With Hurricane Florence Barreling Toward US, Document Shows Administration Moved $10M from FEMA to ICE
19 Sep 2018

With Hurricane Florence Barreling Toward US, Document Shows Administration Moved $10M from FEMA to ICE

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/09/12/scandal-hurricane-florence-barreling-toward-us-document-shows-trump-moved-10m-fema Published on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 by Common Dreams “The administration transferred millions of dollars away from FEMA. And for what? To implement their profoundly misguided ‘zero tolerance’ policy.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer President Donald Trump … Continued

OMB Plans Cuts to State Department and USAID in “Rescissions Package”
24 Aug 2018

OMB Plans Cuts to State Department and USAID in “Rescissions Package”

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From the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (http://www.usglc.org/): August 22, 2018 RISKY RESCISSIONS. According to the Washington Post, OMB is planning to push out a “rescissions package” next week to freeze and ultimately expire several billion dollars of foreign assistance funding … Continued

Tell Our Senators: Increase Labor, Health, and Education Spending; Cut Pentagon Spending
13 Aug 2018

Tell Our Senators: Increase Labor, Health, and Education Spending; Cut Pentagon Spending

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From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The Senate is about to debate two spending bills together:  one covers the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; the other, Pentagon spending.  Labor-HHS-Ed does not get a fair share … Continued

‘The People’s Budget’ Would Create Jobs and Boost Productivity
27 Jul 2018

‘The People’s Budget’ Would Create Jobs and Boost Productivity

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From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): This week the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) released “The People’s Budget” as a budget alternative for fiscal year 2019. New EPI Policy Center analysis shows that The People’s Budget would raise wages and put … Continued

Quaker Lobby Warns House Homeland Security Budget Advances Family Separation and Detention
27 Jul 2018

Quaker Lobby Warns House Homeland Security Budget Advances Family Separation and Detention

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From Friends Committee on National Legislation (http://www.fcnl.org): July 26, 2018 Washington, DC (July 26, 2018) – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) criticized the full committee passage of the Department of Homeland Security’s spending bill for fiscal year 2019. … Continued

PA National Parks Need Repair
17 May 2018

PA National Parks Need Repair

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Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-05-16/public-lands-wilderness/pa-national-parks-need-repair/a62542-1 May 16, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Gettysburg National Military Park needs more than $50 million worth of repairs. (Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Community groups are calling on Congress … Continued

CHN Urges Congress to Reject Trump Cuts that Undermine Children’s Health Program and Break Agreement to Lift Spending Caps to Meet Needs
10 May 2018

CHN Urges Congress to Reject Trump Cuts that Undermine Children’s Health Program and Break Agreement to Lift Spending Caps to Meet Needs

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Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/05/08/18455/#.WvMvnUxFzIU By CHN May 8, 2018 Editor’s note: Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, issued the following statement Tuesday, May 8 in response to the Trump Administration’s rescissions package:  “The members of the Coalition … Continued