People of Faith Succeed in Curtailing Cuts to Programs for Vulnerable People
U.S. Newswire › December 23, 2011
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With Congress' last-minute extension of unemployment benefits, Bread for the World is celebrating surprising success in avoiding cuts to programs focused on hungry and poor people over the course of 2011.
"We will need a continuing surge of advocacy for poor people in 2012," said Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World. "But we can be encouraged by what Bread for the World and the groups who worked with us helped to achieve in 2011."See the full content of this document
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People of Faith Succeed in Curtailing Cuts to Programs for Vulnerable People
In April, the House of Representatives' budget proposed deep cuts in government spending over 10 years, with two-th...
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