Monthly Archives: July 2005
- CHN: Senate Committee Agrees to Labor-HHS-Education Spending Bill
Some Programs Fare Better in Senate Than House Congress moved one step closer to approving fiscal year 2006 funding for a wide range of education, health, workforce training and human service programs when the Senate Appropriations Committee approved H.R. 3010 by a vote of 27 to 0 on July 14. The House approved the spending Read More »
- CHN: Expanding Health Coverage for Children With Disabilities Still a Possibility in Senate
As early as next week the Senate might vote once again on the Family Opportunity Act (S.183/ H.R. 1443) , a bill expanding Medicaid coverage for children with significant disabilities. Despite attracting widespread, bipartisan support in both houses of Congress since authored by Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA) in 1999, the Family Read More »
Posted in Disabilities, Health, Health Care Reform, Medicaid Comments Off - CHN: Housing, Community Development Funding Moves in Senate
On Thursday, July 21, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted 28 to 0 to approve a bill that would fund a variety of housing and community development programs for fiscal year 2006. The Senate bill, (H.R. 3058) provides funds for the Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Treasury, and Transportation. The House passed a similar Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Housing and Homelessness Comments Off - CHN: Privatizers Attempt Trojan Horse Legislation in the House
On July 15, Representative Jim McCrery (R-LA), Chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, and other House Republicans introduced a bill (H.R. 3304) to create private accounts in Social Security by funding them with surplus payments that are supposed to fund future benefits. Since surplus revenues are only projected for Read More »
Posted in Social Security Comments Off - CHN: Estate Tax Vote in the Senate – Not If, But When
It remains unclear whether or not the Senate will take a vote on the repeal of the estate tax next week before adjourning for August recess. Reports indicate that Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) continues to sort out his options — which could include delaying any votes until September or forcing one or more votes Read More »
Posted in Tax Policy Comments Off - CHN: Advocates Propose Medicaid Savings to Avoid Harming Low-Income People
Governors Propose Shifting Costs to Poor Since the April 28 budget resolution calling for $10 billion in spending cuts to be made by the committees with jurisdiction over Medicaid, advocates have been searching for strategies to prevent cuts in benefits or eligibility. They have identified savings – largely through changes in the ways Medicaid pays Read More »
Posted in Disabilities, Health, Health Care Reform, Medicaid Comments Off - CHN: House Approves Labor-HHS-Education Spending Bill
By a vote of 250 to 151 , the House approved a bill funding many education and human needs programs on June 24. The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill sets spending for those agencies for fiscal year 2006. The measure approved on the floor is very similar to Appropriations Read More »
- CHN: Affordable Housing Fund a Step Closer
On May 25, the House Financial Services Committee approved a bill that creates a new regulator for government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The bill, which was approved by a vote of 65-5, includes a provision requiring both GSEs to set aside 5 percent of their after-tax profits in an Affordable Housing Fund Read More »
Posted in Housing and Homelessness Comments Off - CHN: TANF Extended for the 10th Time
The House of Representatives passed another three-month TANF extension on the morning of June 29 and the Senate followed suit on Thursday, June 30. This is the 10th time TANF has been temporarily extended. On the House side, a controversy about paying for some of the costs of the bill slowed down the extension to Read More »
Posted in Income Support, Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Comments Off - CHN: GOP Present New Plan; Critics Call it More of the Same
With support for President Bush’s Social Security privatization proposal reaching new lows, Republicans in Congress are turning to new strategies to create private accounts. A poll conducted by Gallup/USA Today/CNN found Americans oppose the President’s proposal by 2-to-1. While the President began his campaign for private accounts by telling audiences that they were the only Read More »
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