September 16, 2005
- CHN: Reconciliation Delayed: Congress Puts Off Cuts to Medicaid and Food Stamps In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
As they struggle to respond to needs created by Hurricane Katrina, Congress has pushed back its timetable by at least one month for making deep cuts to mandatory programs and passing more tax cuts. The budget resolution Congress agreed to earlier this year set a deadline of September 16 for various committees to cut spending Read More »
Posted in Disabilities, Education and Youth Policy, Food and Nutrition, Health, Medicaid, SNAP, Social Services, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Comments Off - CHN: Washington Focuses on Aiding Gulf Coast Families
President and Congress Return to Washington Early to Support Recovery Efforts Congress and the President have scrambled over the last two weeks to respond to Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it has wrought on the Gulf Coast. First, Congress reconvened early on September 2 to pass a $10.5 billion supplemental appropriation ( PL 109-61 ) Read More »
Posted in Child Nutrition, Disabilities, Education and Youth Policy, Food and Nutrition, Health, Health Care Reform, Housing and Homelessness, Job Training and Education, Labor and Employment, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Medicaid, SNAP, Social Services, Tax Policy, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Unemployment Insurance Comments Off - CHN: Estate Tax Vote Postponed
As late as September 5, the night before Congress returned from a month-long recess, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) was placing a repeal of the estate tax at the top of the Senate agenda. At the urging of Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and others in his own party, Frist scrapped those plans to Read More »
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