March 15, 2002
- CHN: Farm Bill Conferees Face Funding Setback
Articles from March 15, 2002 Scaled-Down Stimulus Package Becomes Law After months of contentious debate, the House and Senate passed and the President signed into law a watered-down economic stimulus bill last week. Congress was finally motivated to act by the impending expiration of unemployment insurance benefits for those who lost their jobs in the Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, SNAP Comments Off - CHN: Congress Holds Hearings On Welfare Reauthorization
HHS Secretary Defends Administration’s Proposal on Hill Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson was called to testify before the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees this week, as Congress gears-up to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. Secretary Thompson presented President Bush’s TANF reauthorization plan to the committees, Read More »
Posted in Food and Nutrition, Income Support, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Comments Off - CHN: House Budget Committee Approves Budget Resolution
Low-Income Programs Left Behind Despite sinking federal revenues and prior commitments to use Congressional Budget Office (CBO) budget estimates, the Republican-controlled House Budget Committee approved a fiscal 2003 budget resolution last Wednesday. In order to produce a $2.1 trillion “balanced” budget, the committee opted to work from the more generous Bush Administration budget numbers, count Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Food and Nutrition Comments Off - CHN: Scaled-Down Stimulus Package Becomes Law
Measure’s Corporate Tax Breaks Overshadow Benefits to the Unemployed After months of contentious debate, the House and Senate passed and the President signed into law a watered-down economic stimulus bill last week. Congress was finally motivated to act by the impending expiration of unemployment insurance benefits for those who lost their jobs in the aftermath Read More »
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