October 24, 2003
- CHN: Federal Unemployment Benefits Program Will Expire December 31 Without Extension
Congress Must Act to Renew Program to Keep Millions of Unemployed Workers Receiving Assistance While Congressional leaders are predicting an adjournment date of November 7 – a target that appears increasingly unlikely – another important deadline is looming for America’s unemployed workers. Before adjournment Congress must act to extend federal unemployment benefits, which are set Read More »
Posted in Labor and Employment, Unemployment Insurance Comments Off - CHN: Senate Introduces Head Start Legislation Without State Block Grant Pilot
On the evening of Wednesday, October 22, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released its bipartisan Head Start reauthorization bill. Reauthorization of the landmark federal preschool program has been a contentious one in Congress this year largely due to lawmakers’ partisan disagreement over whether to hand authority for the programs to the Read More »
Posted in Early Childhood Education, Education and Youth Policy Comments Off - CHN: Child Nutrition Reauthorization Delayed in Senate
The Senate Agriculture Committee announced last week that it will delay reauthorization of child nutrition programs until early next year. The Senate will now have to extend child nutrition programs, which are set to expire on October 30. The Senate’s delay follows similar action in the House, which recently voted to extend the programs for Read More »
Posted in Child Nutrition, Food and Nutrition Comments Off - CHN: Medicare Conferees Continue to Crawl Towards Agreement
Overview House and Senate negotiators are inching closer to an agreement on a bill that would add prescription drug benefits for more than 40 million elderly and disabled people in the Medicare program. This week conferees announced more areas of agreement and some staff said a final bill might be released within a week or Read More »
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