Human Needs Report

The Human Needs Report is the Coalition on Human Needs' newsletter on national policy issues affecting low-income and vulnerable populations. It is published every other week while Congress is in session.

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Articles from March 17, 2006

• GOP Senate Budget Resolution Squeaks Through, 51-49; Floor Action Rejects Some of the Cuts in Human Needs Services
  The Senate passed its version of a FY 2007 budget resolution on Thursday night, 51-49 . The budget debate exposed widening divisions among the Republican majority, with some members insisting on increases in spending beyond the President's proposal, and others seeking further cuts. Those who rejected the service cuts in the President's budget held sway, and some important restorations were made.
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• More Than 1,200 Groups Nationwide Sign Letter To Congress Opposing Budget Cuts
  With opposition coming from every state in the nation, over 1,200 national, state and local organizations signed a letter circulated by the Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) telling the Senate to vote against a federal budget that harms millions of Americans to give tax breaks to millionaires.
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• House Passes Supplemental Spending Bill With Important Provisions for Gulf Coast, LIHEAP
  The House of Representatives easily passed a $91.9 billion supplemental spending bill (H.R. 4939) by a vote of 348-71, on March 16 to fund ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, foreign aid, and hurricane recovery. Of the total, $19.2 billion is to go towards hurricane recovery, including $4.2 in Community Development Block Grant funds to rebuild housing that was lost during Katrina and $1.46 billion to rebuild New Orleans' levees.
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• Senate HELP Committee Approves Bill That Would Seriously Weaken Health Insurance Consumer Protections
  The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved a bill on March 15 that would remove or block consumer protections related to health insurance in every state and result in even higher health care costs for some groups.
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• Restrictive Budget Legislation Said to be Price of Clean Debt Limit Vote
  The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved a bill on March 15 that would remove or block consumer protections related to health insurance in every state and result in even higher health care costs for some groups.
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