Economic Security and the Federal Deficit - Human Needs Report Archives

2012

Federal Budget Next Steps: House Budget Resolution Expected This Week (3/19/12)
The President's FY 2013 Budget: Despite Tight Funding Caps, Some Human Needs Priorities Maintained (2/21/12)
Sequestration – Will It Happen? (2/21/12)
The Federal Budget on Autopilot? (2/6/12)

2011

Senate Rejects Balanced Budget Amendment (12/16/11)
Super Committee Cannot Leap Over Ideological Chasm; President Warns He Will Not Allow Gutting of Automatic Cuts (11/22/11)
Disappointing Reports of Deficit Plans from Super Committee Democrats and Republicans (10/31/11)
Congress Expected to Act Soon on Short-Term Spending Bill for FY 2012 (9/16/11)
The Debt Crisis is Averted: What Happens Next? (8/9/11)
Threats to Medicaid Continue as Deficit Negotiations Intensify (7/15/11)
Deficit Reduction Negotiations Intensify; Deal Sought by July 1 (6/17/11)
Medicaid Program at Risk (5/31/11)
The Senate Rejects a Bunch of Budget Plans; Action on the Floor Still a Sideshow to Biden Debt Ceiling Negotiations (5/31/11)
Senate Budget Resolution:  Maybe Next Week? (5/13/11)
Deficit Reduction and Raising the Debt Ceiling (5/13/11)
Twenty-three Senators Threaten the President With Vote Against Debt Ceiling Increase (3/17/11)
House Rules Biased Toward More Tax Cuts; Burden of Deficit Reduction Placed on Cutting Programs-Senate Still Working on Changes (1/14/11)