April 1, 2005
- CHN: FY 2006 Budget Resolutions Clear House, Senate Floor
Both chambers of Congress have passed budget resolutions for fiscal year 2006 that will make steep cuts in services for vulnerable people in the coming years. On March 17, the Senate budget resolution passed 51 to 49 . Republican Senators Snowe, DeWine, Voinovich and Chafee joined with all Democrats and Independent Jeffords in voting no Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Education and Youth Policy, Food and Nutrition, Health, Health Care Reform, Housing and Homelessness, 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: TANF on the Senate Floor? Maybe
Article from the April 1, 2005 edition of the CHN Human Needs Report: (4/1/05) Confidence was building that the TANF reauthorization bill would be on the Senate floor during the week of April 4, replaced shortly afterward by the more familiar TANF uncertainty. Senate offices and advocates are readying amendments should debate begin on the Read More »
Posted in Income Support, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Comments Off - CHN: Opposition to President’s Social Security Plan Growing
The fate of President Bush’s proposal to partially privatize Social Security is yet unclear. Democrats in Congress seem largely united in opposition and many Republicans have been signaling that supporting the President’s plan may be too politically costly. The social conservative wing of the party appears lukewarm and some moderates such as Sen. Olympia Snowe Read More »
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