Monthly Archives: November 2004
- CHN: Congress Passes Massive Spending Bill
On Saturday, November 20 the House and Senate cleared a massive spending bill that funds nine of the thirteen appropriations bills for fiscal year 2005. The final conference report (HR 4818 , H Rept 108-792) contains $388.4 billion in discretionary spending, including money for the Departments of Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Child Nutrition, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Education and Youth Policy, Food and Nutrition, Health, Health Care Reform, Housing and Homelessness, Immigration, Income Support, Job Training and Education, Labor and Employment, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Medicaid, Poverty and Income, Social Services Comments Off - CHN: IDEA Reauthorized
By a strong bipartisan margin, Congress agreed to renew the law that grants 6.7 million children with disabilities the right to a public education. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provides federal funding to local school districts to ensure that children with disabilities have equal access to free public education in the “least restrictive Read More »
Posted in Disabilities Comments Off - CHN: White House, Congress Fail to Save $1.1 Billion in Expiring SCHIP Funds
By failing to act before the end of the session, Congress is allowing $1.1 billion in earmarked funds for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to revert back to the U.S. Treasury. Although the President claimed on the campaign trail that he supported insuring more of the nation’s 8.4 million uninsured children, he did Read More »
Posted in Health, Health Care Reform, Medicaid Comments Off
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