Disabilities - Human Needs Report Archives
2010
Senate Attempt at Full-Year Appropriations Collapses Child Care, Head Start, Disabilities, and Housing Programs Likely to Suffer (12/22/10) Congress Returns to Lame-Duck Session Facing Full Plate of Unfinished Business (11/29/10)
2006
House Cuts $38.8 Billion from Budget; Slashes Health Care, Student Loans, Child Support and Help for People with Disabilities (2/3/06)
2005
House and Senate to Attempt Passing a Final Bill Cutting Aid to Poor (12/9/05) Labor-HHS-Education Bill Must Clear One Last Hurdle (12/9/05) House Leadership Can't Dig Up Votes to Slash Medicaid, Child Support, Food Stamps, SSI, and Foster Care (11/11/05) House Committees Slash Medicaid, Child Support, SSI and Foster Care; Reduce Planned Increases for Child Care (10/28/05) Senate Budget Committee Approves Nearly $40 Billion in Cuts to Entitlement Programs (10/28/05) Senate Approves Labor-HHS-Education Spending Bill (10/28/05) Low-Income Programs Threatened with Across-the-Board Cuts (10/14/05) Congress Approves Stop-Gap Measure to Keep Government Running (9/30/05) Washington Focuses on Aiding Gulf Coast Families (9/16/05) Reconciliation Delayed: Congress Puts Off Cuts to Medicaid and Food Stamps in Wake of Katrina (9/16/05) Senate Committee Agrees to Labor-HHS-Education Spending Bill (7/22/05) House Approves Labor-HHS-Education Spending Bill (7/1/05) Bill Funding Departments of Labor, HHS, and Education Moves in House (6/17/05) Congress Approves a Final Budget Resolution (4/29/05) FY 2006 Budget Resolutions Clear House, Senate Floor (4/1/05) House and Senate Budget Committees Pass Budget Resolutions for FY 2006 (3/11/05) Deep Cuts in President's Budget; Committees Ready to Act (2/25/05)
2004
IDEA Reauthorized (11/24/04) Congress Passes Massive Spending Bill (11/24/04) Human Needs Legislation Stuck in Gridlock (9/17/04) Congress Starts Work on Appropriations (7/2/04) Senate Reauthorizes Disability Education Bill (5/21/04)
2003
Omnibus Appropriations Bill Moving Forward (11/21/03) House Passes IDEA Reauthoirzation Legislation (5/9/03)
2002
Congressional Debate Over IDEA Continues (7/19/02)