Monthly Archives: February 2005
- CHN: TANF Bill Moving
In anticipation of an especially difficult budget season, Republican and Democratic staffers in the Senate have been meeting regularly to explore common ground for moving a bill that would reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF). Both sides say they do not want TANF to be reauthorized as part of a possible reconciliation Read More »
Posted in Income Support, Social Services, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Comments Off - CHN: Deep Cuts in the President’s Budget; Committees Ready to Act
The President submitted a budget on February 7 that contained deep cuts to human needs spending, more tax cuts, and proposed changes to the budget process that will make it more difficult for Congress to increase spending for services in the future. Several members of the Coalition have done wonderful analyses of the President’s budget Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Child Nutrition, Disabilities, 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, Medicare, SNAP, Social Services, Tax Policy, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Unemployment Insurance Comments Off - CHN: Privatization Message Falls Flat
Following on the President’s tour of key states to promote the partial privatization of Social Security, several of his allies in Congress spent the February recess in their districts meeting with constituents to discuss the future of the program. USAction, the Campaign for America’s Future and other organizations organized rallies and events to demonstrate nationwide Read More »
Posted in Social Security Comments Off - CHN: House TANF Bill Introduced; Hearing Planned
On the first day of the 109th Congress, Representative Deborah Pryce (R-OH) introduced a TANF reauthorization bill ( H.R. 240 ). Although there is not yet a comprehensive analysis, it appears the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2005 is similar to H.R. 4, which passed the House in the 108th Congress by a vote of Read More »
Posted in Income Support, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Comments Off - CHN: What to Expect in the President’s Budget
On Monday, February 7 the President will send Congress his plans for next year’s budget. The White House has already begun disclosing information about what to expect – including cuts and freezes for programs serving the Americans most in need. This budget season may well be the worst in many years for low-income people and Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Health, Housing and Homelessness, Medicaid Comments Off - CHN: Grassroots Organizing to Fight Social Security
President Bush has begun to campaign in several states to promote his proposal to privatize and partially dismantle the guaranteed benefits program under Social Security. Organizations opposed to this plan are a step ahead in mobilizing opposition. US Action, the Campaign for America’s Future and several other organizations have joined forces and are starting to Read More »
Posted in Social Security Comments Off - CHN: WIA Reauthorization Bill To Be Marked Up in Subcommittee
The House Subcommittee on 21 st Century Competitiveness is considering a bill to reform the job programs under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. The bill, H.R. 27, the Job Training Improvement Act of 2005, is co-sponsored by Howard McKeon (R. CA), Chairman of the subcommittee, and John Boehner (R. OH), Chairman of the Read More »
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