Monthly Archives: March 2006
- CHN: Senate Addresses Immigration While Thousands Demonstrate In Support of Immigrants
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a draft immigration reform bill on March 27 that largely follows the McCain-Kennedy bill (S. 1033) creating a guest worker program and a path to legal permanent residence for undocumented immigrants. The committee approved the bill by 12-6 with the votes of all the committee’s Democrats and four Republicans: Chairman Read More »
Posted in Immigration Comments Off - CHN: Line Item Veto Proposal More Sweeping Than It Appears
The Bush Administration’s proposed Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006 has been introduced in the House and Senate (H.R. 4890, S. 2381) and has received support from Republican leaders and some Congressional Democrats, while advocates point out that the law would give sweeping powers to the President that few on Capitol Hill fully appreciate. Read More »
Comments Off - CHN: House Budget Committee Targets Human Needs Programs for Cuts
Despite growing calls to prevent cuts in health, education, and other domestic programs, the House Budget Committee approved a FY 2007 budget resolution that is close to $10.3 billion short of the cost of providing this year’s level of services for annually appropriated (discretionary) programs. Over five years, the cuts to the annually funded programs Read More »
Comments Off - CHN: Senate Budget Resolution Squeaks Through, 51-49; Floor Action Rejects Some of the Cuts in Human Needs Services
The Senate passed its version of a FY 2007 budget resolution on Thursday night, 51-49 . The budget debate exposed widening divisions among the Republican majority, with some members insisting on increases in spending beyond the President’s proposal, and others seeking further cuts. Those who rejected the service cuts in the President’s budget held sway, Read More »
- CHN: More Than 1,200 Groups Nationwide Sign Letter To Congress Opposing Budget Cuts
With opposition coming from every state in the nation, over 1,200 national, state and local organizations signed a letter circulated by the Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) telling the Senate to vote against a federal budget that harms millions of Americans to give tax breaks to millionaires. The Senate adopted its version of the budget Read More »
Posted in Tax Policy Comments Off - CHN: House Passes Supplemental Spending Bill With Important Provisions for Gulf Coast, LIHEAP
The House of Representatives easily passed a $91.9 billion supplemental spending bill (H.R. 4939) by a vote of 348-71, on March 16 to fund ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, foreign aid, and hurricane recovery. Of the total, $19.2 billion is to go towards hurricane recovery, including $4.2 in Community Development Block Grant funds to Read More »
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