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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
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The Old Congress Cuts and Runs
Despite mounting pressures to finalize appropriations for the current fiscal year, the old majority was too divided, forcing the enactment of a third temporary spending bill, this one through February 15.
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Tax Extenders Bill Serves as Vehicle for Other Provisions
Shortly before adjourning, Congress passed a wide-ranging package of tax, health care and trade measures.
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State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Shortfalls Delayed
With 17 states facing shortfalls in 2007 in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Congress attached a partial fix the day before adjourning.
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Ryan White AIDS Program Reauthorized
In the final hours of the 109th Congress both houses passed the Ryan White Treatment Modernization Act of 2006, H.R. 6143.
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