Human Needs Report

The Human Needs Report is the Coalition on Human Needs' newsletter on national policy issues affecting low-income and vulnerable populations. It is published every other week while Congress is in session.

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Articles from May 14, 2001

• Congress Passes FY 2002 Budget Resolution
  The House and Senate last week passed a budget resolution establishing the basic framework for $1.95 trillion in spending in FY 2002, which begins October 1, and a tax cut worth at least $1.35 trillion over eleven years. The resolution was passed over the vocal opposition of most congressional Democrats, who argue that it will force unacceptable cuts in domestic spending and dip into the Social Security and Medicare surpluses. The budget resolution is not law, however. Congress must now enact the appropriations and tax bills that actually establish future levels of spending and taxation, and history indicates that there will probably be some fudging of the budget resolution numbers before work is completed for the coming fiscal year.
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• ESEA Reauthorization Moves Forward
  Congress appears set to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the primary law authorizing federal assistance for elementary and secondary education, including programs for disadvantaged children. ESEA was last reauthorized in 1994 and it expired last year. The House Education and the Workforce Committee passed its version of the bill (H.R. 1) by a vote of 41-7 on May 9. It is expected to be considered on the House floor some time this week. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passed its own version of the bill (S. 1) on March 1 and it is now being considered on the Senate floor.
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