Human Needs Report

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Articles from March 11, 2005

• House and Senate Committees Pass Budget Resolution for FY 2006
  The House and Senate Budget Committees approved budget resolutions this week for fiscal year 2006 that spell out deep cuts for programs and services for moderate- and low-income families. The resolutions include deep cuts to programs aimed at helping the most vulnerable Americans, children, the elderly and people with disabilities. Medicaid, Food Stamps, child care, housing, education, Head Start, workforce training, community development, veterans' benefits and many other programs are on the chopping block. Even the Earned Income Tax Credit and child nutrition programs may be at risk of reductions.
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• Bipartisan TANF Bill Passes Senate Finance Committee
  All but one of the Senate Finance Committee members present* voted to approve the PRIDE bill (Personal Responsibility and Individual Development for Everyone) at the Committee's March 9 mark-up meeting. The bill would reauthorize Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Child Care and Development Block Grant through fiscal year 2010. It is most likely to reach the Senate floor sometime after the beginning of April. In the interim, Congress will have to pass another TANF extension, since the law is due to expire again at the end of March.
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