Monthly Archives: July 2011
- CHN: A Shift in Balanced Budget Amendment Strategy
One day after announcing a vote on an extreme constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget (BBA) on July 20, the House leadership switched gears to postpone that vote indefinitely. Instead, the House will take up legislation sponsored by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) that combines immediate spending cuts and caps and an increase in the Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations Comments Off - CHN: Closer to the Brink in Order to Save Tax Cuts for the Rich
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Ben Bernanke told the Senate that failure to extend the federal authority to borrow would be a “calamitous outcome.” Both Moody’s and Standard and Poors said they were more likely to lower the U.S. credit rating if a deal to raise the debt ceiling was not reached – an Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Tax Policy Comments Off - CHN: Threats to Medicaid Continue as Deficit Negotiations Intensify
Members of Congress, along with President Obama and Vice President Biden are continuing to craft a deficit reduction plan that may include cuts to Medicaid. The most recent negotiations have focused on President Obama’s proposal which would cut federal Medicaid spending $100 billion over the first 10 years. Under the House-passed budget plan, Medicaid would Read More »
Posted in Budget and Appropriations, Economy, Health, Medicaid Comments Off - CHN: Juvenile Justice Programs Take a Big Hit; VAWA and Mentoring Programs Protected, For Now
On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that includes $3 billion in cuts to the Justice Department. The plan created by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) and his Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations subcommittee is dramatic, slashing funding for state and local law enforcement assistance by over $1 billion and cutting juvenile justice programs severely. Read More »
Posted in Education and Youth Policy Comments Off - CHN: E-Verify Bill Will Cost Americans Jobs; Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Historic DREAM Act Hearing
While Georgia’s system of verifying the immigration status of workers is wreaking havoc on the state’s agriculture industry, House Republican Lamar Smith (TX) has introduced his own national version of this approach – the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 2164). It will be taken up in the House Judiciary Committee in the coming weeks. Smith has Read More »
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