Yearly Archives: 2002
- CHN: Many Programs Benefiting Poor Face Reauthorization in 2003
Welfare Reauthorization, Child Nutrition Among Programs Addressed by 108th Congress A number of federal programs important to the poor and disadvantaged are up for reauthorization next year. What follows is a list of some of these programs, with a preview of issues that will likely be addressed during their respective reauthorization debates. Personal Responsibility and Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Child Nutrition, Early Childhood Education, Education and Youth Policy, Food and Nutrition, Housing and Homelessness, Immigration, Income Support, Job Training and Education, Labor and Employment, Poverty and Income, Social Services, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Comments Off - CHN: Congress Passes Long-Stalled Terrorism Insurance Legislation
President Strikes Deal with Senate Democrats in Spite of Republican Opposition On November 19, more than a year after the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, the Senate gave final passage (86 to 11) to legislation (HR 3210) that would provide federal monies to the property and casualty industry to cover future terrorism-related Read More »
Posted in Housing and Homelessness Comments Off - CHN: Unemployment Benefits Extension Falters
House Failure to Act Will Lead to Expiration of Benefits for Nearly One Million Workers By Year’s End Congressional disagreements over competing versions of a measure to extend federal unemployment benefits were not resolved before Congress’s lame-duck session ended this week, leaving at least 830,000 workers without benefits by the end of the year. On Read More »
Posted in Labor and Employment, Unemployment Insurance Comments Off - CHN: House Bill Could Have Dire Consequences for Housing Voucher Program
VA-HUD Appropriations Measure Proposes Section 8 Policy Changes Despite the House Appropriations Committee’s assertion that its fiscal year 2003 appropriations bill for the Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development (VA-HUD) Departments fully funds the Section 8 housing voucher program, advocates, housing agencies, and resident organizations argue that the committee bill would actually cut between 150,000 Read More »
Posted in Housing and Homelessness Comments Off - CHN: Measure That Would Ease Social Security Eligibility Requirements Still Stalled
Congress Passes CR Through November 22 Bowing to the pressures of the campaign season, Congress passed a five-week continuing resolution (CR) on October 16, allowing House and Senate members to leave Washington to hit the campaign trail. Among the stack of unfinished business left behind are 11 of the 13 appropriations bills, an extension of Read More »
Posted in Social Security Comments Off - CHN: Congress Passes CR Through November 22
Considerable Amount of Business Left Unfinished Bowing to the pressures of the campaign season, Congress passed a five-week continuing resolution (CR) on October 16, allowing House and Senate members to leave Washington to hit the campaign trail. Among the stack of unfinished business left behind are 11 of the 13 appropriations bills, an extension of Read More »
Posted in Social Security Comments Off - CHN: Community Health Centers Reauthorized by House and Senate
Bill Increases Number of People Served by Centers and Broadens Services Provided A bill (S 1533) to reauthorize and improve Community Health Centers is awaiting President Bush’s signature. The House passed S 1533 on Wednesday, October 16, with the Senate clearing the measure by voice vote the next day. Bush’s signature on the bill would Read More »
Posted in Health, Health Care Reform, Housing and Homelessness, Medicaid, Medicare Comments Off - CHN: TANF Reauthorization Remains Unfinished
Lawmakers, Advocates Consider Extension of Current Law With the end of the legislative session on the horizon, Senate welfare negotiations continue to be hindered by a busy floor schedule and lack of consensus on what a final Senate reauthorization bill should include. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) – the 1996 law Read More »
Posted in Income Support, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Comments Off - CHN: House Appropriations Committee Reports FY03 VA-HUD Bill
Section 8 Policy Changes Could Drastically Limit Voucher Program On Wednesday, October 9, the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year (FY) 2003 VA-HUD bill (HR 5605) for $122.56 billion in overall spending. VA-HUD funding covers the departments of Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and 20 other independent agencies. The House Appropriations Committee bill Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Housing and Homelessness Comments Off - CHN: Census Reports Rise in Poverty
Articles from September 27, 2002 TANF Reauthorization Likely to be Postponed With both the end of the legislative session and the September 30 expiration of the welfare reform law fast approaching, Congress is currently faced with many important decisions about the future of welfare. The short-term continuing resolution (CR) passed by Congress on September 26 Read More »
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