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 September 16, 2005

• Reconciliation Delayed
  As they struggle to respond to needs created by Hurricane Katrina, Congress has pushed back its timetable by at least one month for making deep cuts to mandatory programs and passing more tax cuts.
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• Estate Tax Vote Postponed
  As late as September 5, the night before Congress returned from a month-long recess, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) was placing a repeal of the estate tax at the top of the Senate agenda. At the urging of Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and others in his own party, Frist scrapped those plans to focus on hurricane relief.
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• Washington Focuses On Aiding Gulf Coast Families
  Congress and the President have scrambled over the last two weeks to respond to Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it has wrought on the Gulf Coast.
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