Monthly Archives: April 2004
- CHN: Department Of Labor Revises Overtime Pay Rule Proposal
New Rules Would Expand Salary Limits, But Effects Are Unclear Earlier this week the Bush administration announced they would make revisions to the controversial new overtime pay rules introduced in March of last year. The current overtime rules have guaranteed millions of workers overtime pay for decades – money that accounts for a significant portion Read More »
Posted in Labor and Employment Comments Off - CHN: Still No Budget Resolution – But Tax Cuts Moving Forward in the House
House and Senate negotiators have been unable to reach a conference agreement on a budget plan for fiscal year 2005. The main sticking point is the insistence by key Senators that the budget deal include a rule that would require Congress to pay for new tax cuts and new spending by either cutting elsewhere in Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations Comments Off - CHN: Bush Administration Moves To Make Financing Changes To Section 8
Altering Rule for Program Could Cut Vouchers in Many Areas The Bush Administration’s fiscal year 2005 budget contained many proposals unfriendly to social service programs. One of the most worrisome proposals was President Bush’s plan to drastically change the structure, rules, and funding of the Section 8 Housing Voucher Program. The proposal is the second Read More »
Posted in Housing and Homelessness Comments Off - CHN: Senate TANF Debate Starts With Strong Bipartisan Vote For Child Care Funding; Bill Then Stalls
The long delayed bill to reauthorize Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) hit another snag last week when the Senate was unable to agree on how the bill should move forward. The Senate began an abbreviated debate on HR 4 on Monday, March 29 before Majority Leader Frist (R-TN) pulled the bill from the floor Read More »
Posted in Income Support, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Comments Off - CHN: House, Senate Unable To Agree On Budget Before Recess
The failure of Congress to agree on a final budget conference for fiscal year 2005 before it left for spring recess is a victory for advocates for low-income families. The delay presents an opportunity to target Senators and Representatives to tell them the House and Senate budget resolutions are a bad deal for low- and Read More »
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