August 11, 2010
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Read articles from the August 11th edition, including appropriations, tax cuts, child nutrition, and state aid for education and Medicaid.
- CHN: Pressure Mounts to Cut FY 2011 Domestic Appropriations; Senate Labor-HHS-Ed Bill Approved in Full Committee
Hopes were high when the President introduced his FY 2011 budget proposal last February. After years of erosion in funding levels for human needs programs, the Obama budget provided above-inflation increases for many education, health, social services, and housing programs, despite a budget that level-funded domestic appropriations overall. But the deficit fever gripping Washington caused Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Education and Youth Policy, Health, Labor and Employment Comments Off - CHN: Showdown on Taxes Looms
When Congress returns from summer recess in September, members will debate the future of the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts which expire at the end of 2010. The stakes are high as Congress must decide which provisions will be allowed to expire, which will be extended and whether the extensions will be permanent or Read More »
Posted in Tax Policy Comments Off - CHN: Senate Passes Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill
On August 5 just hours before beginning its summer recess, the Senate passed by voice vote the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (S.3307). Since the Agriculture Committee first reported the bill out of committee in May, the stumbling block to moving it forward has been paying for the $4.5 billion in improvements in the Read More »
Posted in Child Nutrition, Food and Nutrition Comments Off - CHN: Congress Enacts Medicaid and Education Aid Urgently Needed by States
In the final days before adjourning for August recess, the Senate overcame opposition and passed a $26.1 billion bill to provide needed aid to states for education and rising Medicaid costs. The House interrupted its recess to approve the measure on August 10, which was signed by the President the same day. The measures included Read More »
Posted in Economy, Education and Youth Policy, Health, Labor and Employment, Medicaid Comments Off
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