Monthly Archives: December 2001
- CHN: Congress Passes Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill
Articles from December 20, 2001 Congress Passes Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill The House approved the conference report for the fiscal year 2002 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education spending bill (HR 3061) on a 393-30 vote Wednesday, and the Senate followed suit Thursday morning with a 90-7 vote. The conference report does not include the hotly debated mental Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations Comments Off - CHN: Farm Bill Stalled On Senate Floor, Food Stamp Reauthorization To Wait Until Next Year
Articles from December 20, 2001 Congress Passes Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill The House approved the conference report for the fiscal year 2002 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education spending bill (HR 3061) on a 393-30 vote Wednesday, and the Senate followed suit Thursday morning with a 90-7 vote. The conference report does not include the hotly debated mental Read More »
Posted in Food and Nutrition, SNAP Comments Off - CHN: House and Senate Pass Education Overhaul Bill
Measure Moves to the White House On Tuesday, December 18, the Senate passed massive education overhaul legislation (HR 1), which will now be sent to the President to be signed into law. The House adopted the conference report by an overwhelming vote of 381-41 on December 13. The passage of the conference report comes after Read More »
Posted in Food and Nutrition Comments Off - CHN: President Bush Signs VA-HUD Appropriations Bill
Articles from December 7, 2001 President Bush Signs VA-HUD Appropriations Bill President Bush signed the fiscal 2002 Veterans Affairs-Housing and Urban Development (VA-HUD) appropriations bill into law on November 26. HUD’s budget was funded at $30 billion. The Housing Certificate Fund, which received $15.641 billion, should fully fund Section 8 renewals; however, the bill includes Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Housing and Homelessness Comments Off - CHN: Farm Bill Introduced On Senate Floor, Contains Food Stamp Reauthorization
Articles from December 7, 2001 President Bush Signs VA-HUD Appropriations Bill President Bush signed the fiscal 2002 Veterans Affairs-Housing and Urban Development (VA-HUD) appropriations bill into law on November 26. HUD’s budget was funded at $30 billion. The Housing Certificate Fund, which received $15.641 billion, should fully fund Section 8 renewals; however, the bill includes Read More »
Posted in Food and Nutrition, SNAP Comments Off - CHN: Conferees Try to Wrap up Education Overhaul Bill
Measure Stalled Over Special Education Funding Proposal A House-Senate conference committee is still working on massive education overhaul legislation (HR 1), which has stalled due to conflict over special education funding. Although the debate over this primary issue is still ongoing, conferees have been able to come to agreement on most other priority issues included Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Food and Nutrition Comments Off - CHN: Negotiations Begin on Economic Stimulus Package
GOP Proposes $25 Billion in Unemployment Assistance After stalling for a week over procedural differences, negotiations on an economic stimulus bill between House and Senate lawmakers got under way this week. Tax breaks for corporations and upper-income individuals versus spending on unemployment benefits and medical coverage for displaced workers are at the crux of negotiations Read More »
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