Monthly Archives: July 2010
- CHN: Senate Sends War Supplemental Back to House without Domestic Provisions
With pressure coming from the Pentagon for additional funds for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq before the August recess the Senate, in a calculated move, brought to the floor the House-passed version of the FY 2010 war supplemental spending bill (H.R. 4899) on July 22. As anticipated, the Senate rejected the House bill which Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Education and Youth Policy Comments Off - CHN: House and Senate Set FY 2011 Spending Targets Lower Than President’s; Spending Tight, but Some Growth in House Labor-HHS Appropriations
Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committee have approved spending caps for their dozen spending bills. The Senate committee set its FY 2011 appropriations total $14 billion less than the President’s, but $24 billion more than FY 2010. The House committee’s total is $7.3 billion less than the President’s request, and $31 billion more than Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Education and Youth Policy, Health, Housing and Homelessness, Labor and Employment Comments Off - CHN: Unemployment Benefits Restored for Millions of Workers
After various failed attempts to reinstate the federal unemployment insurance program, Congress succeeded in passing a bill, H.R. 4213, that continues the program through the end of November. President Obama signed the bill into law on July 21. The legislation will allow long-term unemployed who exhaust their state jobless benefits, typically available for 26 weeks, Read More »
Posted in Economy, Labor and Employment, Unemployment Insurance Comments Off - CHN: Child Nutrition Legislation Advances in the House
Article from the July 26, 2010 edition of the CHN Human Needs Report: Child Nutrition Legislation Advances in the House Significant improvements in child nutrition programs passed the House Education and Labor Committee on July 15. The Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act (H.R. 5504) received strong bipartisan support with a vote of 32-13. The Read More »
Posted in Child Nutrition, Food and Nutrition Comments Off - CHN: War Supplemental Bill Seen as Vehicle for Domestic Priorities
On July 1, the House passed the rule for consideration of the FY 2010 war supplemental spending bill (H.R. 4899) that included the ‘budget enforcement’ resolution (see article elsewhere in this Human Needs Report) and paved the way for the addition of domestic funding. The $58.8 billion Senate-passed version of the H.R. 4899 largely funds the wars Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Economy Comments Off - CHN: House Agrees to Funding Limit; Begins Work on Appropriations Bills
After months of deadlock, the House has agreed to trim $7 billion from the President’s FY 2011 budget request for overall discretionary spending of annually appropriated programs. The Administration’s budget proposes an aggregate freeze in domestic non-military and non-security spending for three years. This is not an across-the-board freeze, so while some programs are cut Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations Comments Off - CHN: 37 Senators and 153 Reps. Vote to Deny UI to 2 Million; And Those Who Vote No Endanger State Aid, Youth Jobs, and TANF Emergency Funds
Nearly 30 million people were unemployed or underemployed in June, with more than 45 percent of the unemployed out of work more than six months. Never has Congress cut off federal unemployment benefits with jobless rates over 9 percent. Until now. By July 10, just before Congress returns from its Independence Day recess, more than 2 Read More »
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