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 July 6, 2006

Action on the Minimum Wage in the Senate and the House
Both the House and Senate turned back attempts to increase the minimum wage.     
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Ominous Estate Tax Legislation Passes the House and Awaits Senate Action
Full repeal of the estate tax fails in the Senate.  The House agrees to gutting the estate tax.      
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Senate Appropriations Committee $2 billion Short of Funds Needed to Prevent Cuts in Health, Education, Other Services
On June 22, the Senate Appropriations Committee divvied up its pot of money among its subcommittees, allocating $142.8 billion for FY 2007 spending for Labor-HHS-Education programs. 
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House Votes to Give President More Power and Diminish Their Own
The House approved the line-item veto.  More far-reaching legislation awaits Senate action.      
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New Regulations Issued for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
New federal regulations that will change the way states administer welfare to work assistance for poor families with children were issued on June 29 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.   
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Job Training Legislation Moves in the Senate
Last week the Senate reauthorized the law governing training and education programs for workers, the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). 
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