz refuted claims that health insurance premiums are about to mor…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM

Tell us how rising ACA premium costs will affect you >>

We’ll share your story with members of Congress about how the lack of ACA tax credits will impact you and your family. John, Open enrollment on the Health Care Marketplace has begun, and millions of Americans are experiencing sticker shock when they see their p…
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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM

Re: Trump is slow walking SNAP funds. We’re holding him accountable.

Trump continues to use SNAP participants as political pawns, worsening hardship for millions. John, Yesterday, Donald Trump threatened to withhold all SNAP funds in November unless the government shutdown ends.1 His own press secretary had to backtrack on those …
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM

More than 40 million people are left in limbo as Trump refuses to fully fund SNAP

A judge ordered the Trump administration to fund SNAP for November. Today he threatened to defy their order. John, Yesterday, after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to fund SNAP, the administration an…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
November 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM

Release full November SNAP funds now!

Trump continues to use SNAP participants as political pawns, worsening hardship for millions. John, When Donald Trump and Republicans cut $187 billion from SNAP in their Big Ugly Bill, they demonstrated their disdain for vulnerable communities—choosing tax cuts …
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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM

Re: Tell Your Governor: Pressure the administration now or 40 million people could go hungry

Governors in all 50 states must stand up to the Trump administration and demand the release of USDA funds to pay SNAP benefits in November. John, As of today, 40 million people will not receive SNAP benefits from the federal government this month. That includes…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Tell Your Governor: Pressure the administration now or 40 million people could go hungry

Governors in all 50 states must stand up to the Trump administration and demand the release of USDA funds to pay SNAP benefits in November. John, Starting tomorrow, more than 40 million people will go without their monthly SNAP allotment. It doesn’t have to be …
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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM

Re: Congress must stop playing games with our health care

The ACA Marketplace begins open enrollment this weekend, and Congress hasn’t extended the enhanced premium tax credits. John, Twenty-four million people utilized the ACA marketplace in 2025 to provide health insurance to themselves and their families. And now, …
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM

Open enrollment begins this Saturday. Demand Congress act now >>

The ACA Marketplace begins open enrollment this weekend, and Congress hasn’t extended the enhanced premium tax credits. John, This Saturday, November 1st, open enrollment on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace begins, and millions of Americans will get a …
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM

Trump admin refuses to release funds meant for people needing SNAP

The USDA is sitting on billions in contingency reserves that by law should be used for SNAP aid in November. John, Today is a SNAP Day of Action to sound the alarm that this weekend, more than 40 million people will go without their monthly SNAP food assistance…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM

Investigate Elon Musk’s attack on Social Security

Social Security data was uploaded to an insecure server and we demand an investigation. John, A brave whistleblower from the Social Security Administration revealed that Elon Musk’s DOGE uploaded the private Social Security data of 300 million Americans to a pr…
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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM

Re: Send a grocery card to furloughed federal workers

The Coalition on Human Needs is partnering with The Labor Force to send grocery cards to thousands of federal workers. John, As the Trump shutdown approaches one month, the administration is choosing not to follow the law, telling states to brace for cuts to SNA…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM

Help federal workers put food on the table

The Coalition on Human Needs is partnering with The Labor Force to send grocery cards to thousands of federal workers. John, When the government shutdown for 17 days in 2013, President Obama canceled an overseas trip to stay in Washington and negotiate with Repu…
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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM

Re: Tell Congress―increasing hunger is a policy choice

Without action from Donald Trump, SNAP could run out of money in two weeks. John, The Trump administration has a clear choice: take action―which they are authorized to do!―or millions are at risk of hunger next month. Instead of using dedicated contingency fun…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM

Tell Congress―increasing hunger is a policy choice

Without action from Donald Trump, SNAP could run out of money in two weeks. John, Millions of people risk losing basic food assistance via SNAP if the government shutdown continues. The Big Ugly Bill already imposed the largest SNAP cut in the program's histor…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Stop Trump’s authoritarianism

The politicization of National Guard troops is one more tool in Trump’s authoritarian toolbox. John, Donald Trump is using the National Guard against the American people, and almost every Republican governor has already helped him do it. In at least 19 states,…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
October 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM

This reign of chaos must end

We’re organizing with our coalition partners to fight back in defense of democracy. John, Yesterday, millions of people across the country peacefully took to the streets to let Donald Trump know that the United States isn’t a dictatorship, nor do we have kings.…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM

America is a democracy, not a monarchy

Thousands of No Kings rallies are scheduled across the country to fight back against the authoritarianism of the Trump regime. John, Back in June, millions of people peacefully took to the streets to protest the Trump regime and say in one voice, “No Kings.” No…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM

Children’s education isn’t a political pawn

Congress must stop the illegal firing of Dept of Education employees. John, In the past, there has been bipartisan support for special education programs that serve millions of students with disabilities nationwide; now those programs are being decimated thanks …
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
October 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM

Grocery cards

Federal employees are not bargaining chips. John, Since the Trump shutdown began on October 1st, federal workers have either been off the job or working without pay. Today is the 15th of the month―and while many working people are getting their paychecks, most f…
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM

WATCH: End the Shutdown Virtual Town Hall with civil rights leaders, federal employees, social justice advocates, and more

Together, we’re resisting the relentless attacks on our communities and our very democracy―and I hope you’ll tune in to hear me and others talk about what’s at stake for health care, federal workers, and more. John, As the shutdown enters its third week, the imp…
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  Dominique Espinoza, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM

No Kings Rallies: Less than a week away

CHN Action is an active partner in the No Kings rallies next Saturday, assisting our national and state partners with outreach. John, We’re less than a week away from what could be the largest single day protest against this authoritarian regime. Click here to f…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM

Demand Congress ban the use of tear gas

Congress must follow the lead of cities like Portland and Seattle and ban the use of tear gas by law enforcement. John, Donald Trump is trying to sow chaos and fear, and silence his critics by sending troops into major cities like Chicago and Portland. And he’s…
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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM

RE: One thing could end the Trump shutdown

The American public―including Trump’s voter base―wants to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits and end his shutdown. John, Another day into the Trump shutdown means another day closer to health care premiums skyrocketing for millions of Americans. Right…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM

Four million people could go without health care coverage

The American public―including Trump’s voter base―wants to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits and end his shutdown. John, Health insurance providers on the ACA Marketplace are sending out notices this month about premium rate increases, and open enrol…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM

The Trump Shutdown

Congress must not leave vulnerable communities behind in the Trump shutdown. John, We are in the second week of the Trump shutdown, and the House of Representatives remains adjourned due to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Donald Trump’s refusal to negotiate with …
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
October 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM

Join us today for an important webinar: The Shutdown: What’s Happening, Who’s Affected, and How to End It the Right Way

As we demand action, House Republicans are in the midst of an extended recess. John, We’re one week into the government shutdown and we have the answers to your urgent questions. Today at 4pm ET, the Coalition on Human Needs is hosting a webinar titled: The Shu…
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  Dominique Espinoza, CHN Action · [email protected]
October 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM

Make your voice heard and defend voting rights.

A right-wing anti-democracy group is trying to keep 21 million American citizens away from the ballot box. John, In addition to the horrid attacks on our local communities and immigrant neighbors, senior Trump advisor Stephen Miller is once again attacking our r…
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  Meredith Dodson, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
October 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM

Re: Learn how the shutdown is impacting people and services

Join us on Tuesday, October 7th to learn how the shutdown is affecting communities. John, I wanted to make sure you saw Deborah’s email from yesterday. Currently, Congress’ refusal to enact policies to help people, along with Trump’s autocratic cuts and horrid …
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
October 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM

RSVP to our government shutdown webinar

Join us on Tuesday, October 7th to learn how the shutdown is affecting communities. John, We’re in a partial federal government shutdown and political leaders in Washington are using it to inflict pain on real people, along with ignoring the very real struggles …
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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
October 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM

Congress must pass a government funding bill that protects health care and reins in this authoritarian administration

John, They’ve done it. Congressional Republicans have chosen to shut down the government instead of working in a bipartisan manner to pass a funding bill that protects health care and stops Donald Trump from illegally freezing Congressionally appropriated funds.…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
September 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM

[take action] Hours away from Trump’s government shutdown

Congress must reclaim its power of the purse. John, We’re just hours away from Donald Trump’s and his congressional minions’ government shutdown. We’re demanding Congress hold strong and only pass a government funding bill that includes explicit requirements on…
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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]
September 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM

Re: Demand a government funding bill that puts people first, not partisan politics and an authoritarian regime

Power our campaign demanding Congress reject a government funding bill that does nothing to rein in health care costs or hold the Trump administration accountable. John, We’re just over 36 hours from a government shutdown. Before going on recess, House Republic…
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  Deborah Weinstein, CHN Action · [email protected]
September 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM

We can’t allow Congress to give in to the White House’s demands and illegal actions.

Power our campaign demanding Congress reject a government funding bill that does nothing to rein in health care costs or hold the Trump administration accountable. John, The U.S. government is on the verge of a shut down, and what is Congress doing? House Repub…
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  Meredith Dodson, CHN Action · [email protected]
September 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM

Re: Congress must reject a spending deal that doesn’t defend health care or put guardrails on the Trump administration

We’re days away from a GOP shutdown and congressional Republicans are refusing to negotiate. John, We are days away from a GOP shutdown, and the House has said that it won’t return earlier than October 1st—after a government shutdown would have already begun. I…
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