Yearly Archives: 2005
- CHN: Labor-HHS-Education Bill Must Clear One Last Hurdle
Funding for many health, education, and social service programs for fiscal 2006 has still not been approved by Congress, although the fiscal year started October 1. Earlier this year both the House and Senate approved their own version of the bill funding the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education. But the bill Read More »
- CHN: House and Senate to Attempt Passing a Final Bill Cutting Aid to Poor
Next week the House and Senate will attempt to pass a final version of a bill slashing funding for programs that help the most needy Americans. Before the Thanksgiving recess, both the House and Senate approved their own version of a budget reconciliation bill that cuts funding to mandatory programs (those that do not need Read More »
- CHN: More Tax Breaks for Wealthy Approved by Congress
House Increases Deficit by $90 Billion By a vote of 234 to 197, the House of Representatives approved $56.1 billion in new tax breaks on Thursday, December 8. H.R. 4297 is the House version of the tax reconciliation bill. The centerpiece of the bill is a $23 billion tax break for those who claim capital Read More »
Posted in Tax Policy Comments Off - CHN: Congress Approves, President Signs, Final Housing Appropriation Bill
On November 30, President Bush signed into law the appropriation for the Treasury and Transportation Departments and HUD (H.R. 3058). The House approved the final appropriation on November 18 by a vote of 392-31. The Senate approved it by unanimous consent the same day. The bill, which was subject to earlier disputes about Amtrak funding Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Housing and Homelessness Comments Off - CHN: House Leadership Can’t Dig Up Votes to Slash Medicaid, Child Support, Food Stamps, SSI, and Foster Care
Senate Approves $35 Billion in Cuts Advocates for human needs scored a major victory on Thursday, November 10, when Republicans in the House conceded they did not yet have the votes needed to pass a budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 4241) before departing for a long Veteran’s Day weekend. The inability of the leadership to win Read More »
Posted in Disabilities, Food and Nutrition, Immigration, Income Support, Medicaid, SNAP, Social Services, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Comments Off - CHN: Funding for At-Risk Youth Cut
The House of Representatives voted November 9 to approve the conference report funding the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce and other agencies for fiscal 2006 by a vote of 397-19. The Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill (H.R. 2862) includes funding for Juvenile Justice programs at $311.7 million, compared to $346.5 million appropriated for fiscal 2005. Read More »
Posted in Education and Youth Policy Comments Off - CHN: Appropriations Bills Moving Towards Completion; Across-the-Board Cuts Threatened
It appears Congress is on track for finishing all or almost all appropriations bills before a planned November 18 adjournment. Most federal agencies are currently operating under a continuing resolution that is due to expire on the 18th. Lawmakers have yet to agree on the bill that funds the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Read More »
- CHN: Key Moderate Senator Forces Delay on Bill Cutting Taxes for Wealthy
While conservatives and moderates in the House were at odds over a budget bill in the House, a similar dynamic unfolded in the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) refused to support a $68.8 billion tax bill that included cuts to the capital gains and stock dividend tax rates. The current provisions Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Tax Policy Comments Off - CHN: Senate Approves Labor-HHS-Education Spending Bill
By a vote of 94 to 3 the Senate approved a bill to fund the Departments of Labor, Education and Health and Human Services on Thursday, October 27. The bill provides a total of $142.5 billion in discretionary (annually appropriated) funding for such wide-ranging programs as K-12 education, education for children with disabilities, child care, Read More »
- CHN: Senate Budget Committee Approves nearly $40 Billion in Cuts to Entitlement Programs
On Thursday, October 27, the Senate Budget committee approved a bill that cuts a net $39.1 billion from entitlement programs over the next five years. Next week the Senate will debate and vote on the measure that cuts Medicaid, Medicare, agriculture subsidies, student loans, pensions and other entitlement spending. There are special debating procedures for Read More »
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