Monthly Archives: July 2004
- CHN: Bill to Change Federal Child Welfare Funding in Draft Form
Representative Wally Herger (D-CA), Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee’s Human Resources Subcommittee, is suggesting basic changes in funding federal payments for foster care as well as changes in federal support for services to children and families to prevent or treat abuse or neglect. Chairman Herger has created a discussion draft entitled the Read More »
Posted in Social Services Comments Off - CHN: House Subcommittee Votes on Perkins Grants Reauthorization
On Wednesday July 14, 2004, the House Education and the Workforce subcommittee voted to reauthorize Perkins Grants, the nation’s major vocational education program. The measure (HR 4496) authorizes more than $1.3 billion for vocational and adult education programs in fiscal year 2005, under the Carl. D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act. The grants Read More »
Posted in Education and Youth Policy Comments Off - CHN: House Committee Approves Bill Funding Departments of Labor, HHS and Education
Amid much debate over overtime rules and restrictions on funding of abortions, the House Appropriations Committee passed a nearly $500 billion appropriations bill for fiscal 2005 on Wednesday, July 14 to fund the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education. The bill authorizes the government to fund $349.8 billion for entitlements programs, Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations Comments Off - CHN: Senate and House Leadership Look to Pass More Tax Breaks – Still Not Paid For
House and Senate leaders are pushing this week for a floor vote to extend expiring tax breaks. The three popular middle class tax breaks that are set to expire at the end of this year unless action is taken include tax breaks for married couples, the $1,000 per child tax credit, and the ten percent Read More »
Posted in Tax Policy Comments Off - CHN: House Set To Consider Section 8 Appropriations
This week the House is scheduled to respond to the Bush administration’s FY 2005 budget proposal that slashes funding for the Section 8 voucher rental assistance program. The Appropriations Subcommittee is planning to mark up the VA-HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations bill on Tuesday, July 20 with the full House Appropriations committee following on Friday, Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Housing and Homelessness Comments Off - CHN: Yet Again – TANF Extended
With no resolution to the differences between the House and Senate in sight, Congress enacted the seventh extension of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) a few days before its latest June 30 expiration date (HR 4589). This extension lasts for three months, until September 30. Three months before, Chairman Herger (R-CA) of the Human Read More »
Posted in Income Support, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Comments Off - CHN: Debate Over Financing Stalls Family Opportunity Act
The Family Opportunity Act (HR 1811), a bill that would allow families of children with disabilities to buy into the federal Medicaid program, hit a snag last week in the House. The Senate passed a similar bill on May 6 and the House had been scheduled to vote on the bill June 14 under suspension Read More »
Posted in Disabilities, Health, Health Care Reform, Housing and Homelessness, Medicaid Comments Off - CHN: House Rejects Dangerous Budget Process Bill
In a major win for advocates, the House of Representatives decisively rejected legislation June 24 that would have resulted in major cuts to services for low-income working families, seniors, children, those with disabilities and other vulnerable people. Congress rejected by a vote 146 to 268 the Spending Control Act (HR 4663), a bill sponsored by Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations Comments Off - CHN: National Paid Sick Leave Legislation is Introduced in the House and Senate
Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CA) held a press conference on June 15, 2004 to introduce the Healthy Families Act or 2004 (S 2520, HR 4575). The Kennedy/DeLauro bill would provide full-time employees at companies with 15 or more employees with seven paid sick days a year to be used for their Read More »
Posted in Labor and Employment Comments Off - CHN: Congress Starts Work on Appropriations
Despite the lack of a fiscal year 2005 budget resolution, House and Senate appropriators have begun making decisions on next year’s spending levels for the programs that must be appropriated annually – known as the “discretionary” programs. Lawmakers have agreed to a total discretionary spending amount of $821 billion to fund the government next fiscal Read More »
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