March 17, 2006
- 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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