July 26, 2010
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Read articles from the July 26th edition, including Pentagon funding, spending bills, Unemployment Insurance, and child nutrition.
- 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 »
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