May 11, 2010
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Read articles from the May 11th edition, the kick off of a deficit reduction committee and an update on Unemployment Insurance.
- CHN: Deficit Reduction Commission Holds First Meeting
President Obama’s budget proposal for the coming year estimates that in 2015, spending will exceed revenues by $250 billion, not counting the cost of interest on the federal debt. Seeking bipartisan support for a plan to eliminate that deficit, the President created the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform on February 18 and charged Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations Comments Off - CHN: Clock is Running Down on Extending Unemployment Benefits
Congress has three weeks to enact a package that includes an extension of the federal unemployment insurance (UI) program and COBRA health insurance benefits to avoid letting them expire for the third time in as many months. After allowing the programs to expire on February 28th and again on April 5th because of Senate Republican Read More »
Posted in Economy, Health, Labor and Employment, Unemployment Insurance Comments Off - CHN: Framework for Immigration Bill Released
On April 29 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Diane Feinstein (D-CA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and Charles Schumer (D-NY) held a press conference during which they released a conceptual outline for a comprehensive immigration bill. The proposal, titled “Real Enforcement with Practical Alternatives for Immigration Reform” (REPAIR), Read More »
Posted in Immigration Comments Off
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