November 11, 2005
- 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 »
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