Monthly Archives: June 2008
- CHN: Senate Rejects Bill With Child Tax Credit Improvements
On June 10, the Senate failed to muster the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture and cut off debate on the Renewal Energy and Job Creation Action (H.R. 6049). The bill, which passed the House three weeks earlier, extends dozens of temporary tax cuts (so-called ‘extenders’) that had expired, adds new energy-related tax credits, and Read More »
Posted in Tax Policy Comments Off - CHN: Budget Passes; Appropriations Process Begins
For the first time in an election year since 2000, Congress passed a budget resolution. The Senate passed the FY 2009 Budget Resolution, S Con Res 70, largely on a party-line vote 48-45 except for Republican Senators Snowe and Collins, both from Maine, voting for the bill and Senator Bayh (D-IN) voting against it. The Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations Comments Off - CHN: Millions Running Out of Jobless Benefits: House Takes Strong Vote to Help
With 324,000 jobs lost over the past 5 months and the unemployment rate taking the biggest one-month jump in 22 years, the House voted twice in two days on legislation to extend jobless benefits for people who have exhausted state unemployment insurance. On the first try, the speedy move to the floor meant a two-thirds Read More »
Posted in Economy, Labor and Employment, Unemployment Insurance Comments Off
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